Category Archives: Images of our herd in specific

Saturday

Posted on April 25, 2009 by K

HUZZAH for the husband who’ll come out in the drizzle and fire up the hobby tractor (with the reluctant battery) and muscle a 5000 pound roll of no-climb horse fence and a fence stretcher and still be patient with me … Continue reading →

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Rachel, Sophie and the Blustery Day

Posted on April 20, 2009 by K

If I ever decide to go riding on a windy day again, remind me: this never turns out well. It was on a blustery day that I fell off my horse (for the first and only time in the real … Continue reading →

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Luba

Posted on April 2, 2009 by K

I found Peter Hagerty when I was cruising the web, looking for instructions as to how to make a simple felted wool ball. Don’t ask me why I wanted to do this; there are just so many fascinating materials to … Continue reading →

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Whoop-de-do!

Posted on March 14, 2009 by K

Rachel came over today to hash over an idiotic book that had driven her nuts (which was fun – and she came on her pink bike.  Wait.  Red?). Before too long, we had stumbled into an entirely accidental idyll of … Continue reading →

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All tractor, all the time—

Posted on March 13, 2009 by K

John Deere and my GM (good man, not general motor).  Finessing the box scraper.  Kind of like trying to fix a watch with a hammer. Jetta.  Impressed. GM doing other manly things with the tractor.  Did I tell you we … Continue reading →

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Women’s work—

Posted on February 25, 2009 by K

First, I have two things to say: 1) I do not like saying goodbye.  Goodbye, Gin.  Goodbye, Max.  I can stand it today, but not yesterday. 2) Here’s a neat little technique: find something at Sam’s club that you know … Continue reading →

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In case you were wondering

Posted on January 18, 2009 by K

This is what it’s like to have horses: You get up in the morning. (Some people do this earlier than I do. Let me just explain that I get up WAY earlier than I would if I didn’t know people … Continue reading →

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We Have a Go

Posted on November 28, 2008 by K

November 25, 2008 There comes a time in the life of every parent when you finally have to test your training under saddle. I am not talking about sending your kid on band tour, though that’s close to what I … Continue reading →

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And you thought you had it bad –

Posted on November 10, 2008 by K

Oh, how I long to be as witty and astute as some of you guys – Sue, Rachel, Laura Maery; I’m drowning in clever buds. But I’m a working animal, so I write about non-glorious things. Like pulling teeth. Which … Continue reading →

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Rivers of Drowsy Aspen

Posted on September 21, 2008 by K

One of the greatest delights of our lives is to ride the mountains in autumn.  Every year I’m scared we won’t get up there.  But every year, we manage to sneak away (if you can call it sneaking when you’re … Continue reading →

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