How Many People Does It Take To Ride a Horse? All of them. People to transport the horse. People to care for, feed and, clean up after the horse. People to help shop for clothes. People to do my hair. People to do my makeup. People to pin my sleeves at the last minute whenContinue reading “Show Report: Important Questions from NACHS 2014, Part 2”
Category Archives: Photography
Images of America: Kentucky’s Saddlebred Heritage
[Apres-show, day 3] Kentucky’s Saddlebred Heritage by James Kemper Millard [Arcadia 2007] 200 black and white photographs, from historic to modern Part of the Images of America series
My Denim Guide
What is your shopping IQ? Mine is abysmal. A while back, I attended a blogger meet-up. Since then I have been following some of the bloggers I met. I read Budding Fashionista because she’s local and as a glimpse into an alien landscape. I am as likely to go clothes shopping for pleasure as IContinue reading “My Denim Guide”
Did I Piss Off the Universe and Not Notice?
Readers may have noted a lack of Miltonicity in the recent posts. There’s a reason. I rode last weekend. It did not go well. One … Two … Three … Immediately after the third photo, Milton kicked the barrel, had a complete cow, and dumped me. I held on long enough to have a niceContinue reading “Did I Piss Off the Universe and Not Notice?”
Mail-Order Horse
To me, the most interesting part about Milton is that I BOUGHT A HORSE [Meet Milton]. From a narrative point of view, the most interesting part is that I had never seen him. Nope, didn’t go look at. Nope, didn’t ride. Wasn’t even in the same country when I bought him. WTF? For the lastContinue reading “Mail-Order Horse”
Foto Friday: Spotted at the Library
636.1 is the horse section of the Dewey Decimal System. Update: List of Spotted posts. Spotted gallery.
Foto Friday: The Desolation of the Judge
A hot summer day at the end of a horse show [Show Report: Rocking S]. Taken on auto with my pocket Canon [With Camera/photo]. Update, in case my adventure into art photography was too obscure: The title refers to the desolation of the dragon in The Hobbit. The abandoned judge’s chair looked lonesome and desolateContinue reading “Foto Friday: The Desolation of the Judge”