Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, tagged daily, equestrian, horses, humor, laughing, laughter, medicine, mood, patience, practice, riding, routine, seriousness on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are only two emotions that belong on the saddle; One is a sense of humor, and the other is patience. — John Lyons
You shoudn’t take anything too seriously. Same thing goes for riding. You can be serious about your riding and horsemanship, but there is such a thing as taking things [...]
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Posted in What to Think About, What to Watch, tagged body gestures, body language, comprehend, enjoyable, horse, media, neigh, nicker, noises, snort, sounds, stock sound, understand, whinny on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a neigh, Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leaped with the sound! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is always something that to always see (or rather, hear) in movies. There can be a horse in the background and you will always hear that distinct whinny. (Most media scholars [...]
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Posted in What to Buy, What to Read, What to Think About, tagged author, books, equestrian, equine health care, feed, feeding, haynet, healthcare, horse care, horses, library, library books, one-horse owner, paddock, routine, schedule, security, vet, veterarian, water, writer, writing on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I purchased some classics on horse care…I gradually came to understand
that they were like 19th-century religious tomes on how to save your soul:
objective, good; instructions, extremely detailed; practical application,
impossible.
–C.J.J. Mullen
As anyone can guess from the added Book Club link (see top of this page) that I love books related to anything equestrian. I have a [...]
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Posted in What to Think About, tagged bad day, bad show, class, disqualified, equitation, equitation class, hearts, hunter class, hunter show, jumper show, Jumping, love, off course, poor showing, Reba, Selle Francais, show, terrible show on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So on Aug 21 we had a small horse show, and my boss said that she would like to see me show the mare that I have been working with for about two years now in a few classes.
She’s an excellent jumper, problem is the show was a hunter show. So I wanted to show [...]
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