It's finally that time. I've had at least one request (really, probably just the one) over the years to present a tour of my property. I never did it before because there's really not much to my property. The mystery of not knowing what it looks like is way more intriguing than what it actually look[...]
I don't believe in ghosts. I feel like that's an important point on this entire ghost story. Sure, Paranormal Activity had me jumping at every noise in the night, but that wore off. If I watched it now, I bet I'd have no reaction to it. Especially now that they've made those god-awful sequels. If it[...]
Pony, being a full grown 5 year old pony, needs to get out and see the world. I can show him the world.... you know, if I feel like. But in this case, D'Arcy will show him the world. She started by riding him last weekend. So, to give you a brief recap of the life of Pony, I bought him[...]
I go to the nearby park quite a bit to ride. I have an arena at my house, but it's good to get off the property. Also, the park's arena is way bigger, and that makes it easier to ride in. And there's trails at the park. And it's a de-sensitizing dream, with dogs, kids, soccer, cars, random people wh[...]
With the feeling of spring upon us, I, like many mare owners, have the temptation to do something a little naughty. Not everyone likes appaloosas. I'm sure there's some of you looking at Vintage and thinking of appaloosa spawn... It's not my fault she always looks like she wants to de[...]
We had beautiful weather in Virginia this past weekend. It is basically spring, which means all the plants are preparing for spring, and they will probably die when it goes back to freezing weathering. Only the strong shall survive. D'Arcy and I took advantage of the nice weather by going for a lon[...]
I feel like the above photo wouldn't look at all out of place in the 70's. It just has such a 70's horse feel to it. Something about her (our) pig-like body, and the color tone, it just screams it. But I digress. Keeping my motivation going, I trailered back out again, this time taking Shelby with[...]
I decided to get my brain in gear and get out and ride. The pull was too strong. I keep seeing ads for shows or events I want to do, and I think to myself, wow, if my horses were in shape, I could go do that. So even though I won't be able to do the event in two weeks, I could still maybe do an even[...]
Above is the closest I've been to riding a horse recently. And that's not even me playing it! That's Dave playing an online horse jumping game. He would miss the jumps, but magically, the jumps would become transparent for him to just canter through. This was only a safeguard to avoid injury though,[...]
Yay! A new year is upon on! It's time to make plans, and set some goals! I didn't do great with my riding goals this year, which I'm directly blaming on working different hours. Also, the changing of the amount of light in the days...you know that thing that the earth does when it changes its[...]