It’s been a while since we’ve written a blog post. Life got busy throughout July and August, with horses, goats, summer camps, endurance rides, and plenty of miles on the road. After the dairy goat national show, Amanda headed up…
On Friday Amanda and I ventured out to a local open horse show to add some experiences to both Amanda and JJ’s repertoire. Amanda is taking JJ to the Big E 4-H horse show in September and we needed to…
On Saturday May 16th, we loaded up the horse trailer with all 4 horses and headed North to VT. The AERC Bare Bones endurance ride was managed by Geneva Soule and the Vermont Equine Riding and Driving Association. Last year,…
Saturday goats, Sunday horses. Sunday morning (Mother’s Day) at 0745, we headed out with a single horse; Amanda and SA Jeeka’s Jessica competed in their first dressage show. Amanda had done a lead line test 10 or 11 years ago,…
The high today was like 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Last night and through the morning we got 9″ of snow. The low this evening is a negative 2, with a real feel of negative 20 with wind gusts of 40 mph.…
With only 3 horses in the barn, we have been considering an addition or two, but weren’t looking seriously. About a week and a half ago, we found out distance riding friend Diana Murphy was considering selling her Arabian gelding,…
Well, Mojo has been through the ringer this year. He’s struggled with some arthritis, a possible locking stifle, as well as chronic Lyme and now this week was diagnosed with severe ulcers! After the Pine tree endurance ride where he…
This post is the story of our week at the Pinetree Endurance ride this year. The post was delayed by life happenings and the lack of photos (we didn’t take that many and the ride photographer was also busy with…
On Thursday evening Amanda and Quinn went to set up at the 2025 Windham 4-H Fair. Quinn is now aged out of 4-H but still stays involved and helping out. Friday afternoon Amanda and Quinn drove the goats over to…
This post is in memory of Hedgehog Hollows American Eagle aka Huey 4 In May 2013, we moved into our current house. Amanda turned 3. A good friend told us about a Dartmoor farm in MD that was downsizing and…