Sometimes I can get a little tired on weekend days. I think I end up sitting around a little too much and drinking coffee longer than I should. Usually getting out in the fresh air gets me going again, but it didn’t today, despite the gorgeous weather. It was just like yesterday, only not quite… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
Sunday Bliss
Today was sunny, breezy and in the high 70’s. After our excellent ride yesterday, we were keen to get out to the barn again. We returned to the big pasture after mounting, and walked all the way to the hilltop to work on backing half-circles. Steen was relaxed. I’m sure some part of it was… Read more »
Quite a Few Rides
The weather has been beautiful and we’ve been riding but not blogging. Monday Our favorite local photographers have me work on their website from time to time, and we decided to do an exchange of services instead of payment. They came out on Monday and hauled their multiple cameras and lenses and boom out into… Read more »
A Busy Week
The weather has remained shockingly nice for early October. The days are getting shorter, but the temps have stayed in the high 70s and even low 80s. The leaves keep getting more colorful, and the farmers have been knocking down the crops. This is always one of my favorite times of the year. On Monday… Read more »
Indian Summer
Yesterday was the first of October, and while the temperatures only got up into the mid 60s, the horses were hot. Their dark, fuzzy, winter coats have been coming in for weeks now. Little do they know most of next week will be in the 70s, and possibly even the 80s. On Saturday I had… Read more »
Defeating the Prance
Saturday I went to the barn with one goal in mind. I was going to address the prance issue. I was going to be effective but even-tempered. I was going to respond consistently and without emotion to every transgression. There was going to be no forgiveness, but no punishment either. Only logical consequences. Brian and… Read more »
Some Interesting Rides
It’s been quite a week at the barn. Saturday Our friend Jean came out to take some photos of us and the horses. She got some nice shots of us hanging around on the second strip. And our first ever “family photo.” Sunday The horses were in their winter lot with bales to munch on,… Read more »
Big Hills and Soft Feels
We received a couple of the photos from our friend Jean. They are definitely nice, but I somehow didn’t think they would look so much like horse glamour shots. Maybe it is just that I haven’t had a professional style shoot in many, many years. We do look pretty sharp in them. It is extra… Read more »
The Big Pasture
It has been a few rides since I blogged. They were not too exciting. Each one seemed a little worse than the previous one. I think it was due to two things, I was continually asking Bear to do more and more, and he was continually getting less and less food. It seemed to make… Read more »
Soft to the Touch
Yesterday was another great ride. Steen’s starting to put on his winter coat, so he’s turned nice and dark dappled brown and is way softer than usual. Yesterday he was also soft to the bit. We had more great groundwork before the ride. He was yielding to backwards pressure on the slobber strap before I… Read more »