We’re doing something a little bit different here today. I bet no one was expecting this topic to come up. I wouldn’t have expected it either until I happened upon a video that peaked my interest. On the Weird History YouTube channel, there’s a video “Things You Didn’t Know about King Henry VII.” Short of […]
Saturday was the 79th running of Warrenton Hunt’s Point to Point. Leading up to the event, I was watching their facebook page to see if they would cancel the event due to the coronovirus, and it seems others were too, as they eventually posted that the race was still on. I’ve never been to this […]
This isn’t a current events blog, so I don’t usually bring up current events. But with everything going on, I decided I will bring it up. COVID-19 It’s scary out there. A virus which we still don’t know much about is spreading like wildfire, and we can’t contain it. This feels like a zombie outbreak […]
If you follow British horse racing, then you already know the Cheltenham Festival is going on. If you don’t, well, the Cheltenham Festival is going on! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guardian Sport (@guardian_sport) on Mar 11, 2020 at 9:36am PDT The Cheltenham Festival is four days of jump racing, with […]
Technically, the first day of spring is March 19th. But it’s been so warm here, I think we can call it – it has definitely arrived. The first color of spring is always yellow – the daffodils and forsythia. My first reaction to the warmth is how happy I am to get outside again. My […]
I would happily spend every weekend taking pictures of horses and their people. So happy I got to do it two weekends in a row! Let’s see if I can keep this trend going… For these photos, I went to visit D’Arcy and her horse Ollie. Longtime readers will remember that D’Arcy used to keep […]
The Dressage Chronicles My Rock Collection I’m always picking up new hobbies. I like to give everything a try, and sometimes only the one try. But I’ve found something new that I can stick with. I only started a few weeks ago but I’m pretty into it now. I walk through my pasture, looking for […]
Poor poor Ponyman, who seems to get hardly any attention from anyone. He’s not as desperately needy as Stu, and finds him annoying, so he just keeps to himself away from the herd. When I give him attention, he soaks it up like a plant taking in the sunlight. He’s a good boy, my original […]
I love the style of estates, chateaus, and all manner of big, old, classic houses. I love walking through them, and exploring all their creative features. One of my favorite memories is exploring old castles in Germany. It would a dream to buy an abandoned chateau in France and then renovate it. Maybe my mom […]
For someone who lives in Virginia hunt country, I haven’t been out much to experience the actual fox hunting part of it. Frankly, I’ve been missing out, and I should have gone foxhunting a long time ago. I was told by nearly every horse friend in the area how much they love foxhunting. But sadly, […]