A donkey-themed restaurant. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Attention Real Photographers Clearly, I have no idea how to handle artificial light or my flash. Two questions: How would you photograph these objects, including a shiny silver wall-hanging and a heavily varnished wall mural if a) You had all the time, access & equipment in the world? b) YouContinue reading “A Flash of Donkey”
Category Archives: Horses
I Do. But Why?
Horse Nation had a post on Top 10 Perks of Dating/Marrying a Horse Girl. I object to “girl” as would anyone with this much frost on her roof. However, it did make me wonder what Hubby gets out of living with my horse fixation. BTW – he knows he’s in it for the long haul.Continue reading “I Do. But Why?”
Riding Toward Random
I am I am one step closer to sitting on a horse. I am going to take Saddleseat lessons. I blame this blog. In a previous post [Running on Empty], I asked for suggestions to awaken my motivation. A kindly commenter suggested, “Take a lesson at a random barn…..”. Had she said, “Take lessons”, myContinue reading “Riding Toward Random”
Shopping, Sorta
Pat me on the back. I went to see a horse. Okay, there was a snowball’s chance in summer that anything would come of it, but I entertained the possibility. A friend told me that the local animal shelter had a horse for adoption. I went because a) Mark Todd says you should go lookContinue reading “Shopping, Sorta”
Two Forward, One Back.
This Ferdinand moment is Mathilda grazing on her own in a little temporary pen we roped off in the corner of the pasture. One step closer to letting her out on her own, which is one step closer to resuming what used to pass for my life. We dug up a hank of old uncharged,Continue reading “Two Forward, One Back.”
Being Happy
Yeah! Mathilda stayed out grazing for almost an hour & a half. Previously, 45 minutes was her limit before the backend began to drift. I would have waited longer but it was closing in on breakfast. Snaps to Ernest Cline for making Level Three of Ready Player One almost as relentless as the southern sun.Continue reading “Being Happy”
Grazing II
Grazing is peaceful. I came to this profound conclusion on Thursday when Mathilda and I were out for her evening hand-graze. In addition to a headache, I had my knickers in a twist over some perceived injustice in my life. After 30 minutes, my headache and bad mood had faded. I knew it was easyContinue reading “Grazing II”
Virtual Brush Box 