Category Archives: Horses

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. Going Medieval: On the myth of short life expectancy, and COVID complacency, 4 March 2021. ~~~   “You never finish anything.” My groundperson, last Saturday. We were back at Full Circle Horse Park practicing USEF Beginner Novice B. 3rd time in 4 weeks. [Let The Acclimatization Begin,Continue reading “Finish Your Pass, um, Corner”

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. Vaccine today! Report Sunday. ~~~   Procedural error. Previous horse was rigid about his trailer protocol. He came off. He had a bite of hay. He had a nap. Then and only then was one allowed to commence. Knowing this, I have worked fairly hard to NOTContinue reading “Protocol Will Be Respected”

Horsekeeping   Awareness of the outside world. World Water Day. ~~~ You are driving a trailer to a schooling venue. You have a choice of two routes. Route A. Direct route. Two-lane. Winding. Not horrid but not lovely. Route B. Longer. Wide, straight two-lane for most of the route. Easy ride for horses. Then 15%Continue reading “Shipping Options”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse   Awareness of the outside world. Amplifier: #Vaccinated, Global Call for Art. ~~~ ~~~ The unique joy of being downwind of gray horse who is being groomed while shedding. I had to brush brown AND gray hair off of Rodney. ~~~ The horses were gleefully tearing into aContinue reading “Odds and Ends, Spring Is Springing”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse Awareness of the outside world. My podmate was a) fully vaccinated, b) two weeks ago. He’s as armored as he’s going to get. So, he is ambassador to the rest of the world for now. Which means I’m not even going out to the few places I hadContinue reading “Lunch In Front of the TV. Spoiled? Us?”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse   Awareness of the outside world. Anyone else enjoying the calmer news cycle? The world continues to be filled with horrors. The level of gratuitous Sturm und Drang has abated. ~~~ We have swapped seats to see if Rodney can find more room for his big self inContinue reading “Trailer Shuffling”

Horsekeeping   Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Alabama to expand COVID vaccine to people with health conditions, people 55 and older March 22. 55 and older. That would be me. ~~~ Booties therapy seems to be working. Have expanded it to include post-work days. Therefore, bought new ones. Old set was breaking down &Continue reading “Booties Bonanza, New Equipment”