Twenty-one
On Confetti’s birthday this year, we did pony rides for several children. First, though, she got to run in the arena with both her mother and sister. They haven’t all been in the same place for a while now, and … Continue reading →
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First impressions post-injection
First ride post-injections was also our first time on the bigger 6-mile loop rather than our smaller 4-mile loop. I didn’t push for speed, but I did ask that she keep moving forwards at a reasonable pace. No lazy moseying … Continue reading →
Catching up: trail changes, hock injections
I am firmly in “never going to properly catch up on posts” mode. So, I’ll summarize: The rain stopped for a little bit. Hooray! Rejoice! I went against everything I said I was going to do and our first ride … Continue reading →
Tack Sale haul
A while back – I’m really behind on my posting! – Olivia mentioned a semi-local tack sale. Inexpensive tack? Blogger meetup? Sure, I can go for that. Especially when I wasn’t actually riding. My current wishlist is so small and … Continue reading →
Horses in NYC, a brief interlude
I took a five-day vacation to NYC. This clearly meant that California should have amazing, wonderful, sunny weather with near-record highs, and the east coast had one day of beautiful weather when we flew in. It snowed the next morning, … Continue reading →
Finally, Secret Santa!
This is a very, very belated post. Maddie, I am SO SO SO sorry. Way, way, way back in December before I went on vacation, a package arrived. With shinies! Exciting stuff! It was sunny out when the package came, … Continue reading →
February finale
The barn almost-flooded over the Monday holiday last week. I went in to work – I can’t just take off every time it looks like it might think about flooding! – and refreshed regularly. Looks OK. Looks OK. Hm, kinda … Continue reading →
Barn floods, commute misery.
I promise someday I’ll get to actually writing my Blogger Secret Santa post, and Maddie I promise I’m appreciative and everything, but I swear I have a really good reason for not writing it yet: it has been raining/commute hell … Continue reading →
January: Lunging
I decided to take a page from SprinklerBandit’s book this month, and so we’ve mostly lunged. Sometimes we have lunged in the daylight with color-coordinated outfits and side reins and fabulous boots. Sometimes we have lunged in the dark, with … Continue reading →
Rain, cold, more rain
I came down with a cold about a month ago. It eventually turned into a sinus infection, and it is this week that I am finally feeling normal again. Confetti’s back is looking better. We decided it was likely caused … Continue reading →