Category Archives: Horses

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Hunter Barn lesson yesterday. At some point, I am going to stop thinking that I can get anything useful done afterwards. Good lesson. Brain is sludge. Fortunately main part of post was already done.~~~ Horses got to try the hot new thing. Bemer Equine Yes, please. When you’re aContinue reading “Beaming with Bemer Blanket”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Ancient Alabama once had mountains taller than Everest, PIllion, Nov. 08, 2021.~~~ Rode a new horse in my Hunter Barn lesson last week. Horse shall henceforth be know as Secundus, for obvious reasons. Fixed the canter transitions from the previous lesson. [Remnants of Saddle Seat] I know thisContinue reading “New Lesson Horse, Same Issues”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Borders opening. Lawyers, Guns & Money: Finally, Loomis, Nov 8, 2021. State & home county to orange/substantial. Birmingham’s county to yellow/moderate. CDC COVID Data Tracker. Progress. Let’s hope it sticks.~~~ I didn’t spend the ENTIRE weekend living vicariously in Murfreesboro TN or Hamilton GA (or Pell City AL orContinue reading “Best Seat In The House”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Males need not apply. SDZWA: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Conservation Scientists Report First Confirmed Hatchings of Two California Condor Chicks from Unfertilized Eggs, Oct 28, 2021.~~~ I should warn you. What started as a happy little intro post went off the rails. ~~~ To get everyone excited beforehand,Continue reading “No Stirrup November, In Which I Complicate An Introduction”

Images Awareness of the outside world. “Dayofthedead.holiday is dedicated to celebrating all things Dia De Muertos … Our goal is to build the world’s most authoritative website for the Day of the Dead … All of the content on the site comes from professional writers based in Mexico that have experienced the holiday first-hand.” DOTD.H:Continue reading “Dia de los Muertos Festival”

Riding, Or Not Awareness of the outside world. My consolation prize for the weekend is ordering The Illustrated Etymologicon by the Inky Fool. * * *~~~ Historically, this has not been a good weekend for containing my inner brat. [Stomping My Feet] This year is no exception. I’ve even added more to be grumpy about.Continue reading “Where I Am Not, Again”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Nutrena: Feed It Forward™.~~~ We have switched Rodney to Nutrena SafeChoice Senior. He is doing well. Shiny. Happy. Maybe adding a bit more weight. Image from website. The problem is the feed bag. Again. [Arguing With My Feed Bag] When I see the word SafeChoice, I hear the jingle fromContinue reading “More Feedback From Feedbags”