Monthly Archives: January 2012
Found a farrier!…..and my motivation!
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I officially LOVE my new farrier. He’s soft with the horse, and said all the right things – the importance of not taking away too much sole (only to the dirt line), the importance of the bevel, the function of the quarter, of leaving frog etc. He explained everything he was doing, wants me to […] more
A New Year’s Ride
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
There is no better way to start the New Year’s than a brisk ride in the sunshine. A local endurance vet that I admire and respect [not the least because he has a great sense of humor and can appreciate the Mcclellen saddle, even if he DID pull me TWICE in my first season :)] […] more
New Trimmer tomorrow
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Found a new trimmer in the area that is coming by tomorrow to trim Farley’s feet. Cross your fingers that it works out. He has great references, talks well over the phone, is willing to teach me anything I want to learn, and just moved back here from Idaho and so is looking for new […] more
2011 part 2!
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Make my life easy and read part 1 first. That way I don’t have to recap why I’m breaking this post into 2 parts (or more). (hint – it’s blogger’s fault). A backpacking trip in January for my birthday A breaking of the elbow. (oh how fun) and the running of a 1/2 marathon […] more
Happy FREAKIN’ New Years!!!!
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
FINALLY!!!! My New Year’s post. I rang in the New Year’s like I always do – on horseback – and discovered some really cool local trails (see Cache Creek in the Northern California trails section of my website). It’s that time of year where we look back at 2011 and forward to 2012. Now, in […] more
Dear Blogger,
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I had wanted my first post of the glorious year 2012 to be a rather whimsical, picture post from 2011, looking ahead to 2012. But NOOOOOOOO…….UUUUUUUU had to be uncooperative. I’m now on my FOURTH redoing of the post because of some random scripting error and I’m not happy. And now my first post of […] more
