tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992987085931349812024-03-12T15:46:23.967-07:00Trainwreck in TealTrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.comBlogger711125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-53097607786349726322024-02-28T05:05:00.000-08:002024-02-28T05:06:28.336-08:00WW: Best Mare <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-80960541984247756902024-02-23T03:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T05:05:18.430-08:00Back to WorkBetween getting Emmy's fitness ramped back up now that I have enough daylight for quick trail rides after work, I'm also putting time into Cinna - if she's going to be marketable, she needs to ride like the semi-trained horse that she is π€£<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvMTivpFYvTQ_icWwGKf2CDptpnyGVgPBrkWPmstyOxW-mbiWQNlUdz7jE8WfAP5MuX3bwaage2G28YWdjt79tmj7bRKFxj92L93CkjKYAiYlO0w8TPtEFTZ-HPp0vI6q1J1qzUAGfu5uhJLfTNmqBbBYqm-HLa-Cj6nFvu_oAE8lNZOsyefb4PjU5VdbT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are nice moments in between the... Llama moments lol. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>She is....rotund and unfit at the moment, so the rides are not long, just making sure we can w/t/c appropriately with a minimum of bolting. She's been out twice this week and hopefully will also get ridden this weekend. Hard to have three in regular work with a job and a commute! </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWcI7KbcDy0uiTiyeTDQ02dg5xjyxTC9HThhv0HTs1pHIhcdlxeyIGtjc6yNzBJDrETGNtQYVqW1-mTVwh16weP0QHsOJ7BByQzWheGaTuCA-VaJul59MD4XqsxfB-7rV3XJeCp6LwO3pstLttNrpCdcrBJUkYXtNR2tEVt3ckLV56Ab5ImWYAapnQ9smI" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riding in the dark with a friend last night. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>Tack choices are hard - I gave away the dressage saddle I used to ride her in, because I had mostly switched to riding her in my flex tree endurance saddle, but I wanted to go back to dressage. Currently she's sporting the WOW I have on loan from a friend (originally for Emmy) and it doesn't seem to be an egregiously awful fit, although she is an actual BARREL so sometimes it just sort of wants to... Roll off to one side, lol. She had been going in a nathe before, but I'm currently trying her in an eggbutt titanium Lorenzini I picked up at the tack swap last fall. She has moments of "OMG NO THNK U" and then moments where she's fine, so I'll keep plugging away at it. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6wgd65hB-Ow1BdsH6UMk8DWFZoq19ZHBIhzFrTamPxt8IqTT2DRxFIuGMn0Jr2ZVu3NDN6CnDjx09nD4aIyv721A1PqbskezUirSaafmFA44kHM3qJUt3oztN4K5kMy6fC4Di6yr9J93zz1ZVHu2jgg_FmFyBu1oT0h5N9eakQ29ZwoOQ54SLZ8hfmdbx" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My goal was conformation photos and instead DH makes her look like a whole ass pony π€£ and she's not! She is a perfectly normal height and takes up the leg nicely lol. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>We'll see how things go this year!</div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-84491732341843775722024-02-22T04:00:00.000-08:002024-02-22T04:00:00.138-08:00Double Trouble J/k it's not trouble, but I took my first lesson in the double last weekend!<div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifbUbCuZE3ddirmstemCiEhporLxP3kLZlseL3xc3yO6mwv24DnFmTHbNVMfAPMVK2Gk67QRZ0gKm5ANw50S9XFIyE2O9aTanE10MnKCO8C4VsuPfRlQ7KcA85Wnny7vMyX40Fe8uGxF3AlX_zHKRoo7d5kkrowY6oXAfuBiMOGw3TU64dlLRjS2i8Ufpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last night's ride </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>Around a year ago, while I waited for Emmy to ship to me, a friend sent me a link to some super clearances bridles from Artemis Equine, including some double bridles. She knew I had a horse coming who had been ridden in one before, so thought I might be interested in picking one up. Despite thinking I would probably never need it, my little squirrel hoarder brain couldn't pass up a $50 bridle. So I bought it. And it sat in my tack room. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw_u-FDak3mPrfQ3esteE3yKML1hKQjRT409A6snXJfZzoCebdP--2nnreadCP5r5HMfh0zJ-YxWB38HsYK8FcD3zvz-rSwsaivY1kECtXB0mY8CCqXnEqmVmAm_G9vDafW09OLmHS093f49G7JOohWAiq8i9t1_hjiSrjsMrNT1sZi0y8EFR7Jq-nUk_X" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After our lesson, taking a picture of the port on the Weymouth to use as a reference for shopping for something smaller. Ordered a new one from Fager that I hope she likes! </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Even if we never show, she still has so much to teach me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry again for the formatting and how disjointed this may seem, I have written it over the course of three days while simultaneously cussing both mobile blogger and the app .. sigh. I like being able to think through my lessons while watching the footage and writing about it helps me solidify concepts in my brain, but damn this platform is making it impossible π« </div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-22174067363827108172023-11-17T06:00:00.000-08:002023-11-17T06:00:00.142-08:00Lesson Recap: If it Can Go Wrong ..... <div>Oh whoops I threw photos in a draft for a lesson post and then forgot it was there! Last Sunday I hauled down for a lesson with TrainerK - TrainerB was kicking butt in KY at finals so unavailable :) it's working out well to have both of them on speed dial and I am thrilled about all the lessons lately! The weather ended up being GORGEOUS and Emmy and I had a great lesson.