Calm, Forward, Straight

It's been a productive week at the farmette. A trip up the road for supplies... Seriously - what's sexier than a full trailer...

It's been three (long, hard, hot) weeks since we lost Sweet Pea. The household is adjusting to her absence - some better than others. I...

Guess what showed up at the farmette last week! A cowboy. A real live cowboy. A cow working, colt starting, boot, hat and spur wearing, know...

Well, not how you would think... Temps did get up into the 90's right after our last ride, so we skipped out for a few days, sticking ...

Just returned from the barn, where Val and I had such a wonderful afternoon!! My goodness I can't even describe how much I love my horse...

My knee has responded very well to (about a million) ibuprofren and getting iced frequently over the last few days, so I headed up to the ba...

A joyful morning with my horse - warm and sunny! Although many holiday related chores beckoned and thunderstorms threatened, we persevere...

I realized that I have been mentioning / complaining about / obsessing over my arena situation non-stop lately, so I thought I'd post ab...

Since we had the bruised sole incident a couple of weeks ago, I've been researching hoof boots. The vet suggested them for when we are a...

Looks like we're on for our trip to my trainer's this weekend - yea! When I went down to the barn this evening the mystery swelling ...

Despite the closing on my farmette being delayed until next Tuesday, I'm moving ahead with improvements, namely a new full sized arena. ...