Celebrating Art by Nuno Saraiva Artist’s website Making of the mural, Cargo Collective (scroll down) A casual street scene in Lisbon from my well-traveled friend Amy [Archives]. She said “Random sighting while walking to a particularly special pasteleria.” That would be a cake shop for us stay-at-homes. Previous Portugal, also from Amy [TileContinue reading “Green Horses on the Wall, Lisbon, Portugal, Guest Photo”
Category Archives: Horses
The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post
Writing & Writing About Writing Nell Parsons is the student of a friend of mine. They sensibly figured that I would be a natural choice to review a horse book. Unfortunately, I wrote book reviews professionally for many years and currently have no enthusiasm for the form. Instead, I offered her a space toContinue reading “The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post”
Backlit Ears
Photography Rodney at Stepping Stone Farm. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Le Sigh
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Milton has a new trick. He does his quasi-hitching practice in the evening once his driver gets home from work. [Holiday Rides] We moved the cart under a floodlight near the barn. I have Milton ready to go. We gear up. He stands. We wait.Continue reading “Le Sigh”
The Next Step In Rodney’s Trailering Education
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Stopping for groceries. Waiting the trailer is a useful skill. Once when we arrived at Stepping Stone Farm, we had to hold a few minutes before we could unload without causing consternation to a horse and rider in the ring next to where we parked. Fortunately,Continue reading “The Next Step In Rodney’s Trailering Education”
Libations & Sustenance
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Random Images The world is vast & weird. The planned philosophical discussion & training update was becoming bloated and tiresomely whine-y. New plan. Philosophical discussion, short version. The point of schooling Intro dressage is not to win Intro A , although IContinue reading “Libations & Sustenance”
Barn Hack, Hose Reminder
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Put an elastic bracelet around your pump handle/hose faucet/whatever. When you turn on the hose, put the bracelet on your wrist. When you turn off the hose, return bracelet to handle/faucet. If the bracelet is still on your wrist, you have forgotten to turn off theContinue reading “Barn Hack, Hose Reminder”
Virtual Brush Box 