The watery abyss in front of the covered arena. Proof that a delicately-raised American Saddlebred has no interest in being an event horse.
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Old Age Arrives
Remember the show tweet where I was asked if I had grandkids? [Hashtags]
At the same show, I was informed that I would henceforth deliver my shirt to a professional cleaners. It would be washed, starched, and ironed to an acceptable standard. Here’s what came back on the ticket:
Oh my.
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Names
I will not remember your name.
I will vaguely remember your face, in an I-really-ought-know-this-person sense. If were in politics or sales, I would live or die by my Farley File. This is not unusual. Many people have trouble with names.
However. I will remember the name of your pet. First time you tell me and forever after, particularly if said pet is a horse or a cat.
In high school, I made a new friend at the barn. I could not for the life of me retain her name, even though it was the same name as my father’s live-in girlfriend (No issues here!). Instead, I called her by her horse’s stable name. Normally, this would not bother a horse person. Unfortunately, her horse was a stoutly-built Quarter Horse. For the first few months, I called her “Tubs”.
Inspired by Whatever: A Series of Tweets Regarding My Own Personal Sexism, in which the author talks about his tendency to remember attractive women more so than others. Nope. Not I. Male. Female. Attractive. Unattractive. I am an equal-opportunity forgetter.
(Base image from the online catalogue of Staples, my favorite of the office supply stores. Yes, I have a favorite office supply store. Pens, paper, boxes, mmmmmm.) (Later, the store I like is Office Depot. Know where it is; forgot which one it was. KTW)
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Motivation
My paternal family has a history of adult-onset diabetes.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.
At my last blood test, my sugar numbers where a trifle high.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.
I’ve been having insomnia recently.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.
Only my lack of trendy jeans keeps me from sporting a muffin top.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.
The scale at the Y has topped 161 pounds.
I really should not drink as much soda as I do.
I can’t fasten the waistband of my show jodhpurs.
WHAT?!? Little red can, you are dead to me.
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Gratuitous Dog Picture
Dog of Destruction
Lessons
One nice part of a lesson program is riding different horses.
At boarding barns, there was always a horse or two to ride in addition to my own. When we moved the horses into the backyard, I lost access to those casual rides. I love having the horses at home, but the variety is undeniably less.
Stepping Stone has a range of horses. On one hand, young Trump needs to be both soothed and bolstered. On the other hand, Sam is older and knows it all. Just ask him.
Of course, if one gets too big for one’s jodhpurs, one gets put up on a performance horse to demonstrate how much one still has to learn.
That’s why the plan (HA!) is to continue with saddle seat lessons even when I am happily galloping (double HA!) about on my hunter/jumper/event horse (I say unto you HA!).
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
goodreads: Woody Allen
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Gratuitous Cat Picture
Interlude – Text Art: Morse Code
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To continue the A to Z theme, I will render the blog title in various alphabets over the four Sundays in April
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Courtesy of Morse code translation web site.
Systematized Morse Code graphic – it’s all lefts & rights.
Another site recommends against using visualization to learn an auditory system, too much brain conflict.
Letters, punctuation & numbers
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Komplete – Twitter Storage 4 of 4
Katherine joins the Kollective. (The title is a reach. I scheduled the post before I learned about the A to Z Challenge.)
Final batch of tweets to archive. For now.
Start of cell phone tweeting a la minute [Newest Toy]. Prior tweets had been from desktop once I got back to my office. Start of show tweets.
Twitter Storage 1
Twitter Storage 2
Et Cetera – Twitter Storage 3 of 4
October 2013 – April 2014, 37 tweets
Show Tweets: Winter Tourment 2, Hartselle AL
Show Tweets: Winter Tournament 3, Leeds AL
Hashtags – Show Tweets: Pro Am, Perry, GA
SUMMARY
102 tweets reblogged in Twitter Storage 1-4 + show tweets + post notification tweets (example below) + retweets = 337 tweets to date.
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Virtual Brush Box 