Anne

The days are not long enough to dent the ever increasing pile of “things to do”, much less find time to blog, with our slow internet. The good news is that fiber optic is making its way in this direction at long last. Meanwhile, we never stop being grateful for the beauty surrounding us. As […]

In 2015, we went to Paris to look at a horse. Paris, Kentucky, that is, which is part of Lexington. The horse wasn’t quite what we wanted. I had been accepted into the Thoroughbred Makeover, and we were searching for a retired racehorse that was a sound hunter / jumper prospect. We had exhausted all

It’s been a hectic time since I last blogged. On Monday, July 24, we met up with our longtime friends, Susie and Jake. The plan was to have a last visit to Three Creek Farm followed by lunch with us and the three Carpenter sisters, but Dorothy was delayed in New York, so we had

After a very hot and muggy start to the week, we had two rare July days with mild temperatures and low humidity on Friday and Saturday. There was a three day horse show at Happenstance, but circumstances prevented me from getting over to watch. Jane provided us with news as Melissa brought two green horses

Today my mother, Trudy (Gertrude Marie Quetsch Barry), would be 95, had she made it this far. Like me, she was an only girl with many brothers. Trudy was beloved, brilliant and talented. More than she ever allowed herself to realize, I think. We were very fortunate to have such an intellectual, fair minded mother.