TFS will be packing up and heading south this evening to participate in the long-awaited and tantalizingly star-studded Carolina International CIC*** and Horse Trial entrance onto the world stage! Not only is it a qualifier for the 2014 Adequan Gold Cup series, but it brings a spotlight to our very favourite competition grounds, the Carolina Horse Park, about which I've written so many times.
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| Bruce Sr., Torrence Watkins, J. Michael Plumb, Karen Stives, and The Wofford |
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To the best of our ability, TFS will be live-tweeting (oh my cod, I'm so embarrassed I just typed that) from the event tomorrow, so you probably want to go ahead and follow us now so you don't miss out on the unmatched randomness and hilarious dorkiness that is our trademark! Oh yeah, and The Becky Stalking. I've also started a series of sometimes exciting, sometimes ironic, always entertaining #farmownerdiscoveries, as those of you who follow us on Facebook have probably discovered. Like/follow/click/tap (take your pick from our media shortcuts in the sidebar) and join the insanity!
Crossties are up and fence tape is charged and mats are down and feed is stored and neighbours are supplied with excessive amounts of emergency contact information. The door, my friends, at long last, is not only open, but strewn with bits of hay and mud and cat hair. In addition, speaking of cats, one of them puked on the carpet recently, so I guess it's definitely home now.
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The former is long lost. The latter: try not to starve, dream of times when you could purchase diesel, fatten up orange bellies after move stress shrinkage, remember how to ride a horse, learn our new trails,
And above all else, drink in the moonrise over MY east line of oak trees while a grey fox yips, at least four species of frogs sing across the pond, a great-horned owl greets the stars, and a brown bat makes adorable swoops after the first tiny insects of the year. Through the bone-deep fatigue, those long-missed melodies are indeed balm for a great many things.
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| Sunset over our creek pasture |
I will flat ship you canned goods to keep you from starving damnit.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, how sweet are the sounds of amphibians echoing over one's own farm. Congrats again!
ReplyDeleteOoooo, LW, I do like corn and artichoke hearts and OH pie mix comes in cans!!! Oh wait, you need a crust, dang. Meh, I could back a tortilla into a crust!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Val!
Love the mat and the gorgeous pic of your farm... home is where the heart (and the horses) are!
ReplyDeleteYour farm is gorgeous. :-) Your brain is crazy. I think you already knew both of those.
ReplyDeleteYour farm really is gorgeous! Totally worth being a little crazy over. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know how much more excitement you can take :) But enjoy the ride
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO, SB, that is exactly the truth!!
ReplyDeleteAnd TeresaA, me neither!!!!
Thank you!!
I had no idea you had a large body of water at FSF!! How did I miss that? Or is it an accident of Mother Nature, i.e. a creek overflowed? *confused*
ReplyDeleteI wish I hadn't been too busy to read this before the Tweets from the event started coming in. I didn't know what was going on... I mean, I'm not totally dense, I figured out that you were a) at an event and b) it was a 3-start so therefore a Pretty Big Deal. But I didn't know HOW big! Way coolio for you and Team FSF!
Hahaha, sorry about the "twit surprise."
ReplyDeleteWe do have a pond, but what you see in the last picture is mist as cold air settles over the lower ground down where the creek is. No floods!