Category Archives: Horses

Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoy the ride.   Awareness of the outside world. The Dressage Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization, whose mission is to cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of dressage in the United States. TDF: About ~~~ In USDF Connection, I read about Anne Sushko making her Century ClubContinue reading “Saddlebred Three-Quarter Century Club”

Riding Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won   Awareness of the outside world. I have not forgotten the pandemic. Still applying pro & cons from last time. Six months on, case rates, knowledge, & vaccines (!) are all heading desirable directions. [ To Show, Factor 1] ~~~   Horse show last weekend.Continue reading “Another One That Got Away, In Which I Briefly Considered Going To A Horse Show”

Riding Journal   Awareness of the outside world. The code for Ingenuity is posted on GitHub. Open source space flight. Didn’t see that coming. Hackaday: A Look At The “Risky” Tech In NASA’s Martian Helicopter, by Tom Nardi, February 20, 2021. ~~~ In ‘Fraidy Cat Eventing: still trying to learn from the past, the authorContinue reading “I May Be A Whiney Princess, That Doesn’t Mean I’m Wrong”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse   Awareness of the outside world. CNN: More than 150 million Americans under winter weather alerts as record cold temps make life miserable, by Almasy, Silverman & Sutton, February 16, 2021. Impact on our area was minimal, unlike other parts of the state & country. ~~~ Two daysContinue reading “Snow Day 2021”

Riding Journal Awareness of the outside world. USEF Community Conversations, “Horses in Black Communities,” Monday, February 22, from 5-6:30 p.m. ET. Press release. I heard about it from Viva Carlos: USEF And Black History Month. While Viva Carlos shouldn’t have to perform the role of Speaker to White People in the blogging world/horse world, I’mContinue reading “New Equipment, Belly Band”

Random Images The world is vast & weird.   Awareness of the outside world. The bad: The Conversation, The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead, by David Redmon, 2017. The good: The Arc-GNO Mardi Gras Recycle Center Turns Beads into Jobs. ~~~   As last year, beads from a work conference with a MardiContinue reading “Mardi Gras Beads II”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse Awareness of the outside world. Am disgusted with politics. Not surprised, but still disgusted. ~~~ [Sparing you yet another photo of Rodney’s hooves in foot coverings] Rodney is loving his booties. He’s cavorting around the field. He’s bold in the barn. He’s got his ears up, approaching SaddlebredContinue reading “Bootie Boy”