Category Archives: General

Modern Horsemanship, or lack there of…

A few months ago during a pony club meeting, the chief horsemanship judge for our region presented a list of horsemanship concerns that her and her team of judges witnessed over the past season and gave tips on how to … Continue reading

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Horse World Expo

Without a long detailed explanation as to why I spent so much time at Expo this weekend, here are my personal highlights. The weather was warm, well, warm for January with no snow or ice anywhere. Got a great compliment … Continue reading

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A White Christmas

Well as I sit in my apartment typing this, our farm is covered in snow again and it has turned to a heavy freezing rain. Joy to the world! Ug. I like snow. Don’t get me wrong. But freezing rain … Continue reading

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Ah…yeah…

Right. So this morning my smart phone decided to just keep restarting itself and repeated the word “droid” in that oh so fantastic way, over and over and over and over. I was just about to throw it onto the … Continue reading

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Photos from Aiken… finally!

Ok, here are just a few photos from Aiken over the last three days. Working on getting a bunch of stuff up on The Equiery’s blog and facebook so check those too! This is what we had to do the … Continue reading

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Celebrating Poli…

When someone has to put their horse down, it is never easy. We all tell ourselves we are doing it in the horse’s best interest. We don’t want them to suffer. But still, giving the vet permission for this final … Continue reading

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Blowing off steam

I’ve been feeling “off” for most of the week but just figured I was burnt out from holiday traveling and the holidays in general. Felt super sick by Wed, better on Thurs, a bit better on Fri, etc. Then yesterday … Continue reading

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Not freezing

Got up this morning. Put on a ton of layers. Walked outside and was actually warm! Buckets were not frozen either. Looks like we are going to have a warm spell for the next few days. When I say “warm” … Continue reading

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It is still freezing…

enough said

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Frozen

I really can’t complain because in comparison to the past few years, this has been a mild winter, but… today I had to break ice from the water buckets that were INSIDE the barn. I put the boys out in … Continue reading

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