I haven't finished talking about horses this week, but I'm taking a break from horses to talk about chickens. My little baby chickens are growing up. Luckily my neighbor took some of the chicks so I only have 6 of them now, but that is actually more than I expected. I certainly didn't hope for their untimely deaths, but usually[...]
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Continuing on an awesome Memorial Day weekend of horses, on Sunday, the horses, Dave and I took a field trip to James Long Park in Haymarket to meet the talented rider, super fun, amazingly awesome in every way, Olivia of hellomylivia and take her on her first official trail ride! If you don't already follow her blog, do it now. You[...]
On Saturday I took a trip with my neighbor to the State Arboretum of Virginia in Boyce, Virginia. It was about an hour's drive from my house, and since I followed my neighbor's trailer there, I'm not even sure I could find it again. I was just zoned out, passively following the trailer, not noticing the scenery. I did notice that we did n[...]
We took a day trip to Busch Gardens. I had always thought previously that this would be impossible, we lived too far away and the drive would be too long. As an owner of very needy pets, staying anywhere but my own house is a huge inconvenience and requires extreme coordination. But it was only about two hours, so now the probability of v[...]
I am going to build my own riding arena.
I showed up to my lesson last night and the barn was empty. After a few phone calls, my instructor showed up, telling me she had texted me that we should change the day due to the uncomfortable heat, but apparently my phone is stupid and I never got it. So we had the lesson anyway. I have no photos of the lesson, so please enjoy all t[...]
I love horse movies, mainly because I love watching the the horses, but I also love watching the riding. And as every equestrian knows, sometimes the riding is laughably bad. A Gift Horse was no exception. When I first heard about this movie, I really wanted to like it. It looked like it could just be a cute little horse movie, maybe l[...]
I rode Vintage on Saturday, mainly just working on holding two point, and getting her to stop rushing jumps. We made progress on both. Its possible I bored her completely by continuously staying on a circle, doing the same jump over and over. I think eventually she just gave up on life. Afterward, I gave her some pampering by giving her[...]
Sorry for the giant photo of my neck and hair. I'm not sure how to make it stop. I went trailer shopping. It was extremely tempting to buy one. But first, the outfit I wore to the derby! That way if you only came for the outfit, you can skip the rest. I drank lots of mint juleps and had a grand old time. Now on to the horse trailer.[...]
Chicken have one goal: destroy all gardens they see.