In the winter, I ride inside most of the time. Our indoor is enclosed with limited-to-no natural light. The only time we have real light in ...

I try not to write ride wrap ups or do ride journals on here, because horse training is just so incremental. It's painfully slow and met...

The estimable Alyssa came out to play bridles the other day. Alyssa kicks all the ass at jumping but is new to dressage. I am also new-ish...

remember when we could see the ground? My world is still iced over and not improving. Courage gets turned out every day, but it seems he...

not pictured: my coat We've had some unseasonably cold weather and gusting winds lately (which, wtf, i miss it already), plus my tim...

he really is adorable When I first moved Courage to the new barn, the other boarders were blown away by how quiet Courage was and the fa...

It was bound to happen sometime. I made it to the barn in the late afternoon. It was perfect fall weather--sunny and warm with a cool bree...

This picture is just before we loaded up on Saturday. That sheet is very revealing, don't you think? Cuna was completely wild today (for...

October is one of the most beautiful months of the year. It is also completely insane, so I'm incredibly happy to see it go. Don't b...

When I showed up at the barn yesterday, late afternoon, Izzy was already turned out and had been for a while. Nonetheless, when a tumbleweed...

I think Izzy is settling in to the new place well. I didn't make it out to see her yesterday because the weather was lousy and my grandm...

I'm serious. The past two weeks have been ridiculously miserable as far as wind is concerned. 40 mph gusts every day. It sucks. The dumb...

I've been so excited this past month about Izzy and what we can do this summer. I mean, she was great at the shows we went to hang out a...

May I just say, 17-10 win over TCU that came down to the last few seconds? Yes!! This is what I love about football, particularly Boise Stat...

Yesterday, we made Izzy's third trip ever to the doom bubble (aka the neighbor's indoor arena. It's inflatable). A friend of min...

I managed to sneak in a ride Saturday morning before having to take off and do other things. Izzy was amazing. She started out with a proper...

We took a break from arena work today and went on a trail ride with Iree the Haflinger and a new friend whose name I didn't catch. He wa...

***Added later: I'm really sorry if my comments are not showing up on your blogs. The idiot tech guy did something to my work computer s...

I'm curious on this topic. What should we expect our horses to be ok with and and what is too much? At home, I like things to be pretty ...