Driving home from picking up the horse box in Knoxville, TN yesterday and seeing the inside stall area it did cross my mind, how on earth would my mare fit in there as she is a pretty big horse. Well, after training today and a nice liniment sponge bath she just walked right in. She fits!!! We hung out for a bit inside until she relaxed then she casually back out and returned to her box in the barn for some lunch. What a good horse!

Thanks Brenderup. I can’t wait to shoot this piece and go over all the kewl features of this tranporter!!!

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An otherwise quiet morning at the farm, watering the arena, feeding the horses and prepping for a morning ride was quickly halted when Zita and I walked back up to the house this morning only to notice the koi pond water slushing about WITH a red and back serpent attacking the koi. A long day and longer story later, the snake is still around as I found it while mowing this afternoon and he/she slithered UNDER the deck! I’m just being cautious cause it looked like a viper and NC is known for a plethora of venomous snakes!

I’ve since drained the koi pond with the help of a local fireman (thanks HVFD!!!!), given the remaining 6 out of the former 7 koi to the neighbors who have also said they would take the pond itself and just brought me 2.5 dozen fresh eggs!!

The dogs, horses and myself are unscathed by the whole thing although I’m still a bit shaken from a snake being sooooo close to the house!

Tomorrow?.. returning the 150′ of contractor hose I purchased yesterday that just happens to be the same color as the snake! Gotta love Lowes easy return policy for instances like this!

Here’s a picture of the snake…

This should really just be a tweet but Zita stopped to smell the roses this morning and it was pretty darn cute. Now it’s the regular weekend trip to Lowes, final farm functional stuff, riding and back inside for more webisode work! I’ve started journalizing my rides with a great new iPhone app. Check them out if you get a chance as they are desktop (even for you odd PC folks!), web and iPhone friendly and it’s great to synch between the three! They are at http://evernote.com/ and I think it’s 100% free altho I haven’t published that many notes yet.

So back to the topic… here’s Zita stopping to smell the roses this morning!

It’s back to the farm and immediately back to work of course. Thanks for the reality check Frank & CeCe! “Things slowing down after World Cup.” Seriously…. what was I thinking?!?! LOL!

Let’s see it was digitizing and editing suite stuff at the top of the week locked behind the illumated iMac screen for hours on end, riding my amazing mare and getting her back into form in the afternoons, more editing suite stuff after dark, sleep and back up to start all over again.

Yesterday I’d had enough of computer land and took a break to paint our front gate. Green to red which should match the roof to the barn quite well. Let’s see tho, I painted the gate, my arms and my shirt too! Still, not to bad for a non-pro I must admit!

Below in process:



This morning. Yup, it looks nice in the light of day too!

I had a GREAT time with the girls in Vegas. We went to see Le Rêve the last night in town and it was in true Cirque Du Soliel style, fabulous!



The World Cup was super! I got to finally meet a few of the shows sponsors and talk shop. Latigo Equestrian dressed me in the most stylish riding apparel for my interview with Debbie McDonald. Watching the warm-up, of course, was the best part and it was just terrific to get to see the most talented riders our world has to offer  in one location. To venture into unPolicitially Correct territory, I honestly think Isabel was robbed of the title but it’s really hard to say. Her kur was steady, classic and technically correct while Stefan took a few risks, offered a more modern artistic feel but had two serious mis-steps. Oh well. I’m not an “O” judge. And of course, Anky and Painted were the most talented moving pair! Ok, back down off my un PC soap box.

Bye, bye World Cup and I’m looking forward to getting home to my dogs and pony!