Training Calli – Breakthrough!
Calli and I have been having a tough time lately. I have been busy working on projects and just wasn’t making progress (read – wasn’t riding). I finally broke down and hired a friend to do some training with her. …
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Countryside Organics feed
Imagine you walk out to feed your chickens and spill some of the chicken feed on the ground in an area where the chickens can’t get to it. If you came back a few weeks later, what would you expect…
North Stonington fair weekend
This weekend was the North Stonington fair. We had rabbits that spent Thursday-Sunday at the fair. Vicki showed Devil and WON the walk trot division on Saturday. I showed King; we had fun and won a class, but didn’t do…
The first of many…
Nights in the barn, cleaning tack and loading the horse trailer. Amanda refused to go to bed and insisted on helping clean tack Tomorrow is the North Stonington fair horse show. Vicki and I will be riding Devil and King.…
King has been dethroned
A few weeks back, Huey joined the farm. After an adjustment period with Devil and Precious, we turned him out with King and Calli too. The result was surprising. Huey, the 11 hand Dartmoor, drove King away from the other…
Mondays are for recovery
Mondays need to be a day off to recover from the weekend. Especially when Friday is a day off. I had planned for Friday off work because who wants to work on Friday? Friday morning, I worked with a new…
On the trails again. Finally.
Moving has a way of taking up all the free time. As a result, the horses were not getting used much and we certainly we not doing any trail riding. However, since our 14th anniversary was Wednesday and we didn’t…
Introducing Huey!
Saturday night I flew back from WA. Sunday, Vicki and I hooked up the horse trailer and hopped in the truck. 8 hours later we arrived at our hotel just outside Baltimore. First thing Monday morning, we went to Hedgehog…
What is Rob reading?
Right now, I am sitting in the Seattle airport waiting to fly home. Open in front of me is Complementary Therapies for Horse & Rider. It is a part of my current ESA course, Complementary Therapies. I finished the Nutrition…
Things change
As we were moving, it struck me as to how much interests change over time, and how hard it is to let go of the dream/vision that led you down that path in the first place. For example, about 6…