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The Fox Hunting Season Continues…

The Fox Hunting Season Continues…

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** This year’s Fox Hunting Season is in full swing….. Mary Constance just sent me the GPS mapping of the hounds at last Saturday’s Hunt….. It was at a ranch just south of us…and apparently they covered 15.5 miles….. Geez!  Louise!………….that was a long Hunt….. But a good Hunt horse can do it…at least the weather was a little cooler…not cold…but cooler….. Mary Constance said the first half of the Hunt was a blank……..

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~~~In Search Of A Sabino~~~

~~~In Search Of A Sabino~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** The weather is so inhospitable right now…going outside is something to avoid….. I’m looking at photos of my hearty friends venturing out on trail rides with their horses….. I have to admire them…I have to admire their mounts…I’m hoping they’re out on the trails when it’s still quasi-cool in the early mornings…(but it’s never cool)….. Claire and Anja and Brave would faint if they were asked to exercise right now….. …..they are so…

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~~~Now’s The Time For A Plan~~~

~~~Now’s The Time For A Plan~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Perfect timing never occurs….. Making the best of things…is usually the best we can do….. …..(along with always looking for and counting any blessings we can possibly find)….. So…it’s time to put one foot in front of the other…and start making plans to find my next riding horse….. I want to ride…I want to Fox Hunt…I missed this last entire season….. …..I intend to be ready for next Fall’s Cubbing Season….. …..I’ve got…

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Moving Forward…..

Moving Forward…..

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** So…I’ve started looking for a new Clydesdale or Shire mare….. …..my heart’s not in it….. …..I miss Addy….. I’ve gotten her bloodwork back….. It was the blood that Stevie Wonder (our Large Animal Vet) pulled right before we put Addy down….. I haven’t gone over it with him yet………….there’s obviously no rush….. What I have done…is call and set up an appointment with a surveillance camera company that we’ve researched….. …..they are going…

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*The Hoof Abscess Saga…aka Addy’s Last Post*

*The Hoof Abscess Saga…aka Addy’s Last Post*

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I had an entire post which had almost been completed prior to my recent cardiac “procedure”…(last Friday)….. It was all about Addy’s hoof-health and how it had improved/resolved/& healed….. Suzanne-Annette came over to bathe and body-clip the girls…to keep them more comfortable…(because their excessive winter coats are not necessary in Florida)….. Addy was bathed…clipped…and happy on Wednesday…alert…with a good appetite….. On Thursday morning…with my normal morning head-count….. …..I found Addy laying down…unable to get up…and struggling to breathe…..?….. Stevie Wonder…

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*Addy And Her Abscess*

*Addy And Her Abscess*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Horses get hoof abscesses…they occur for a bunch of reasons….. Usually they’re not considered an insurmountable problem….. …..they can be treated and healed….. But they are dramatic….. An otherwise sound horse can be dead-lame in the blink of an eye….. I had thought that we had the abscess under control after the last blacksmiths visit….. …..apparently not…or maybe this is a new one?….. …..whatever it is…it still needs treating….. Addy’s not a light-weight…even…

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*Paranoia & Addy*

*Paranoia & Addy*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** You know those Optimistic/PollyAnna expressions…trying to prompt a positive outlook on life? There are lots of them that are available….. Always look on the bright side of life (accompanied by a spritely whistle)—(okay…that one’s from Monty Python)….. …..a cheery outlook makes for a cheery disposition….. …..happy is as happy does…?…I don’t know….. There are millions of them….. I didn’t want to use any of them a few days ago…when I checked on the…

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Friday & Ian

Friday & Ian

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First and Foremost….. We’re all okay and we survived…the horses are fine…all the animals are fine….. The house…the barn…the land…the vehicles are fine….. …..the round pen…not so much…..it got smooshed….. We’re all still a little rattled….. …..a little fried….. Who am I kidding…..?….. My eyes are rolling around in my head like lost marbles….. Our comfort-zone/homeostasis will take a while to settle in again…(once we find where it blew to and ultimately landed)….. My friend (further South by only about…

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*It’s Mani~~Pedi Time*

*It’s Mani~~Pedi Time*

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Not only was it Mani-Pedi time…but we were also over-due for hoof trims….. On the plus-side Claire was the best I’d ever witnessed her at picking up her feet for our blacksmith Montana….. Claire’s not fractious…or vicious…or mean in her dissent….. …..she’s just a pro at locking her leg joints and turning them into cement-support pillars….. She totally refuses to lift her feet….. Perhaps her compliance this time…might have been because the lock…

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The Tradition Of The Overalls

The Tradition Of The Overalls

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …..(Overalls)….. I call mine Patrice….. She’s been a good friend to me over the years…she’s reticent…yet opinionated….. We’ve had many hours of verbal-jousting…(it worries my family and keeps my neighbors at a distance)….. …..(Overalls…over the years)….. All my Patrices are friends…some have paint splattered on them from past projects…others have identifying tears from wire/or nails/or animals…some with un-identifiable stains (that are better left that way)….. …..(Why Wear Overalls?)…. I know when it’s time…

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