Yearly Archives: 2014
Pictures that changed your life
| May 3, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Edit – gosh darn it! I meant to schedule this post for tomorrow morning and instead I published it immediately. Ah well. No going back now or all you folks that read it in feedly will read it, come here to comment and wonder where it went! Being a visual person, I find pictures to […] more
What you missed…when I wasn’t blogging
| May 3, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I started blogging in January 2009. THREE whole seasons after I started endurance. Oh the stories my Dear Reader missed. Can I get a Hallelujah? As entertaining as my blog would have been, part of me is really really glad I wasn’t diligently and honestly recording my antics for posterity. Of course, the reason I started […] more
The fun stuff
| May 2, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On Friday I submitted two transfer of ownership forms to the Arabian Horse Association. One was a very timely submission for Merrylegs. Can you guess who the other one was for? After 6 years 5 months and 1 day of ownership, I finally submitted Farley’s transfer of ownership. Does this mean I’m keeping her? The […] more
April IRL 2014
| May 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I wrote this post on 4/30/14 and it published on 5/1/14. (don’t get confused when I say “today” as if we were still in April, because when I wrote it we were!) These “In Real Life” posts are designed to show how a conditioning program is being applied “real life”. It’s one thing to talk […] more
What’s for Dinner?
| April 30, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
With a new horse coming home, it’s a good time to reevaluate my horse ration and see if there are any easy gains to be had! This won’t be a comprehensive post about horse nutrition, rather some tools and thoughts and opinions that might be useful when thinking about your own horse. As you can […] more
More about Merrylegs
| April 28, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today went exactly like I expected it to – and exactly how I hope the next couple weeks go. I turned her out into the arena with lots of carrot chunks in my pockets and we got to know each other. Me walking up to her Her walking up to me Hanging out with me […] more
MerryLegs comes home
| April 27, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Introducing…..TKR Merry Go Far. Aka: MerryLegs Today was a long road trip over to the Monterey area to pick her up. Three and half hours there, 4 hours back. Before heading out, we took some time to walk around and do a meet and greet of some of her horses I’ve only seen in […] more
