One of Previous Horse’s hind shoes, circa 2009 at the latest. Pack rat? Moi?
Tweet Storage as of Jan 31, 2015
Banquet today. Food, drink, & high-point awards. Or as my mother says, getting ribbons for getting ribbons.
Meanwhile, more indulging of my sense of completeness. Miscellaneous tweets from August 25, 2014 to Jan 31, 2015. Nineteen tweets.
Retweeeted this:
Show Tweets UPHA Chapter 8 in 2014
Show Report & Show Tweets: SSF Fun Show 2014
Annotated Camp Tweets
(tweeted earlier, posted later)
A walk down the driveway with Sam. Lovely day.
Show Report & Tweets: Georgia Fall Classic 2014
Show Report & Tweets: Rocking S, Dec 2014
I’m not above retweeting for a chance at goodies.
Show Report & Tweets: Heathermoor Farm, Jan 2015
State of the Blog: Twitter Chats
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Gratuitous Cat
Art Foto Friday: Silhouette at Sunset
State of the Blog: Twitter Chats
Recently, I twiddled with Twitter chats.
I participated in @HorseHour & @EquestrianHour a few times. I gave each one a dedicated column in my TweetDeck. I tried to get with a marketing chat but never coordinated my schedule. A good time was had. I made the digital acquaintance of Rodney UK [Meet Rodney]. I got a blog post out of it. I even briefly pondered starting a scheduled Twitter hour for equestrian writers.
Verdict: I see the attraction, but still no. [State of the Blog: This & That, May 2014]
The idea of founding own Twitter chat appeals to my ego. Of course, there is no reason I couldn’t launch a hashtag right now then wait to see if the Twitterverse took notice, However, such a venture would have a better chance of success if I took the time to promote & organize. I don’t need an online, non-paying timesink for my amusement. I have the blog for that.
As for following the chats, or for Twitter in general, seems to me that there needs to be a base level of engagement to understand the landscape. See above comment re timesink. If I had a business, book, or brand that would benefit, I might feel differently.
For now, I will stick with using Twitter for show tweets. I may change my mind tomorrow.
Otherwise, blog ticks along. Comes out daily. Keeps me marginally more sane, or at least occupied.
[Previous SotB]
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To indulge my sense of completeness, my Twitter chat tweets.
#HorseHour Monday 12/15/2014
You may notice that I posted this question just as #HorseHour was ending. I had planned to monitor the tweets while taking care of a few chores. HA! It was all I could do to keep up and type fast.
#EquestrianHour 12/17/2014
https://twitter.com/MooienLief/status/545321181713539072
Not sure who this one was aimed at. Anyone with advice, I guess.
#equestrianhour 12/24/14
called on account of holiday
#horsehour 12/23/14
#horsehour 12/29/14
Follow on phone. No comments.
#horsehour 1/12/15
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Gratuitous Cat
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The Fledglings Have Flown
An empty bird’s nest discovered in the trailer’s battery case.
Close-up of the building materials. Note orange plastic baling twine.
Weekend Progress
Increased security of horse jail. This is where Rodney will stay while Milton travels for remedial lessons:
Reassembled trailer after checking bearings, wheels, floor etc.:
Test load, complete with proof of occupancy. Milton was a star. Not crazy about stepping down backwards but dealt with it:
Unloaded test drive. Need to install break-away brake battery before Milton goes mobile:
Kermit dance!
Virtual Brush Box 