We had a nice, short trip to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. We always have fun there, but it always feels really nice to get back home. And home includes riding Bear. I love how familiar he is to me. I was tired and just wanted to ride around. I didn’t do any groundwork, I… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
The Birthday Gets Bigger
I bought my current saddle about a year and a half ago, and while there are quite a few things I do love about it, there are also a number of things I don’t love. For one thing, it’s a trail saddle and as much as I try to situate the fenders so they are… Read more »
Little Ones
It’s apparently been our week to do new things with the horses. Today our friend Adele brought her two sons out to meet Steen and Bear. Ben had been out before, several years ago, back when he was tiny and Steen was rather a less steady creature. Now he’s quite a big bigger and more… Read more »
Young Visitors
A few years ago Robin had our friend Adele out to the barn with her young son, Ben. They had a great time meeting Steen. Now Adele has another son, Noah, and is pregnant with a third. In that time we have gotten two more horses, so they were excited to come out and see… Read more »
Our First Haul
Today we were invited to trailer with Cathi and her daughters and some other friends over to some local trails. This is the sort of thing we daydream about doing all the time but never have, lacking our own truck and trailer and also not knowing where to go around here. When I lived in… Read more »
New Trails
On Friday we got an invitation to go ride at some nice trails just north of us. We had never trailered our horses anywhere, so we were quite excited to see how they would do. We arrived at the barn early to make sure everything was ready. We ended up being so early that we… Read more »
Return of the Double Ride Day
Today I got to use my new mecate. And I have to say, it looks pretty darn good on Laredo. It felt good too. The mane hair just has so much more life than the nylon I’ve been using on my snaffle. I particularly noticed it during groundwork. There was a lot more energy to… Read more »
And Then There Were Three
Steen is very much on the mend, so today was the first day Robin and I did a double ride since sometime in September. It was a beautiful, sunny, fall day and just perfect to be out at the barn. I rode Bear first. He was good from the get go. I’m not sure what… Read more »
Thirty More Minutes
I enjoyed my solo trip to the barn so much yesterday I decided to do the same thing again today. We takes loads of photos. Only every now and then do we get a good one. It was another beautiful day, and I had another wonderful ride. The herd was scattered and waaay way out… Read more »
What A Year
Sometimes it seems the years go so fast. But at other times you look back on what’s changed in 365 days and it blows your mind. Today is my birthday. (I’m thirtysomething.) Last year on this day Brain gave me a hackamore. It was the first hackamore either of us had ever owned. It took… Read more »