Driving Thursday
Milton’s new-to-us driving harness. I remain dubious but supportive.
New Equipment: Zilco Harness
Louisville 2016
Saddle Seat Wednesday
Two horses from Stepping Stone showed at the World’s Championship Horse Show this year. Go Team Awesome!
No ribbons 😦 but folks were psyched to be on the green shavings :). [Why Green?]
What is it about these iconic places? Even I, saddle seat heathen that I am, experienced a frisson when I saw a photo of someone I know riding with the Freedom Hall sign in the background.
If I were eventing, I would happily drive the extra distance to the Kentucky Horse Park to jump Baby Novice fences in the shadow of the massive Rolex obstacles.
Been There, Done That refers to these as, “opportunities to dance in the dust of the Caesars.” More Blackpool
What is your horse show mecca? Have you been?
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Update, to clarify the time line:
The photo of Spotted was taken in 2014, when I went up to KY to get Milton. [Spotted on the Green Shavings, Logistics: Shipping]
The Team Awesome shirt was from Pro-Am this spring. [Show Report]
Summer Doldrums
Is anyone else fighting weird seasonal weather?
Our temps have been in the high 80s/low 90s, which is cool for an Alabama summer, but accompanied by off-the-charts humidity. Plus the daily afternoon thunderstorms which seem to be more ferocious than usual.
Granted, the boys don’t work terribly hard in the general course of things. However, I’m not even doing enough to blog about, and I can create blog posts from dust motes and baling twine.
What’s up chez vous?
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
There’s Just No Pleasing Some People
When people IRL ask me about Rodney & Milton, I don’t want to talk about it.
When people IRL don’t ask me about Rodney & Milton, I get annoyed that they are being overlooked.
My Gordian Knot of social interaction.
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Gratuitous Cat Postcard
via Postcrossing
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Letter Art: The Sporting Life III, Host Cities
Rome (1960) Rio (2016)
Oslo (1952)
LonDon (1908, 1948, 2012)
Nagano (1998)
LakE Placid (1932, 1980)
TokYo (1964)
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St. Louis (1904), St. Mortiz (1928, 1948), Stockholm (1956), Squaw Valley (1960), Sapporro (1972), Sarajevo (1984) Seoul (1988), Sydney (2000) Salt Lake City (2002), Sochi (2014)
Stockholm (1912, 1956)
Atlanta (1996)
Grenoble (1968), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936)
Athens (1896, 1906, 2004), Antwerp (1920) Amsterdam (1928), Albertville (1992)
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Also: Paris (1900, 1924), Chamonix (1924), Los Angeles (1932, 1984), Berlin (1936), Helsinki (1952), Cortina d’Ampezzo (1956), Melbourne (1956), Innsbruck (1964, 1976), Mexico City (1968), Munich (1972), Montreal (1976), Moscow (1980), Calgary (1988), Barcelona (1992), Lillehammer (1994), Turin (2006), Beijing (2008), Vancouver (2010)
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Birmingham Style
Remember last year when a local blogger went national?
We – liberally employing the geographical we – did it again.
The 2016 Real Women Style Award Winners Share Their Secrets to Dressing With Total Confidence
Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH
UAB Faculty page
Blog: Chic in Academia
Instagram, with her outfit of the day: chic_in_academia
I remain a fashion “don’t”, but apparently live in a fashion hot spot. I had no idea.
(I’m a fashion disaster outside of the show ring. In the ring, I’m looking sharp these days. [New Clothes, Photos] Granted, someone else had to dress me, but I’m the one in there workin’ it.)
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Update: An account of the photo shoot, I’m on the cover of Redbook Magazine!!
Foto Friday: A Suitable Subject
Now I have a galloping horse for my back-burner goal of entering model horse photo shows [New Book].
Sam by Breyer.
Bought from Carousel Tack Shoppe.
Modeled on La Biosthetique – Sam FBW. FEI performance record
Ridden by Michael Jung of Germany. FEI bio, Facebook fan page
According to Identify Your Breyer, the body is the Cigar model, introduced in 1998. The mold has been used for several racehorses – Cigar, Affirmed, Sunday Silence, Barbaro, & Seabiscuit – and two other eventers – Woodburn & Winsome Andante.
I also bought the model in honor of the Sam I ride [Sultan’s Miracle Man], who is awesome in his own way, and because some days you just wanna buy yourself a new toy.
Technical notes: Rain created an impromptu session of learning to shoot with flash. I put the camera back on auto 😦 and fiddled with the angles to keep the light off the shiny. Not a horrid result given my working conditions & current ability.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
