In this very scatterbrained year, we wish you a Merry Christmas (if you observe that) and wonderful winter holiday of whatever kind you prefer, previous to, overlapping, or after Christmas. Rags and I had a good ride this morning, while the Christmas chocolate fudge pecan pie cooled on its rack (yes, I started it immediately Read More…
Tag: Horses
Back in the Saddle, Day Two
I managed to mount from the rock block yesterday, and though dismounting still required assistance (more practice on the western saddle on its sturdy rack should help!) and ride Rags for the very short amble around that is what he needs at this stage of coming back into work. He thought ten minutes was five Read More…
Ragtime Apollo: Hay Bandit, Pellet Thief, Back in Work.
Rags discovered this morning that he was expected to be caught, saddled, bridled, and made to DO THINGS. He was ready to be unwilling for all the above, but he is (in his persona as Hay Bandit and Pellet Thief) strongly food motivated, and the foods he likes better than hay or pellets…come in packages Read More…
Of Running Shoes, Proteins, and Holidays
About 20 minutes ago, (as I start this…who knows how long before it’s finished and ‘up’?) I came back from my second exercise period with my new running shoes. I went up through the dry woods to Fox Pavilion, then turned east and walked (mostly) up over the “hump” of it, and down to the Read More…
Hitting the Mark, Etc.
Rarely happens this way, but my calculations said I should get to the 2/3 point in the planned mass decrease on Thursday the 28th, and when I stepped on the scale before breakfast on Thursday…there it was. 40 down exactly. Yay! This means at least 20 to go (may overshoot by 5, for the sake Read More…
It Didn’t Take Long…
…for an online “Fitness & Diet” guru (a RICH AND FAMOUS fitness & diet guru) to find a way to monetize the relatively new research backing up the “older people need more protein to maintain muscle mass” thing I was talking about earlier. You have to admire these guys and gals, at least for their Read More…
Rain Overnight
Almost 2 inches of rain yesterday and last night, which should have mostly soaked in (maybe not in the burn scar) since the grass coverage we’ve nurtured has increased resistance to flood and erosion. Grass is really good at holding the soil and slowing moderate flow to slow: it cleans water and prevents damage. So Read More…
Water From The Sky-edited 10/1
Yes, we needed water. It is POURING down. In the dark, so impossible to really judge, but we do have a metal roof and so do the poor horses, w/o insulation. Rags couldn’t care less, but Tigger hates loud noise. I put out hay in the barn, but dunno if he’ll stay in or not. Read More…
A Day in the Life
I woke up at 4:30 am for the reason most older people wake up sometime between (and sometimes more often than once between) midnight and dawn. That taken care of, I couldn’t get back to sleep, so I picked up one of Allan Mallanson’s “Matthew Hervey” military history novels, Words of Command, and tried to Read More…
The Joys of Post-Midnight Character Intrusions
Sometime last night between 3:30 and 4 am, or maybe it was three….I woke up. There’s the usual “Do I have to get to the bathroom right now or can I have another bit of sleep first” but that issue didn’t seem urgent…what did was being wide awake. WIDE awake. I tried my usual “drift Read More…