Very, very long time readers will remember that once upon a time, I had chickens. They were mentioned a lot, I even wrote down the history of their colony, admittedly, I did exaggerate slightly. Reading over that again, I really have no idea why I wrote that, but what's done is done. Chickens a[...]
Dogs and horses go together like cookies and milk. Obviously a dog is going to make your horse adventures even more fun, right? Just look at that sweet little face, MMHMM MHMHMM (<- these are smooching noises). Except it doesn't always work out. Sometimes it turns out to be a complete nigh[...]
A horse safe pasture should be a high priority for every horse owner, especially since horses seem to be on a mission to destroy themselves. Horses spend a lot of time in their pastures, or all their time, if they are pasture kept, and keeping a pasture safe is much cheaper than paying vet bills to[...]
It finally stopped snowing. Hurrahs are in order. Friday afternoon Saturday There was lots and lots of snow, and lots and lots of wind. Dave and I dug lots of paths, but after realizing how far away my barn is from my house, I decided it was easier to just struggle through t[...]
I figured I should probably make a year end review, but I'm such a boring person, there's not a whole lot to say. I made some goals this year. In retrospect, I set the bar pretty low. And even then, I failed to succeed at many of them. I took hunter lessons. All I committed myself to was showing[...]
Maybe you have or had parents that would respond to your pleas of horses with "Do you have any idea how much care they take?!" I don't think many of them actually know though, other than the generic "You'll have to shovel poop!" (the horrors!) I don't find my horses had to take care of. It's not[...]
My dress came in, and it is better than I expected. The material is really heavy and just beautiful. It's so pretty! With Poffins sitting on my dress and me laying out on the floor, I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to get this dress dry cleaned before I even wear it. I've now dug in the aren[...]
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[...]
Earlier, I introduced my pony, and my training method. Now after several months, I've decided its time to continue training the pony. For your pony to be considered trained, it has to be able to pose for photo shoots. After all, that is the main thing ponies are used for. Take your pony and a good[...]
It snowed over the weekend. So naturally, we were the terrible neighbors that ruined everyone's peaceful snow day. Dave just got a second ATV. We had to take it out. We had a grand adventure! For about 20 minutes anyway... But as it turns out, while these helmets might protect our head in[...]