We have a joke in my house. Dave, the IT Expert, degree in IT, worked in IT his entire career, has magnetic fingers that short out everything electronic in our house. He did a basic update on my desktop, desktop broke and required parts replacement. Then, while casually doing nothing online, the computer blue screened. So it got more part[...]
The sad chicken update - Y'grette and Twank are both gone too now. The fox kept coming by, and scared them out of the run. I didn't think that was possible, but there was a hole in the roof of the run, and I'm assuming the two of them flew out of the hole to escape, only to realize they were much less safe up there. So now I have just[...]
Back in December, I mentioned that Vintage had jumped out her stall window when I took the other horses off the property. She had some stall rest, she got a general lameness check by the vet, and she was declared pasture sound, but not sound for riding, although she was improving. It's possible if I just kept waiting, she'd eventually rec[...]
Upperville's Hunter Derby was Saturday, and let's get the preliminaries out of the way. Despite my reminder on Instagram, no one made the deadline to request my presence in their VIP space. I'm very disappointed in everyone. Additionally, standing next to the entrance of the VIP tent and looking really sad didn't work either.[...]
Every year I go to Upperville, because it is always wonderful. I think this year was the best yet, with everything extremely organized, lots of vendors, and lots going on. For those who don't know what Upperville is, here's the briefest history: The oldest horse show in the nation The Upperville Colt and Horse Show dates back to 18[...]
The nice thing about meeting other bloggers is you already know what you have in common: (obviously) horses. I'd been following Sarah from A Soft Spot for Stars for some time now, possibly as long as I've been blogging, and a few months ago we started talking directly online. One thing to led to another, and she invited me dow[...]
I thought my chicken keeping experience couldn't get any worse after my beloved Fluffers died. But, it turns out that chickens continue to be expendable, and a few weeks ago, some predator came in and killed over half my flock. Killed, and then left their bodies scattered around my property, and my neighbor's property. So many of the chic[...]
Pony is a coward. The times he's gone off the property he has been fearful, and scared. When he was out at training, his trainer would purposely take him for walks around the barn, where he would spook at the same things he saw everyday in his daily life, the sawdust pile, the hay bales, the dog, definitely that goat. The only solu[...]
Continuing on with the tour! Takaro Farm Takora Farm is a private facility, with two barns, the one above, and another stone one, but bigger with a center stall block with the aisles on the outside, and a huge apartment above it. The owners ride and train their own field and show hunters, but there are two trainers based out of there.[...]
This past weekend, the 57th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour was held by Trinity Episcopal Church. It's a self guided tour all around Middleburg and Upperville in Virginia of some pretty amazing barns. So if you're looking to be jealous of fancy, scenic barns, this is exactly what you need. So here they are, in the order in which we viewed[...]