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Horses, Saint Simeon: "Pony Man"
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February 12, 2022

An Attitude Adjustment

A few weeks after I birthed the twins, my Pony came back from lease. The trainer said he was the world's best pony and he was wonderful, but she wasn't getting enough business to justify keeping him. That's fine, I took him right back. When he got back, I was surprised to find him more assertive than he had been before. He wanted to be h[...]

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January 20, 2022

Would You Clone Your Horse?

We all have that one horse that really moves us. They are our friend, our partner, and our best teammate. It can seem like they are so in tune with what we want, they know what we want before we've told them. This is such a common thing in horse world that we even have a name for it: our "Heart Horse." Similar to a soul mate, there can o[...]

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Horses, Saint Simeon: "Pony Man"
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January 10, 2022

A Pony’s Life

After spending most of last year as a lesson pony, Pony has returned to me.  My understanding was that he was the world's best pony at his lesson barn. I'm not sure of the exact details though. I really should have asked though. If there's one thing I love, it's hearing how great my pony is, and exactly why he is so great.&nb[...]

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Equestrian Family
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December 28, 2021

Life with the Twins

They have arrived. After so many months, starting with constant sickness and misery, and ending with constantly being uncomfortable, they are here. It's been over a month now, and I finally have the energy and time to write this, early in the morning, while all the kids are still sleeping.  Pregnancy was rough. It was definitely not[...]

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Photography
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October 4, 2021

Sync Equestrian E-Commerce Shoot

I had the opportunity to shoot for Sync Equestrian again for their latest product launch. This time it included the Venom Performance Top and both the Venom Full Seat and knee patch performance breeches, as seen here. It was an e-commerce style shoot, which basically means the focus is entirely on the product, with a white background. Ne[...]

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Equestrian Family, F#, Horses
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September 25, 2021

Onward to Fall

Things have been pretty quiet around here. There's not a whole lot I can do, now that I'm the size of a small whale. Since there's twins in there, I already look like a full term pregnant woman. And I still have over a month left.  This is trying for a flattering pose. Most of the time I'm just a blob. I feel like I will never[...]

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Photography, Riding Style
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September 14, 2021

Photoshoot for Sync Equestrian

I am so excited to present... my first commercial photoshoot! I partnered with Sync Equestrian to photograph their amazing equestrian leggings. I'm not a big gusher, but their leggings really are fabulous. They are so flattering and grippy, and it really was an honor to photograph them. Here are some of my favorites: [...]

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Equestrian Family
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September 9, 2021

Broodmare

As our little girl is growing up, we started to feel like we might need another one. The first one was working out really well, and it could be fun to have two. They could play together, for one thing. and then they are this cute, you can't have just one So with that in mind, we though, we could try, and see what happens. Well, wha[...]

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Horses, Saint Simeon: "Pony Man"
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July 29, 2021

Back to Work – Pony Gets a Job

Another big update on the farm: Pony Man has a job! I am thrilled that he will finally be doing something, but the sad part is that it isn't with me. I leased him to a lesson/training barn, and he's going to be a lesson pony.  Puffing himself up to impress the ladies It was hard to let him go, but he really needs to be doing s[...]

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July 27, 2021

Big Man Stubert

It may surprise a few horse lovers to know that I have only visited Stu one time since he went to training - about two weeks after I sent him there. Life gets pretty busy, that's all I can say.  Luckily he has been in good hands, and I haven't worried about him at all. I have been wanting to see him though, so when my baby took a li[...]

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