Virtual Brush Box

Words

Speaker 1: Well, that’s enough for today.

Speaker 2: I hear that. This will be a good place to start again tomorrow. So, where do you want to go for Sunset? The building has a hall upstairs.

Speaker 1: Eh. Sunset at work makes me feel rushed. It’s hard to be in the moment.

Speaker 2: A commercial hall? A place that sells food?

Speaker 1: I could eat. But it’s tourist season. You know how crowded they will be.

Speaker 2: A sanctuary?

Speaker 1: Oooh. Great idea. I always say I should go more often.

Speaker 1: There’s one on my way to work that looks lovely.

Speaker 2: Excellent. Let’s go.

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Images

Awareness of the outside world. NASA: NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space, Oct 11, 2022.

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This intent was for this to be a study of lunar photography with my big camera.

However.

During the three days of the full moon, we were busy with horse things, 2 or 3 times each day. Worked both horses, then double session with Milton, or a lesson at SLEC. This is excellent. This also means that by moonrise it was bedtime and my learning curve was flat.

I’ll have another chance next month.

However.

I am trying to avoid posting about what I am not doing. [Thoughts]

So, here are a few items.

Big camera. In researching lunar photography, I found out that digital cameras have a base ISO. I had no idea. Makes sense. If a variable has a range, it can have parts of the range that work better than others. For my camera, 100 ISO is the happy place.

The whole idea of ISO being adjustable is still odd to us film dinosaurs.

Phone camera. A few days ago, I posted a photo showing the pretty blue sky, below. Snapped with phone. In the close-up, above, you can see the moon. From a phone camera. That’s how good they have gotten. That’s why the big cameras gather dust.

If you want speed, or low light, or artistic technique, you need the gear.

If you are a professional, you absolutely need to have and know how to use the gear.

If you are cataloging the passing moment – or making blog posts – phones are fine.

[Weather Report]

Onwards!
Katherine

Riding

Awareness of the outside world. Washington Post: How we expunged a racist, sexist slur from hundreds of public lands, Deb Haaland, September 28, 2022. Appears many other places if WaPo has put it behind a paywall.

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Rode Rodney for the first time in multiple weeks. [Tennessee Travels]

Hey. Speaking of the home team, have I mentioned lately how much fun it is to be doing the work to take care of two horses at home & still have to go somewhere and pay someone in order to ride a horse?

For example, I rode several horses before riding my own horse with my new helmet, above.

But I digress.

Milton. Tried double sessions on Saturday to help with fitness. Logistics were fine. More of a workout for horse than currently required, as much mentally as physically. Probably don’t need to do doubles unless/until he is headed for an activity that requires significantly increased endurance.

Rodney was introduced to ground-driven walks. Put on driving saddle (think lunging surcingle) with long lines. Asked him to walk to the corner, which he has done hundreds of times. Confusion reigned.

Rodney: I am wearing circle gear. I must circle.
Walker/driver: Go straight.
Rodney: Must. Circle.

I tell you, his long legs are hard to keep up with when he gets to marching.

Took me several attempts to frame a photo while holding the phone behind my head. Rodney wanted to know what I was up to back there.

Onwards!
Katherine

Riding

.Awareness of the outside world. I wonder what it’s like having a species named after you. “We hoped that by naming this significant species after Jun that it would in some way recognize his contributions to Alabama paleontology.” AL.com: Alabama researchers discover ‘gigantic’ 83 million-year-old turtle species, Pillion, Aug. 19, 2022.

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Bubba and Peaches at Stepping Stone Farm last week.

Why two?

Has to do with lessons at Silver Lining. [Fanfare, Freddie]

New barn. New Teachers. New horses. Long drive. Right now I am going with my Emotional Support Husband. Therefore, we have to work within his schedule.

Eventually, I hope to put on my big girl pants and go on my own. Therefore, I would be able to stay for more of the day. Since it is a long way to go, I plan to ask if I can have two lessons.

Well, why not do the same at SSF? It takes the entire day anyway. Riding another horse isn’t the rate-limiting step. [Have You Got All Day? Anatomy of A Saddle Seat Lesson]

And here we are.

Alvin acts as office cat.

Onwards!
Katherine

Riding

Awareness of the outside world. “Zero gravity indicators are small items carried aboard spacecraft that provide a visual indicator when a spacecraft has reached the weightlessness of microgravity.” NASA: Snoopy to Fly on NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission. Video YouTube: Snoopy is Going to Space on NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission.

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Lesson with Freddie at Silver Lining Equestrian Center. Sharing the ring, hence the vertical cropping.

A course!

18″!

Twice!

Freddie was a star!

I grabbed mane!

But seriously folks. I had moments that weren’t horrid. The pieces are still there. They are scattered all over the floor, but still there.

Previous lesson [Chestnut Mare Fanfare]

Onwards!
Katherine

Riding, Housekeeping, Life in General

Awareness of the outside world. Medical Care Alone Won’t Halt the Spread of Diabetes, Scientists Say, Rabin, Oct. 5, 2022. Hat tip to dr.berthahidalgo.

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The weather in my corner of the world has been gorgeous. Cool nights. Warm days. Blue skies. If Heaven has weather, this is it.

I was reluctant to say anything. I didn’t want to jinx it. However, I decided to give balance to the time I spend being annoyed by rainy days, muddy days, cold days, hot days, and so on.

Which leads to the question, why do we only worry about jinxing the good? We don’t think bad things will go away if we talk about them. Although, we often don’t give voice to truly bad things.

Anyway.

I wanted to acknowledge something good. I will enjoy it as long as it lasts.

Onwards!
Katherine

Images

Awareness of the outside world. Helga Stenzel: Clothing Line Animals Series.

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Legend

O – Gregorian Calendar adopted. October 4, 1582 became …

C – … 15 October, 1582. timeanddate: Gregorian Calendar Reform: Why Are Some Dates Missing? Bikos and Kher.

“However, most historians now believe that these protests never happened. You could say that the calendar rioters were the late Georgian equivalent of an urban myth.” Historic UK: Give Us Our Eleven Days, Johnson.

I still wonder what happened if you got paid by the day and your rent was due for one month.

Also, 11 days instead of 10 days in the link title above because as countries adopted later more time had to be subtracted. timeanddate: Gregorian Calendar Reform

T – Holiday

O – Hunter’s Moon, timeanddate: Full Moon Names. Full moon on 9 October. Photo courtesy of Dial-A-Moon, NASA: Moon Phase

B – Octo = 8

E – Holiday reversed

R – Birthstone

Last month [The Non-Illustrated Month, September]

Archive [The Illustrated Month 2022]

Onwards!
Katherine