It was another beautiful day today, and our barn day started with a visit from the farrier. Steen got a trim but the other two didn’t need it. I rode Steen. I didn’t do any groundwork at all because the door out of the arena was open, and I get a somewhat ridiculous kick out… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
More Bear Time
Heading out to the barn this morning I wasn’t sure who to ride. Normally we get into a rhythm where we alternate between our own horse and Laredo, but with the time off, we both could have ridden Laredo. We decided that Robin would ride Steen if he came to her, if not, she’d ride… Read more »
All Grown Up (Kind Of)
Laredo has been feeling a lot more mature lately. With his 4th birthday just around the corner, we’ve now owned him almost a quarter of his life. It’s evident in all the little things. He is quiet now, familiar with our routine around the barn. Today, for the first time, I took my leather halter… Read more »
Not Immune
I got the sickness. Sunday afternoon, after my great rides, I could feel it coming on. Then I missed a few days at work and was a little too weak to get to the barn on the other days. Thankfully Friday I was feeling a little better. And the weather was really nice. I didn’t… Read more »
Five Years
I got completely taken out by a virus and was down for the count for about two weeks. My primary symptoms were weakness, lightheadedness and vertigo, so riding a horse was out of the question. However, today I was finally back to feeling good. Also, it was a special day. It was my 5th anniversary… Read more »
More Solo Barn Time
Robin is still not well, so again I headed off to the barn alone. I had a good time hanging out with Steen yesterday, and I thought I’d grab him first so we could ride. He was happy to come to me and get ready for the ride. It was still wet and cold and… Read more »
Just Me
Robin has been ill for almost a whole week. We keep waking up thinking she’ll be feeling better, but nope. Not so. Today she really didn’t feel up to going to the barn, but she was happy to let me head out. We really ride together a lot. We used to get more solo rides… Read more »
Shameless Self Promotion
Obviously all of you who read my blog know I write about our horses a lot, but what many of you might not know is I write fiction as well. And my first published book is now available on Amazon (it even has some horses in it — in a very minor way.) Right now it… Read more »
A Smooth Ride
We found the herd all wound up today. Laredo came walking right up to us initially but then got swept off with a group of passing horses, after which he decided not to come back. We haven’t had to reinforce the idea that Laredo should come to us when we look at him for close… Read more »
Epiphanies
We got out to the barn nice and early this morning. It was still wet, soggy, and cold, but the wind was blowing hard and it was supposed to warm up. In the mucky lot, Bear came up to me right away. Again, Laredo was not too keen on hanging out with us. He started… Read more »