Luckily the insects were caged, and not loose. That would have been pretty horrible. These particular insects were housed at an insect museum on Canal Street. I went inside, paid my $17 admission fee, and it quickly became obvious that this was a museum intended for children. Whatevas, I can enjoy it just the same! I'll show those ch[...]
from the journal...
Exploring the French Quarter of New Orleans
I just flew back home today from New Orleans. It is such a great city, I'm already trying to figure out when I can go back. There is so much more there I need to do! This will end up being a series of posts, because I just had too much going on there, I don't want to compress it into one post. So prepare yourself, as it's about to get re[...]
This is directed to everyone who said she just had to learn to jump in my last post. Because apparently you were all right. Kudos to you all. On Tuesday I went to my regularly scheduled riding lesson with my usual instructor. I'd just like to put out there that is was incredibly hot. Swelteringly, disgustingly hot. Ugh. It was so hot tha[...]
I didn't write about it, but last week's lesson went well. Berry was a good girl, and we did lots of trot poles, and even some jumps, the highest being a solid green box, with a pole on top, about two feet. It was a really nice ride, and I basked in the bliss of it for the rest of the week. I felt so good, I was even tempted to sign up fo[...]
Substantially shorter post than usual, but I suppose I have less to complain about when everything goes well! It was raining most of last week, which means I barely got to ride. On Sunday, I took Berry to a ring to school her. The same barn that did my rating also allows OPRC members to school in their ring for a small fee. Schooling in[...]
While at a neighborhood/country party a few months back, I met some members of the Old People's Riding Club. Since I am in desperate need for more horse riding inspiration, I decided to sign up. On Saturday, I had my first official rating. If you are familiar with Pony Club (and I'm not really), it's basically run as as Pony Club for old[...]
Mostly pictures from the Upperville Hunter Derby.
After last week's lesson, I rode Berry 4 times. Which isn't riding the snot out of her, like I would have wanted, but 4 times is okay I guess. The last time I rode her, Sunday, she was pretty calm, seemed reasonable, and was keeping a steady pace and not charging around. What really happened was much less elegant, but not too bad I thi[...]
Technically it was my lesson as well, but really, I think this one benefited Berry more. I don't know what happened, but my usually docile mare had been transformed into the naughty baby that she never was. She had been broke to race at age 2, and after being an immediate track failure, was broke w/t/c in (a) week(s), and sold off to me[...]