After a brisk, but tolerable day yesterday, a big storm blew through, and today was gloomy and cold. Nonetheless, Spring is coming. Crocus and daffodil blooms are leading the way, and the grass is showing hints of green. Our scheduled shoeing day was postponed until the middle of next week, since the horses have not […]
An early start to morning chores, then off to the horse show at 7 AM. The first daffodil of the year greeted us and wished us luck. Luck is always a factor, in horse showing, as in life. We showed in the 3′ Hunter Derby. The ring was beautiful, with a good first round course
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Here is the news you have been waiting for! The old ladies did not disgrace themselves today. Jane and I are both very lucky in having two fabulous Irish horses. Bart and Derry acquitted themselves well, despite our rusty riding. We arrived to discover that our class (Open Hunter) was already underway! Yikes! There ensued
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I know, we should not say we are old, but Jane and I like to make jokes about being some of the oldest competitors at horse shows. Today, we loaded Bart and Derry into the trailer and drove over to the National Equestrian Center to school for the Flying Fox Horse Show this weekend. The
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Well, here it is, March 1st, and there are Spring Peepers singing in the woods. I admit I did hear one last Tuesday, when it was quite warm, but it was an outlier, and overly optimistic. This evening, there was a full chorus. Those little frogs are astonishing, freezing solid in winter, only to Spring