🌎 😀 ☀️, 😀😀 – World Emoji Day, Composite Emojis

Words … of a sort

Awareness of the outside world. “Easily the most significant emoji law ruling of the year. A plaintiff presented evidence that she claimed was from her iPhone 5 (which can only run up to iOS10), but actual emoji symbol depicted in the evidence was only available on iOS13 or higher. The court says simply: ‘This image is a fabrication.’ Kudos to the defense team for their strong emoji forensics work.” Technology & Marketing Law Blog: 2021 Emoji Law Year-in-Review, Emoji variations expose fabricated evidence, Goldman, January 2022.

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👻🌳
Dead Tree, i.e. paper

🐾🤔
Pause for thought

📷📰
PhotoJournalism

⛈️🫖, ⛈️☕

Tempest in a Teapot (US), Storm in a Teacup (UK)

🛏😐, 🪖🦱

Bed Head, Helmet Hair

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🔗 Links

🌎 😀 ☀️ World Emoji Day

Emojipedia

Last year [🌎 😀 ☀️ (World Emoji Day, Fiction)]

Onwards!
Katherine

DIY Ice Boots

Horsekeeping

Awareness of the outside world. The world can keep track of itself for a while.

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Items
shipping wrap(s)
frozen pops

Procedure
Put on shipping wrap with lowest strap snug around fetlock.
Insert ice pops along the leg.
Fasten rest of the straps.
Voila.

I use 2 pops on each side of the leg, meaning 4 pops per leg, two legs a time, swap out 8 new frozen new pops for the back legs. I’m glad I have the economy-sized bag of ice pops, which I only bought because that’s what the store had.

Internet recommends 20-30 minutes.

Not veterinary advice. YMMV. (It’s reflex. Lotta lawyers in the family.)

Notes

Is there ever a good reason to need ice boots?

Rodney is presenting with swollen lower legs and a mild fever. Suspicion falls on a virus.

Attitude great. Treats and carrots go in the appropriate slot. No pain behaviors. Moving a bit slowly. Sound despite legs that look like tree trunks.

Rodney is the opposite of stoic. If he says he’s good, then there is nothing nowhere that is bothering him. This is the upside of dealing with a cupcake.

We anticipate that he will be fine in a few days.

Update. Milton’s legs swelled a few days later. He preferred one pop per side rather than two.

Onwards!
Katherine

Check Out My New Kicks

Riding

Awareness of the outside world. Horseboarding UK.

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Ariat Heritage RT zip paddock boots, Carousel Tack Shoppe.

The round toes make them look like dorky kid’s shoes but SO comfortable. My toes and the balls of my feet can’t believe their luck.

Props to Karen Howerton, new owner of CTS, for suggesting this style of boot for a wider foot.

Update. “Also, wore my new boots. After showing them to Coach Courtney, I mostly didn’t think about them, which means they work.” [Return To Saddle Seat]

Onwards!
Katherine

Milton and I Hit a New Low

Horsekeeping

Awareness of the outside world. Calling all couch potatoes. The World Games this week on Olympic.org. Live & replays. Free.

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Milton’s doing fine. He’s taken well to being a husband horse. They are on their third Virtual Tevis. When Rodney took a week off to decide if he liked the style of his new shoes, they did ring work. They seem to get along.

Milton & me, not so much.

We are not even talking about riding. Stopped that a while back. [Milton Is Getting A Break]

Milton has a rigid memory even for a horse. [New Equipment, Fly Masks]

He’s still traumatized by encountering me in full show mode … Egad! Who dropped a ferret down my pants? [Would You Rather]

This is just me being in his space. I alarm him.

“Booooossss, she’s touching me!” [When Milton Adores Me]

Mostly we ignore each other.

Our previous low point. I picked his feet. Halfway through, he panicked and ran off.

Our new low point. A few days ago, I walked into the barn. Milton panicked and ran off.

What is the opposite of a horse whisperer? A horse shouter?

Onwards!
Katherine