Wordless Wednesday: Horse Pulling at the Champlain Valley Fair

3,200 lb class, pulling 4,000 lbs.

Wordless Wednesday: Muddiest Pony in All the Land

We hit mid 70s here on Monday & Tuesday, obscenely hot for this time of year, and Tristan had his first day outside without his blanket in many months, and boy, did he make the most of it.

Wordless Wednesday: Beach Vacation

I should only ever go to the beach in winter. All the natural beauty, none of the tourists.

Wordless Wednesday: Mom, make the kitty stop snuggling me

Poor Arya. She can dish it out, but she can't take it.

WW: 11 Seconds of Meditation

Is there a better calming sound in the whole world?

Let's call this a different variation on Emma's barn door photo series.

WW: Fall is Here

Low 30s overnight, mountains on fire with color, frisky shaggy ponies, blowing off ring work in favor of hacking around the hay field? Yup. Definitely fall.

(actually that last is something I do year-round unless the snow is too deep, because I have zero discipline when it comes to that hay field)

 

Some of us are happier about this than others.

WW: When I'm not riding my horse, I'm...

WW: Back in the Day

young & skinny, both of us

Wordless Wednesday: This View, Though

WW: New Car Decal

To be strictly accurate, I've owned this decal for a few years now, but only just re-discovered it while sorting paperwork and finally put it on my car on Monday.

I like it. I may not be an eventer anymore, not really (maybe not ever? I can't justify the ways the sport is so willfully oblivious right now), but I still think a complete horse education consists of both dressage and jumping. So this is still a good shorthand.

WW: Longeing

Short longeing session: I'm trying right now to focus on building muscle and strength, not necessarily fitness, so that means shorter, more intensive sessions right now.

Wordless Wednesday: Longeing the Wild Mustang