I was in my office working around 10:00 when the sun came out. I looked out the window and realized it was a lovely, cloudy fall day and also it was surprisingly warm. I decided to play hookie for a bit, particularly since we still needed to try Steen’s blanket on Bear to make sure… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
It’s Been Awhile
A few weeks ago I had another fall off Bear (which Robin wrote about here). It was by far my hardest fall yet. It left my left shoulder, hips, and ribs feeling pretty bad. Bad enough that I haven’t felt up to getting back out there for some riding, or for doing anything much more… Read more »
More Nerves, More Wugs
Brian is still suffering from a sore shoulder and doesn’t feel up to riding again yet, but we’ve had the wug we purchased for Bear sitting around for a while now and we keep forgetting to take it to the barn with us. Today we decided we really needed to go try it on him… Read more »
Birthday Ride
Today I told my clients I had late morning “meetings” and headed to the barn for a birthday ride. I actually hadn’t gone out alone for a very long time, and I was feeling excited about the prospect of a mellow indoor ride on Steen. Everything was quiet in the pasture when I arrived. Steen’s… Read more »
Pearly Whites
Steen usually gets his teeth floated in the fall, and yesterday I got an email from our barn’s owner, saying our vet was coming out to do teeth today, and would we like to be included? When Bear got his vet check a couple months ago, the vet’s one comment was that he would need… Read more »
I Do This For Fun?
On Friday, Brian and I almost didn’t go to the barn. We were both tired, he’d had a long day at work, my neck was still stiff from my fall, and it was chilly. Somehow, however, we talked ourselves into going and so Friday afternoon found us tacking our two boys up in the barn… Read more »
Halloween Spook
This morning we headed to the barn in high hopes for a good ride. The sun was out. The day was fairly still. It seemed luck was on our side. That is, until we got to the barn. When we pulled up we saw the herd of cattle on the strip, but decided this wasn’t… Read more »
Perfect Fall Day
Today was a beautiful fall day – temps in the high 60’s but sunny and relatively still. We thought it would be a great day to head out to the barn, and we were right. I decided to go bareback today. I’m not actually sure why I’ve been using a saddle so much lately. When… Read more »
Moving Faster
If anyone has actually been reading this blog these past few weeks they must be thinking how boring these rides have been. Walking around cones. Walking along the strip. Walking up and down hills. Is walking all those two do? And I’ll admit, it hasn’t been super exciting. But I’ve had some annoying foot issues,… Read more »
Another Trip to AZ
I recently returned from a vacation in Arizona, where I spent some time teaching my brother’s brother-in-law, Simon, to ride my sister’s horse, Jak. It was a nice break from work, and the sun felt really good, but we got back later than expected and so on Tuesday afternoon I had only been back in… Read more »