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Pepper & Puddles

Pepper & Puddles

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We’ve discovered that Pepper does not like getting her feet wet….. Well…when I say “we’ve discovered”…what I really mean is that Mary Constance found out (while whipping off of her during last season’s Fox Hunts)….. Pepper does Not like traversing anything that contains any amount of water….. She refuses to step in it…cross it…or navigate it in any way….. Usually after a great deal of “cajoling” (that’s what we’re going to call it…

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The Way Of The DoDo

The Way Of The DoDo

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Our local friendly Winn Dixie grocery store is closed now….. There’s plywood up over all of the windows….. It’s such sadness….. All the local stores that we knew of in or near our area have closed and have been sold to the Aldi’s chain….. Remember the movie…”Because of Winn Dixie”…(and yes…we have a copy of the DVD)….. That was a great campy movie…(there was even an Irish Wolfhound-type dog in it)….. But all…

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~One More Clydesdale~

~One More Clydesdale~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I just looked down at the tee shirt I’m wearing right now…and it says “Boss Mare”….. I suppose that’s true…but on a farm…it’s important to establish who’s in charge….. I’d like to point out…in addition to being boss mare…I’m also alpha bitch…but if you know me…you know that already applies….. …..(someone’s gotta do it)….. Pepper and Crimson are firmly ensconced here on our little farm already….. I’ve got my Clydesdale mare (Pepper) and…

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~~~The Fox Hunt~~~

~~~The Fox Hunt~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** There are just a couple more Hunts in this year’s Hunt Season….. Then there’s the All Florida Meet…(which is open to members of other Hunts)….. And then there’s the Hunt Club Ball…and then that’s it for this Season of Fox Hunting….. From what I understand…several foxes were actually viewed this Season…but still the vast majority of the chases were the ever abundant coyotes….. Those guys are so fast…it’s good aerobic training for the…

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There’s Always Time For Rocks

There’s Always Time For Rocks

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is my Blog…and I can write about anything I want….. And I want to talk about rocks….. I like rocks….. I’ve always liked rocks….. Even when I was little…I liked rocks….. …..my Father liked rocks too….. We were always picking up precious rocks…and showing them to each other….. Maybe I inherited my love of all kinds of rocks from my Dad….. I’m looking at an assortment of rocks right now…next to my…

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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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~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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*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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And Now…For The Rest Of The Story

And Now…For The Rest Of The Story

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I need to make a disclaimer….. …..!Kids…Don’t Try This At Home!….. Remember my post about bringing Pepper home from the recent Hunt(?)….. And Remember I mentioned that there were a few “hiccups” in getting her home….. …..well…there were….. We ran into a bit of a snag when we were loading Pepper into the trailer….. …..we had known there was (a little bit of) a problem with one (a couple) of the welds on…

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