At the end of 2012, when Brian and I talked about our riding goal for the next year, we picked something that would be difficult. We agreed 200 hours would be a stretch. Of course, we’re aware some people ride 200+ hours in a week, but considering we both have full time jobs that don’t… Read more »
hackamore
Slimming Down
The title is not actually referencing me, or any of our horses. (Most of them are putting their winter ‘padding’ on, so are doing rather the opposite.) No, I’m actually talking about a bosal. Brian and I got our first hackamore two years ago. Brian gave it to me for my birthday, and neither of… Read more »
The Teeth of a Four-Year-Old
As is quite obvious, my blog has languished this summer. For the first time since I got Steen in 2008, I have utterly fallen out of the habit of posting about my rides. But I don’t want to let this blog die, and catching up feels daunting, so I’m going to just jump right back… Read more »
Photo Dump!
So having four horses has been interesting. We’re learning tons and getting a lot of ride time in. The only thing that is suffering is my blogging. When you are almost always having two rides each day, it makes it hard to come home and formulate your thoughts. So here are some highlights. Bear… Read more »
A Ride on a Different Girl
Bear seems to be over his bug. So although he’s probably still struggling with the anemia, the vet suggested getting him back into some light riding would be good. So today we set out to ride all our horses, two each. I started on Laredo in the outdoor arena. We rode him there a lot… Read more »
More Bear Time
Heading out to the barn this morning I wasn’t sure who to ride. Normally we get into a rhythm where we alternate between our own horse and Laredo, but with the time off, we both could have ridden Laredo. We decided that Robin would ride Steen if he came to her, if not, she’d ride… Read more »
All Grown Up (Kind Of)
Laredo has been feeling a lot more mature lately. With his 4th birthday just around the corner, we’ve now owned him almost a quarter of his life. It’s evident in all the little things. He is quiet now, familiar with our routine around the barn. Today, for the first time, I took my leather halter… Read more »
Five Years
I got completely taken out by a virus and was down for the count for about two weeks. My primary symptoms were weakness, lightheadedness and vertigo, so riding a horse was out of the question. However, today I was finally back to feeling good. Also, it was a special day. It was my 5th anniversary… Read more »
Keeping Going
The sun is getting stronger and the grasses are slowly coming up. It is definitely making it a lot easier to get to the barn. I found Laredo snoozing in the sun. It took a few smacks of the lead rope on my chinks to get him to wake up, but as soon as he… Read more »
So Much For Spring
We woke up to snow and chilly temps, but headed for the barn right away in spite of the weather. We found the herd all tucked around the wind-block. Steen came trucking up to me as soon as he saw us, which was just fine because although I intended to give him the day off… Read more »