Friday we continued our little tradition of going out to the barn and having Robin give me a lesson. This time things were a bit crowded, though. Ruby, a 13 year old girl who’s been at the barn quite a few years, was also getting a lesson from another border. Ruby is definitely a better… Read more »
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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 »
Relaxing Barn Sunday
Today we went to an open house. The property was west of town and included a small barn and several pastures on 5 acres. The house was nice, but really just a whole lot larger than we need. Although the barn itself was very cool, and pretty perfect scale-wise, the land was very sloped and… Read more »
No Pics This Time
But the guys look the same. And I’m pretty sure I was wearing the same outfit I’ve been wearing to the barn for a month (it has been washed in that time). On a relatively mild Sunday afternoon we were thrilled to have the barn to ourselves. We brought both Steen and Bear inside. Robin… 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 »
A Walking Lesson
We’re trying to have Friday be the day that Robin gives me a lesson. So today was the second lesson (last Friday I took advantage of good snow to go skiing and we had the lesson on Sunday). When I went to get Bear out of the pasture he was not eating. This might be… Read more »
Another Ride, Another Lesson
On Monday I went to the barn alone and had a simple but lovely bareback indoor ride on Steen. He was on his best behavior and although I only rode for a short time, I enjoyed the trip out quite a bit. I intended to go again mid-week, but we’ve had crazy-cold weather (like -18°).… Read more »
Super Bowl Sunday!
And no one was at the barn. It was perfect. We were hoping this would be the case because we planned on Robin giving me a little lesson. But first we let the guys run around the arena. After that, Bear stood like a dream for grooming and tacking. He’s been getting a little fidgety… Read more »
A New Year at the Barn
It’s been my worst winter yet in Iowa as far as riding is concerned, but today Brian got off work early and we decided to go try to get a quality visit in with Bear and Steen. They are both looking good, though the winter is here in earnest and we’ve experienced some harsh temps.… 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 »