Yesterday morning I went to the barn. It was a bit of a struggle to get out there. For one, I’ll admit it, I’m sick of the added complication and inconvenience of keeping all my stuff in my trunk, and as the barn is really nearing completion, there is a part of me that would… Read more »
ground-work
Events
Today, Brian, Steen and I all had new experiences. For Brian and I, it was a shared experience. We went to Catalpa Corner to watch the eventing. We had never been to a true eventing competition, so we found it very interesting. At first, we just walked around, staring at all the tall, athletic horses… Read more »
Up a Notch
Yesterday I had a busy morning but decided I wanted to get two rides at the new place under my belt before the planned group outing on Sunday I intend to attend with Steen. So, I dashed out to the barn after a morning of work on a new logo for a client, and found… Read more »
Back on Track
I headed out to the barn again this morning looking forward to the prospect of a nice ride. Once there, however, I began to doubt I would get one. Steen and the herd were way, way out at the end of the biggest pasture, and Steen didn’t seem at all disposed to come meet me… Read more »
A Break
After my last ride on Steen I guess I was feeling a little unmotivated to get back out there and deal with all his new-found energy. He’s been back-sliding a bit this spring, and I know it’s because I’ve been lazy with the ground-work all winter and we’ve gotten to be quite buddy-buddy. Which is… Read more »
Never a Dull Moment
Yesterday I had an interesting trip to the barn. We’d had rain so it was a little muddy, but Steen came to the gate to meet me when I went down to the pasture and we went inside. While I groomed him, I was really pleased with how he looked. His spine is finally a… Read more »
Firsts
When we woke up this morning, it was 30 degrees out, which is about what we’ve come to expect here this spring. So, I let things warm up as much as possible and was pleased to note that the sun was at least shining when I arrived at the barn. I went to get Steen… Read more »
Sprung
Today I arrived at the barn and did something I hadn’t done for a while. Instead of going to Steen’s stall, I went out to the mud-lot. There I found Steen, rather dirty but seeming quite at home. As soon as he saw me, he left the hay he was eating and came straight to… Read more »
Steensick
Although I spent the holidays in Tucson and did a fair bit of riding both Jak and Rojo, I have definitely noticed that working with other people’s horses just isn’t nearly as great as working with my own. I missed Steen actively, just about daily, the whole vacation. After about two weeks away, I was… Read more »
Stalled
Yesterday I had another new experience. I walked into the barn and found Steen hanging out in a stall. Since there are more horses that need to be stalled than there are stalls for them at our stable currently, Steen is on a night-out, day-in schedule, using a day-out horse’s stall until Sunday, when that… Read more »