Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
January 23, 2020
How We Hay (Net)
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It's that dark, cold time of year where the hay burners practice their money hay burning best. Now that I know exactly how much hay co...
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July 9, 2016
The Day The Sheds Flew: Farmpocalypse 2016
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As I was preparing horsey dinners last Wednesday, I never imagined the building I stood in would be torn violently apart 30 minutes later. ...
April 24, 2016
We're Still Here, Still Crazy
My intentions to update you remain overwhelmed by assignments, but I couldn't leave a gaping hole for guesses, so I shall at least attem...
February 2, 2016
Of Tales And Trails
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Do you think our stories break when we do? Or do they just get so tangled up that we can't find a view of the road? I'm still ...
January 9, 2016
She Moved To Texas But NC Wants Her Back
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Belated yes, but I must share the fantastic-ness I got to meet, when Lauren of She Moved To Texas was kind enough to visit us recently. I...
December 25, 2015
There's No Present Like The Time*
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Holidays & I have mixed relations, but there is still no repressing my smile at Solo’s unfailing welcome nicker as I step out the back ...
November 11, 2015
Catching Up: Like, RIDING HORSES!
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It’s a tad squishy out, what with several inches of rain over the last 24 hours. But the sun is warm & some of the grass is still green...
October 26, 2015
Orange Is The New...Orange: Including My New Favourite Neck Strap!
Solo getting his glow on in last fall's gear Autumn: beautiful riding weather...and rifle season for deer! This means it's ti...
October 8, 2015
Why Should I Ride?
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TB always ready! ( Get it?!) I felt a restless hassle, mixed with now-familiar fatigue, as I slipped the saddle billets into girth buckl...
September 27, 2015
TFS Time Machine: My Life's Lullaby
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On these quiet evenings, having walked out to groom the horses as the weekend rain subsides, I'm reminded of a constant. That balm whic...
July 24, 2015
Halt That Headshaking!
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Nature no touchy! Summer brings not just sweat, but the War of the Flies ( sorry, William Golding ). You're attempting to make cen...