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…
Aromatherapy Conconcussion blend #1
As I previously discussed, the aromatherapy has been having a definite positive impact on my migraines. Initially, I started with pure Frankincense oil to conduct a causal determination that the Frankincense oil was the specific ingredient resulting in the improvement. …
Aromatherapy follow up
In case you missed it, read my first post about trying aromatherapy for my migraines here. I have been trying out the Frankincense oil for about a week. My general routine has been to go to work and within the…
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…
Too bad they don’t get along
The kids made a bed of pillows on the floor in Alex’s room. They were out cold, so we turned on the lights to snap a picture.
Trying out aromatherapy
Last week I started my new job on staff at the Naval War College in Newport RI. I spend an hour commuting each way and then my day is spent in a room of florescent lights in front of a…
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…