I occasionally read and post to some bulletin boards online when the notion strikes me that my opinion might be helpful to at least one person. Most all the time the threads I post to are constructive and people very friendly but not all are this way and some people get quite heated which I … Read More
While the upper east coast will not likely rally around the title of this blog, a few snow days were welcome here. If the weather is going to be cold and wet and training halted simply because the arena is closed then why not get to enjoy the lovely white stuff? We received about 5 … Read More
I’ve been chatting with the company that makes a compressed pine bedding product for a bit now. I love all things innovative and environmentally friendly and their stuff seems to fit the bill on both so I am giving it a trial! It’s like one – two – three! You dump the bags in the … Read More
Carrara walked into her new wash stall and enjoy a rinse off on this warm winter’s day! I grabbed a quick shot and now realized I should have waited until I donned her Draper Equine Therapy cooler and anti-sweat sheet. We started this ride, rinse, Draper routine at Anky’s and I’m enjoying keeping it up … Read More
Every afternoon, evening, late-night (depending upon the Marine Corps requirements for that particular “work day”) Ex comes home and the dogs know the sound of his car as most dogs do and as most dogs do they completely freak out that he’s back as if it’s been eons since they’ve seen him. It’s definitely fun … Read More
While I was training with Anky, I took plenty of mental notes about how they did things like feeding schedule, turning out in fields, what type of stalls, footing, fencing and in general how they had their set-up operating. Of course this is just part of my MO when I’m at top barns and I … Read More
I was just doing laundry (yes we all have to do it sometime) and realized that some people have suits they take the to the laundry while I have equestrian apparel. It’s was a nice thought that I can wear for work what I also love to do and that revolves around horses. Now after … Read More
So I had a great first ride on the gelding and completely forgot to blog about it or post pictures. Dang you Twitter account! So yes, I did Tweet this picture and, for whatever reason, remembered this morning I did not blog it! Zoinks! So this was post first ride on the gelding and no, … Read More