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Tail Envy

When Steen gets any compliment more specific than, “He’s so pretty,” it is more than likely to be, “Wow, what an amazing tail.” It is true, Steen’s tail is possibly the fullest, longest, most impressive tail I have ever encountered on a horse, and it is also true that it is more or less wasted… Read more »

Drying Out

Today the pasture was significantly less mucky when we went out to fetch the boys. I again brought Steen in for a quick bareback ride while Brian got Bear ready. We did more work at the walk and trot. His trot is just getting smoother and steadier each ride. In spite of the fact that… Read more »

Anniversary Ride

Brian and I have now officially been married for two whole years, so we decided to celebrate by spending the early afternoon at the barn. It is warmer today, though still super mucky, but we brought the boys in and cleaned them up. We wanted them to run around a little in the indoor arena… Read more »

Spring Steen

It’s muddy around here lately, and there is still melting snow and more precipitation falling from the sky. This means the horses are muddy and the road to the barn is muddy. However, in some respects its better than frigidly cold. Today it was in the mid-thirties when I headed for the barn in the… Read more »

A Tune-Up, and Tunes

Yesterday we drove back from Chicago in the morning, and 1:00 found me at the barn waiting for Bear’s turn while the chiropractor adjusted a couple other horses. To pass the time I brought Steen indoors and hopped on. He was good for our very brief ride, but soon it was time to transfer my… Read more »

Double Ride Day

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 »

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 »