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~Arizona & The Girls~

~Arizona & The Girls~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* The mares were compliant…(Thank God)….. They stood nicely for our new blacksmith…they didn’t lean on him…or take naps on his back…or squish him…or nibble off an ear….. I knew Pepper was good with blacksmiths…but I was unsure about Crimson…up until now (apparently) she’s only been a pasture pony….. But all’s well that ends well….. No harm…no foul….. Arizona has taken us on as new clients…and will come back again for other scheduled visits……..

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Blacksmiths Aren’t What They Used To Be

Blacksmiths Aren’t What They Used To Be

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It wasn’t easy….. But we found one….. Our past blacksmith quit on us….. After Claire and then Brave passed…a little bit of time went by…but not much….. When I recontacted him…our farrier said he’d been ill…after an exposure to glyphosates…(not the first time we’ve heard that)….. ~~~Don’t Get Me Started On Round-Up and Monsanto and Bayer~~~ My farrier had a single occurrence Grande Mal seizure…and after that…he decided he was only going to…

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We’re Tired~Happy~But~Exhausted

We’re Tired~Happy~But~Exhausted

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* But we did it….. One more Halloween Hunt Club Tea under our belt….. There were about forty people at our Guest Hunt event last Saturday….. I believe a good time was had by all…but honestly…I’m still cross-eyed tired….. But we got everything down to the host’s ranch ahead of time in the morning….. We were set up before the field came back in….. I think they got on a coyote run…but I’m really…

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~Hunt Club Halloween Tea Prep~

~Hunt Club Halloween Tea Prep~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Today my daughters and I are in a whir…baking and cooking….. Tomorrow is our Halloween Tea at a local ranch where we Fox Hunt….. It’s a Guest Hunt…so there should be more riders and guests than usual…maybe around forty….. …..it’s a little hard to estimate the amount of food to prepare and bring….. …..so it’s better to over-do rather than under-do………….too little food & drink is just a bummer….. We’re going to have…

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I Never Want To Talk About Dog Fennel Again

I Never Want To Talk About Dog Fennel Again

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* …..and yet…here I am….. The big towering dog fennel is mostly mowed down now…and little new fresh sprigs are thinking it’s appropriate to try sprouting back….. I’ll have at it with the bush hog again before the fluffy little sprout-lets can get a foot hold….. I haven’t even had a chance to start on the front pasture…because I can’t shove the gates open wide enough yet to get the tractor through….. The dog…

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~Almost There~

~Almost There~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* The Hunt Season has begun….. Pepper is still down at Mary Constance’s…but she’s fit enough to go out on several Hunts already….. She really seems to be enjoying herself…she already knows the in’s & out’s of being a Whipper-In’s mount….. It’s a little more complicated than what she would be doing with me….. My Hunt contributions really cap out at how many flasks I can hide all over myself and in my saddlebags……..

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Horse Health Re-Visited

Horse Health Re-Visited

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We brought Pepper home this last December….. She had been at Mary Constance’s farm….. When we brought her home…just to be on the safe side…our veterinarian (Doctor Stevie Wonder) pulled some blood for baseline bloodwork….. …..just to keep on file…as a history…to refer to….. Doctor Wonder intended to compare her blood again…in about six months time…for any changes….. Well…that was the plan….. This last April…while Pepper was getting her annual shots (West Nile…EWT…etc)…and…

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So? When Are You Going To Ride?

So? When Are You Going To Ride?

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** And yes…you might be asking me that question….. …..and you have a valid point….. I guess…I’ll cut to the chase…it’s been so long since I’ve been in the saddle….. …..and to be totally honest…I’m a little afraid….. …..I know I’ll get over it…I won’t allow myself too much of a fear indulgence….. It’s been seven years since I’ve Hunted….. It’s been seven years in April since all our horses were poisoned….. *****(“The Final…

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*Riding Lessons*

*Riding Lessons*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** My daughters had a riding lesson with Mary Constance….. It’s a good start to the New Year….. But there’s a very dark side to riding lessons….. …..the screaming agony of the previously unused muscles….. I don’t envy my daughters the excruciating muscles which are guaranteed to follow…they are assuredly going to limp around with tears in their eyes….. Why is it…if you stop riding…even for the shortest period of time…you end up with…

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Hay String

Hay String

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We’ve gone back to collecting hay string again….. Up North…it’s seems to be referred to as hay twine…but it’s the same thing….. We’ve stopped feeding the 900 lbs. compressed alfalfa bales…we’ve returned to the regular square three-string alfalfa bales….. …..that way we can break off “flakes” for Pepper…and have more control over how much she’s eating….. Pepper’s quite the “foodie”….. She vacuums up every stalk and leaf….. We were warned ahead of time…

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