Kim’s Blog
I’m back!
Been a while, but it has been a slow couple of weeks. J3, my riding buddy, has been out sick with the flu or pneumonia or something. Get better, jeanne. So I’ve just been puttering along, learning how to use my cool new phone. Problem is, on a blackberry I have to shift to get ...
A new milestone!
Today, Brownie solo’d!!! All by herself, out around M’pelier, for the very first time! I am so very proud of her. She really is a super level-headed mare. Next time we’ll go a little farther, past killer attack chickens and what not. She’s done it before, but not all by herself. I was really happy ...
Horse Naming Contest
Okay, I am officially declaring the start of a horse naming contest. Jeanne doesn’t like Brown. Well, she likes the horse just fine, but not the name. I don’t know why; she’s fine with Red being Red. But not Brownie. So, everyone go look at her picture on TAN (I’ll try to post another here) ...
Today I washed my sunglasses
Literally. Sent ‘em through the wash. They are a little mangled, but very clean.
A good day. And not just the weather.
Today was a pretty good day. We combined the hacking out and the ring work. Usually we do one or the other, but today we used our hack as a warm up for the ring work. It worked especially well for Brown, who always needs a second cup of coffee to get moving. After about ...
Good day
Today I set up crossrails all around the ring and we trotted the girls (and Dave) over them all. It was great. Brownie never hesitated, just went along and hopped whatever we pointed her at. Swing too, except the cavaletti without standards on either side didn’t really look like a jump to her. She went ...
Heany sigh…
It’s raining again. Pouring. Weird weather this year. 73 degrees yesterday, supposed to be 60 today (with the rain). I mean, it’s training so hard I’ve got the windshield wipers on super high, and some idiot had the nerve to say that stupid groundhog saw his shadow this morning? Where are they keeping this blind ...
Brown has bragging rights
I totally forgot to tell you about Brown yesterday! Guess what she did? Got clipped! Well, not her whole body, just her head, because quite frankly the girl was looking rather… Hirsute. Kinda like a billy goat, actually. So J3 brought her quiet clippers and we went to work. And guess what? She didn’t care. ...
Stinkbugs trying to kill us all!
Be afraid, be very afraid! I swear the little buggers are bent on world domination. We started having electrical problems at the barn. Power surges. The well pump quit. Ron and Mike isolated the problem to the main breaker, which meant I had to get the electric company to come shut off the power. Ron ...
Hey again
Did I say it was warm? Sunday and Monday were 16 degrees when I got out of bed… Not so much fun. Yesterday warmed up, and we got four horses ridden before it rained. Poor Brown. We are teaching her to carry herself better, and use that back end (yes, Brown, you do have a ...
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