Zelador and Zeloso both LOVE the big horse balls. Zeloso’s been out-of-control with them from day one. Zelador, on the other hand, started out calmly, but over time he, too, morphed into this wildly enthusiastic leaping maniac whenever the ball …
Just saw a DVD of the film “Temple Grandin”. It was amazing. In the Bonus Features she, the screenplay writer and the director comment on each scene as it’s played. Because of Temple I went to the Nobleton library. She’s …
This morning before I fetched the yearling, Marcus, from his stall I set up the arena. We have a wooden cut-out bull. I moved that from beside the piano to the south wall, between a low pedestal and the teeter-totter. …
The public postal service in England first got the go ahead in 1635 when post-boys carried the mail between “posts” to a local postmaster.
Marcus was introduced to the mailbox today. I had the door open and placed a piece of carrot in the mailbox. He thought that was a good trick! Of course, he would have liked to play with the red flag …
I just watched the DVD, “Buck”. It’s about Buck Brannaman, who was the inspiration for Nicolas Evans’ main character in The Horse Whisperer. Buck also worked with Robert Redford in the movie. He provided technical expertise, served as a double …
On March 4th, we’re going to host a House Concert (at the house, not the arena!) with musician Marie-Lynn Hammond. She has several horse songs and many others that she’ll play for us. AND, animal communicator, Lauren Bode, will be …
The exception to this was Napoleon, who was left-handed and preferred to ride on the right with his troops and hold his sword in the left hand.
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Two members of the Gang on the Hill came to our arena, Georgie (her first time) and Lulu (her third time). Georgie had only rolled out a small section of the carpet in her stall. She rolled out the entire …
Bill Stott, Allen Kalpin and Ron Marino upgraded their 2010 “Men Doing Dressage” to “Decrepit Men Doing Dressage” on October 30 2011. Amongst them there are two no-so-reliable backs, a pulled groin muscle, a knee scheduled for an MRI AND …
This is a game we started playing a week or two before the October 30, 2011 fundraiser for Longrun. We’ve only done it a few times and Zelador has been correct each time. And to think that I can’t remember …
