Happy Thanksgiving !!!!
Enjoy Family, Food, and Festivities. Stay Safe! Here Is To COVID Thanksgiving 2020! Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving !!!!
Sunday Funday 11/22!
Started With Morning Chores As all weekend days do. They started with taking care of the barn chores. It doesn’t take long though. There was a whole gang of us yesterday. We wanted to get done so we could ride! Sunday Games We have played mounted games the past two Sundays. It was so much … Continue reading Sunday Funday 11/22!
Kemerton-Gave Me A Run For My Money!
Kemerton I will start by saying that Kemerton is the higher strung of my two horses. Even in his old age. He was a racehorse for a long time and when he gets worked up it can be a challenge to get his attention back and settle him down. So Far So Good… The ride … Continue reading Kemerton-Gave Me A Run For My Money!
Hyde Farm Creature Report #4
Some Good Daylight Pictures! Nice Bucks Weird Antlered Bucks Pretty Doe Pics Raccoons And Foxes We did get some raccoon and fox pictures. Nothing good enough to post though. The raccoons look like shiny-eyed black lumps under the feeder at night. The fox pictures were in daylight, but they were always running and blurry, nothing … Continue reading Hyde Farm Creature Report #4
My Horse Bucked And I Didn’t Fall Off!
Probably Sounds Pretty Lame Right? Well, considering that I have only walked and trotted. With a few steps of canter here and there since I got hurt, I never would have expected I would stay on if my horse bucked. I did though! Sunday Funday A group of us at the barn were playing mounted … Continue reading My Horse Bucked And I Didn’t Fall Off!
The People You Meet Along The Way
Many Years Means Meeting Many People We have been in the horse business for what seems like forever now. Which means we have met lots of horse people. Trainers, lesson kids, vets, farriers, feed store people…all kinds of people! Some of the people you meet come and go through your life quickly without leaving much … Continue reading The People You Meet Along The Way
Holy Migraine!
Way Worse Than Usual First off, since my accident, my headache’s all the time. As my doctors say, the goal is to keep my baseline headache pain low. Also to prevent as many full on migraine days as possible. Weather? Yesterday was the first of two days of rain and a cooler front coming in. … Continue reading Holy Migraine!
Monday Lesson Report
Why? For one I used to keep a journal of my lessons. Making notes on what we did and how the students are progressing. Prior to my TBI, I could do the lessons and then come inside and write in the journal. Now, I can’t remember by the time I get inside exactly what happened, … Continue reading Monday Lesson Report
Hyde Farm Creature Report #3
Bucks Raccoon Take Over Gorgeous Gray Foxes Does! Deer Fight!! Changing Weather And The Deer Are Changing It Up! We have sort of been having crisp fall weather mixed in with warm Indian summer type days. With the time change, the deer have also changed their patterns a bit. The deer pictures weren’t super exciting … Continue reading Hyde Farm Creature Report #3
Catch Up Post!
Where Have I Been? I have had computer trouble. Then internet connection trouble, then blog trouble. On top of a crazy schedule out at the barn, and of course Halloween. I have been slacking, but I’m back! A Photographic Update! Spooky Mornings At The Farm Building A New Run In Shed At The Back 40 … Continue reading Catch Up Post!