We got a fair bit of rain last week, and there were some storms forecast the weekend as well. The farrier was out on Thursday, and all four of our horses got their feet trimmed. Zoey is healing slowly. Brian rode her briefly last Sunday, but she was favoring her injured leg a tad at… Read more »
Laredo
Laredo Weekend
With Zoey out of commission, we were down to three horses for the weekend. We decided to focus on getting Laredo out and covering some ground. His tight hocks seem better, and he’s actually getting a tad chunky. Yesterday Brian rode Laredo and I rode Steen and we were out for over two hours. It… 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 »
Back to Going in Circles
So many of the horse blogs I read have been suffering this summer, and the same has been true of my own Thankfully I have been out riding and learning a lot. Unfortunately, not everything I learned has been good. A couple weeks ago I found out that Richard Caldwell, one of my all time… Read more »
July is Kind (So Far)
Usually July in Iowa is not all that great. It tends to be hot, humid, and buggy. Not my favorite combo. This July has been much better than usual. We’ve had a lot of mild days. We’ve been getting out on the horses a lot. And as far as the blogging in concerned, that’s part… 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 »
June Recap
Well, so June happened. So far this summer, we’ve been riding a lot. In May my total was over 28 hours. I’ve never ridden that much in a month before. At least, not since I’ve been keeping track. And honestly probably not since before I was keeping track, either. June has been not quite as… Read more »
Doing What It Takes
We stopped at the barn on the way to Chicago today. It was still soggy, still overgrown. So we rode inside. But we had the place to ourselves. That makes a big difference. I rode Laredo. I started off with some groundwork with the flag. Brian and I have both been trying very hard lately… Read more »
The Kid Turns Four
Yesterday as we rode in off the trail with the sun shining, I was envisioning a wondrous three day weekend of double ride days. Instead we woke up this morning to thunder and heavy rain, not to mention unseasonably cool temps. We waited. The rain didn’t stop. We checked the radar. One storm rolled out… Read more »
Steady Laredo
Robin and I were both tired heading out to the barn. It was a cool and cloudy day; I’m sure that wasn’t helping. We did feel better once we got out there and grabbed our horses. It is funny how steady and even Laredo feels after working with Zoey. Not only have we known him… Read more »