Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasons. Show all posts
March 6, 2014
It Was A Dark & Windy Night In North Dakota
At least, that’s what it felt like Monday night as an assault of horizontally-driven snowflakes pelted my face and hands while I daisy-chain...
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thoughtful insights
February 13, 2014
Winter Ridiculousness
My front yard right now I lived in the Ohio River valley (Northern KY) from age 8 - 18. So I learned to drive on snow and ice. Mostly ...
February 10, 2014
I'm A Real Boy, Er, Farmmmm!
But first, don't forget to vote for us and my completely ridiculous face in the Carolina International contest we are losing, LOL! The...
January 23, 2014
On Love, Loss, Survival, And Sharing
No such thing as too much Cuna-love I'm tired. And I get all weird and philosophical when I am tired. So consider yourself warned....
January 16, 2014
So, There's Water Polo, How About Water Eventing?
I should probably just keep a snorkel in my truck at this point. Even the reservoirs can't hold any more and soil that "never ge...
January 7, 2014
When Bloggers Collide
It appears there were multiple horse-y blogger holiday road trips from Texas to North Carolina (um, because this is where it's at, hello...
December 14, 2013
This Is How We Roll: Turnout Blankets, Part Deux (Or Trois? Quatre?)
In case you need someone to state the obvious, it's winter. Cold, wet, dark winter. Unless you live in Florida. Or the US SW. Or the...
December 10, 2013
Homesick
I miss my boys. They haven't gone anywhere. But between work and selling and building and maintaining and trying to be everything else...
December 2, 2013
Technology Fiddling: Warning
In an attempt to be a little more design-relevant (and ok yes, because I am a giant geek and love playing with geek things in an attempt to ...
November 22, 2013
I Hate Darkness
What my horses are doing right now. Why the mud pillow? The time change: it's what every working horseperson dreads. You come hom...
July 19, 2013
In Which Apologetic Blogger Is Apologetic Again
Maybe I should rename the blog, ha. But I am sorry, I have not been able to write much for quite some time. The process of pulling the far...
March 7, 2013
A Run-By News-ing
Encore appears to be back to pretty much normal, eating and behaving like himself. If I pinch his neck skin, recovery still seems a tiny bi...
January 18, 2013
I Am Not An Endangered Species
The icy rain hit both (yes, I had on two) layers of hoods as the 20 mph wind cut around my legs. Damn. It's finally winter. About on ...
January 11, 2013
Silly People Pay To Traipse Through Mud; I Get That Pleasure For Free
Yeah, I never did get that whole "yay, let me pay you so I can roll in the mud and ice and get really dirty AND we can call it a race!!...
December 25, 2012
What, Is It A Holiday Again Or Something?
Yeah, I don't really "do" holidays. I don't know, maybe it's the pressure, the expectations, the completely illogical...
December 14, 2012
Dancing Beneath The Stars
I stood on top of the hill, waiting for Encore to work his way through his supper. My head was craned back, 30 degrees feeling like 20 on...
November 6, 2012
An Emotional Blender
Our farrier met me in a bitterly cold wind this afternoon and pulled Encore's shoes; the final touch ending my desperate attempt at a fa...
October 13, 2012
Waiting....
I'm terrible at it. So perhaps it's a good thing I've been left in charge of the farm this weekend while everyone is shining th...
September 30, 2012
Shhhhh, Did You Hear That?
It was nearly like the sound of a new post forming. This only counts as half of one though. I must apologize for a quiet summer; field wor...
July 28, 2012
Can I Make The Impossible Possible?
This is how it goes: Monday I am getting ready for field work, fixing the stuff broken in last week's field work, or driving to field...