Over the past few months I have been visiting farms and getting to know the potential adopters for a wonderful Clydesdale Cross, Prospero. The beginning of his story was dismal, but now, he is rea

So, I hope all of you had a look at the video clip from the last blog. I’m pretty sure a lot of you out there may have looked at the video and thought ‘I don’t see any issue here,’ …

I’m betting the title of this week’s post pretty much gives away what I did during my ride, and how it went. And let me tell you, it went fabulously well. The temperature was a balmy minus 15 degrees Celsius, …

It is pretty common knowledge that too much starch in a horse’s diet can increase the risk of colic or laminitis, and may contribute to the development of insulin resistance. Many owners also blame sweet feeds or other high starch …

Horses and heartache. Saturday morning, brushing out Mops (who’s been shedding his winter coat ferociously for over two weeks now). He raised his head and looked straight towards the mountains and westwards, which is where this year’s gather o

So it finally happened. It got too cold for me to ride. The mercury dropped below minus 30 degrees without the wind chill, and my fingers and toes just couldn’t take it. I started out the day with every intention …

The Mongolians have a word – zud – that describes winters where temperatures plummet to 50 degrees below zero and their livestock freeze to death.

I’ve been thinking about zuds as I trek to work swathed in my parka and …

Six days ago Lily, a littermate of Trooper, was brought to the house for dog/vizsla sitting. As the owners were closing our front door behind them Lily’s mom said, “Could you teach Lily to paint?” I stifled a shriek and …

Photographs are a wonderful gifting, of being able to capture ‘snapshots’ of a certain day and its memories, or a photo shoot session (as with this ridiculous Mops-to-rabbit interaction, with about 30 photographs snapped off so the illustrator

Welcome to Edenview, where anything is possible with vision and a sense of humour.

I wrote and posted those words at the entrance of my barn within the first few days of moving my family of one husband, two kids, …