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 »
Lesson
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 »
Winter Continues
After a brief respite during which Steen got to go for a few days without his blanket and it almost felt like spring, the weather has turned unpleasant again. Last Sunday was wet and chilly and we headed to the barn for Duke Day. Bear and Steen were both soaking and filthy and when we… Read more »
Lesson Three
Friday found us pulling into the barn and grumbling a bit that there was another car in the parking lot. (I concede we are incredibly spoiled in that we often have the place to ourselves, but we still grumbled.) Then we went indoors and discovered it was worse than we thought. One of the other… 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 »
A Romp and a Lesson
We had a warm day today with temps in the 30’s. Brian and I figured the barn would be quiet this afternoon so we headed out with a plan. I’m going to attempt to give Brian a ‘real’ lesson once a week. Of course I’m always around to offer advice and lend a hand, but… 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 »
Lessons on the Strip
After yesterday’s successful ride where Robin coached me through a few simple exercises, we decided to do more of the same. It was an even cooler and wetter day, and Bear was even further out in the pasture than he usually is. Everything else, though, was great. Once inside, Bear was great with his feet.… Read more »
No Falls, No Bucks
That’s right, no bucks. On Thursday there was a buck, and I was able to stay on. So now I can say I’ve ridden a bucking horse. It happened in the indoor arena. It was just Bear and I. We had done our usual warmup of lots of walking and easy circles, stops, and flexes… Read more »