So frusterating not to be able to edit posts once I post them!  (Silly firewalls….)   Obviously I wish I was able to keep Farley in a different situation – a nice pasture with varied terrain where she munched on grass all day and had a buddy or two to play with.  One day I will […] more

Since I’m at work and as such can’t respond to your comments……I get to write a whole post on this subject.  My apologies to the readers who have already had to sit through this particular topic!   I would like to remind everyone that Farley is kept in a fairly small dry paddock by herself.  […] more

Yesterday at my lesson I rode a broke horse for the very first time in my life.    No no no – you silly non-horsey person.  Not “broken”, “BROKE”.  The kind of broke where the horse looks up at you with a kind eye and says “here, let me” and then proceeds to take you […] more

Very important question:  How is it that I’m a morning person who cannot, for the life of me, get out of bed in the morning?   Is that even possible?   I feel the best when I get up sometime between 5am and 6am.  My day goes flawlessly, I’m motivated, have energy, and just spend […] more

A big thank you to AareneX for giving me a blog award! I love awards 🙂 The general rules of the award is to list 7 things and then pass on up to 15 bloggers. OK – that’s too easy. The 7 things must be things you find beautiful, and you must explain why the […] more

Check out a very thoughtful post by Laura Crum. More than any other article, this helps me to understand why Farley has so many problems cantering “correctly”. http://equestrianink.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-lope-or-not-to-lope.html (sent from my iPod – sorry for the long addy that isn’t slicky embedded in the text. ) – Posted using BlogPress from my iPod more