Color Coded
Our horses all have a color. Dijon is purple, Nilla blue, and Shasta green. Their halters, saddle pads, lead ropes, feed bucket, and blankets are all their assigned color. This… Read more »
What Do We Owe Our Horses? Part 2
What about a horse you can’t sell? What do you owe that horse? Again, the best that you can. There are a lot of right answers, but here are some… Read more »
What Do We Owe Our Horses? Part I
I’ve been thinking about this a lot as I only have 0.5/3 functioning horses at the moment. I read Running with Scissors recent post and thought about it some more…. Read more »
No Stirrup November
No Stirrup November may kill me. And I don’t mean “my thighs are killing me” kill me. I mean, trying to ride Dijon without stirrups may just kill me. There… Read more »
Flashback
This was my last ride before Nilla’s injury. I was actually supposed to have a dressage lesson, but my trainer had to cancel. The jump standards were still up from… Read more »
Daylight Savings Time
RIP Daylight Savings Time Technically Daylight Savings Time is the time we operate in during the summer so I “technically” love DST, but since I mentally think of DST as… Read more »
Sidelined: 2ptober and NSN
While I was practicing 2pt every ride, I wasn’t timing the practice bc pulling my phone out was a pita. I figured I’d just get a time at the end…. Read more »
Happy Halloween
In my injury recap, I mentioned putting costumes on chickens. I bought these dog costumes for 3$ at Target and the were totally worth it. I put them on my… Read more »
Boredom Busters
I go Nilla a Stall Snack on Saturday when she first injured herself. It’s like this but without the attached ball. She didn’t touch it once in 3 days so… Read more »
Bandage Off
You know what’s fun? Trying to do wound care at a barn without electricity when the sun sets at 6:15. And trying to cut off a bandage with shitty scissors… Read more »