Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I hate my riding ring. I can’t half-ass my way around the downhill turns. I have sit up, sit centered, steer, prepare early, sit chill, not grab with the reins, be zen when it falls apart, then go around and do it again. andContinue reading “In Praise of Imperfect Conditions”
Category Archives: Horses
Horse Stamp, Rearing Stallion, Alexander Calder
Celebrating Art The Stamps Commemorative stamps issued March 25, 1998, the 100th anniversary of Calder’s birth. Designed by Derry Noyes. Manufactured by Stamp Venturers, Inc. Smithsonian, National Postal Museum, Arago: Alexander Calder Issue U.S. #3198-3202 1998 32¢ Alexander Calder Issue Date: March 25, 1998 City: Washington, DC Quantity: 80,000,000 Printed By: Stamp Venturers PrintingContinue reading “Horse Stamp, Rearing Stallion, Alexander Calder”
Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. One of my first photos with my new phone was this ear shot for this post. I have my priorities. Progress Report Rodney and I can walk, trot, and canter at home with minimal flashes of anxiety on the part of horse orContinue reading “Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog”
The Merhorse, An Exercise In Blue And Green, With Free Coloring PDFs
Celebrating Art I Dream Horses: A Coloring Book for Everyone by Linda Dalziel (CreateSpace 2016) One of three free coloring pages offered via the book’s Facebook page @idreamhorses. Credit for the assist to BB. Process Notes. For this one, I picked the colors by eye. The result looks as if randomly I upendedContinue reading “The Merhorse, An Exercise In Blue And Green, With Free Coloring PDFs”
Show Today, Yet I Languish At Home, Is It The End Of An Era?
Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoyed the ride Show today. I am not there. [2013 photo, Report] Gasp. Sob. Sniffle. [2014 photo, Report] I have unfailingly attended the Mid-South Spring Premiere Horse Show every year since 2013. Usually with Sam [Progression, 2016, 2017, 2018]. Last year with Milton [Two Sides]. Have I wupped myContinue reading “Show Today, Yet I Languish At Home, Is It The End Of An Era?”
We – The Unicorns … Go On A Road Trip, Guest Post
Welcome Meg! [Archives] Meg McKinney, Photographer [We – The Unicorns … Arrive, Guest Post] ~~~ We – The Unicorns … Go On A Road Trip Story and Photographs by Meg McKinney As if they stepped off a color wheel, the unicorns became brilliant creatures in the sunshine. I couldn’t resist taking theirContinue reading “We – The Unicorns … Go On A Road Trip, Guest Post”
Posting The Trot, You’d Think I’d Know How To Do That By Now
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. My groundcrew pointed out that I lean forward when I post the trot. Up & forward. Up & forward. Like a metronome. So I have been working on this. A good shut-down exercise. Hard for the rider; low-key for the horse. WhenContinue reading “Posting The Trot, You’d Think I’d Know How To Do That By Now”
Virtual Brush Box 