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Foto Friday: The Observer Effect
After I took this admittedly inadequate picture of Arthur in an old salt block holder, I moved in for more Cheezburger. This woke him up and he came over to see me. In trying to capture a moment, I destroyed it. When I was at a baptism, the font was blocked by eager relatives snappingContinue reading “Foto Friday: The Observer Effect”
Foto Friday: Celebrity Mounted Games
Day 5 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. The best show on the grounds is Big Name Riders doing cameos in the Prince Phillip Cup. For the nonhorsefolks among us that means big people on small ponies playing horseback games at top speed. This works because a) so manyContinue reading “Foto Friday: Celebrity Mounted Games”
Foto Friday: Face Painting with Swat (R)
Non-horse folks: Swat is an insect-repellent goo useful for covering wounds & vertical surfaces. Horse folks: pink or clear? I favor original pink because I prefer seeing it to running my hand through it.
Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon
Rolex 2008. A course walk with Ms. Tryon was always intimidating. She’d wave her hand at some enormous pile of wood and say, “Oh, just kick over this.” I interviewed her three times: on fireproofing barns [The Horse], winter exercises [Eventing USA], and time management [Eventing USA]. That ties her with Michael Poulin for theContinue reading “Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon”
Foto Friday: April Showers
Work: ? Plans big. Motivation low. Day not over. Ramblings: One from the archives during a trip to Saratoga in 2008. Bloggers are ever on the alert for what The Flirty Blog calls “bloggable moments”. Having generated trunkloads of text over the years, I adapted quickly to twisting bits of my life into posts [FirstContinue reading “Foto Friday: April Showers”
Foto Friday: Exercises
Work: day off. Rain. Ramblings for the Day: Trying to make art, or at least items of interest, from lumps of wood [Exercises].
Virtual Brush Box 