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fP0tP8IgyHHT6QKjE2pIOvU3pkF1AVTcGCdBv-SkfnJG94EFVuxRTj8Jszz0-LFdQGWgC2J8sr2HBsiPycwmfqdOKAXAIaa9Hgo_IlFFSfla2CLexS9CGd6kUQJGDClY5nYqTTjCUtENfK9u5B2d-AtHr5re2hPQn1pZtbZu6YncYnLDMpuY8PkHdeFt/s1920/20231112_144616855_exported_683858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fP0tP8IgyHHT6QKjE2pIOvU3pkF1AVTcGCdBv-SkfnJG94EFVuxRTj8Jszz0-LFdQGWgC2J8sr2HBsiPycwmfqdOKAXAIaa9Hgo_IlFFSfla2CLexS9CGd6kUQJGDClY5nYqTTjCUtENfK9u5B2d-AtHr5re2hPQn1pZtbZu6YncYnLDMpuY8PkHdeFt/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_683858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It didn't get off to an auspicious start - DH was working on the truck all day Saturday on something that should have been an easy fix but turned into a rabbit hole of "why the fuck is the truck doing this?" With LONGBOI down, I needed to find another option. There are A LOT of hills between here and TrainerK's, so I did not trust our small truck (a Chevy from a year with notoriously shitty brake lines that has had many issues over the years) and I reallllly didn't want to drive the diesel (it's a manual so MISERABLE for drives like that). The friend who was riding along offered to bring down her truck and trailer but I just felt guilty about that, so I kept brainstorming. I finally gave in and texted my mom to see if I could borrow her truck/trailer - she wanted DH to change the oil in her truck anyway so I figured everybody would win there π€£ that ended up working so I got up at the ass crack of dawn Sunday morning to go pick up her rig. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbANTk2m7wG-CLpKWp8TB_Ssrjn88tYQkrttOGscSYMqGony9h7V8nv7__JGfs1fLbBPxA6oRQzVQg6j6XQ9K9yzuS-ET7liwkEuZkeZL2ICY11ALHGsLAGKqsfTBmNmfaSJrB-GpY9EeK1CxHmnw61TwdD0fKSuQmaMV7DyADqJQWl2mt3nyYbmvqKdRv/s472/20231112_144616855_exported_1375893.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbANTk2m7wG-CLpKWp8TB_Ssrjn88tYQkrttOGscSYMqGony9h7V8nv7__JGfs1fLbBPxA6oRQzVQg6j6XQ9K9yzuS-ET7liwkEuZkeZL2ICY11ALHGsLAGKqsfTBmNmfaSJrB-GpY9EeK1CxHmnw61TwdD0fKSuQmaMV7DyADqJQWl2mt3nyYbmvqKdRv/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_1375893.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ran through the 2nd level lateral work and it's super accessible, I just need to get more comfortable in it </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM2UBvPDQ9tDyW-gOa2cC3OL3Uj-ZudFt3Co8LAakhN8axqMwFLBaxp4y5o7LPIMF_GTiVF6GXWFj-3ke6F00fi8xN5dx4DyqsxVCTGZrYoP66CjFucbFF0gmCvRNYWlX1ZKJIGXZOFZwmVNVNFjs6HWfifZ4q0tviSC8ygt2lOKsWs_m83hnF9UmbQmp/s612/20231112_144616855_exported_1381128.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="612" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM2UBvPDQ9tDyW-gOa2cC3OL3Uj-ZudFt3Co8LAakhN8axqMwFLBaxp4y5o7LPIMF_GTiVF6GXWFj-3ke6F00fi8xN5dx4DyqsxVCTGZrYoP66CjFucbFF0gmCvRNYWlX1ZKJIGXZOFZwmVNVNFjs6HWfifZ4q0tviSC8ygt2lOKsWs_m83hnF9UmbQmp/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_1381128.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When the canter is good, it's great. When I move my hips at all, she starts throwing flying changes everywhere π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Got home and got it packed, DH changed the oil and rotated the tires, and then somehow I managed to hit the hitch trying to get re-hooked and knocked it off the block. Awesome. Then when DH brought a jack out to help me pick it up, he pointed out the ball on my mom's truck was not the right size for the trailer π₯΄ good thing I didn't lose the trailer between her house and mine, and that I hadn't put a horse in it yet π« got that sorted out, got Emmy loaded, and got on the road! Only to hit horrible traffic and be stuck at a standstill for like half an hour, eating up all the extra time I budgeted for the drive /getting tacked and putting me at TrainerK's farm AS the lesson was due to start. It ended up being okay, she had some crises of her own that day (when I texted her that I was stuck in traffic she said that's okay you should miss the fire department π¬ everyone was safe, thankfully!), so the delayed lesson worked out. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FxqA_AMS06_b8psJuQPj2QLVhp1whD_seV2XMUV478vLfPuxSGocT8QEC6-y09DPZ414cmQclVcOdj2dIQpL7VXypS0zymdHyQZV5ORk91Erew1kgiwmDIdAUKvOZv8cbpNmQLj2J7buh-lPGVVTy3Tmr0j_fPPrF9lIvC5qNeSrzSxFRzCy2S_LtE-U/s290/20231112_144616855_exported_1395967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="290" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FxqA_AMS06_b8psJuQPj2QLVhp1whD_seV2XMUV478vLfPuxSGocT8QEC6-y09DPZ414cmQclVcOdj2dIQpL7VXypS0zymdHyQZV5ORk91Erew1kgiwmDIdAUKvOZv8cbpNmQLj2J7buh-lPGVVTy3Tmr0j_fPPrF9lIvC5qNeSrzSxFRzCy2S_LtE-U/s1600/20231112_144616855_exported_1395967.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpL-RX9x0XHJ5n7ZmLz_nJ7WL8MIPO_1_CF7QRYtoxS1hairBDN2foq8tOx0t_4Kk3739uOR00YBP3QT13lNx4rgDDFv4-4p35CDRX9tVdD11oqkDb8bIlkaJWzRoppXnMB40f1ycwlV5KtMWTAYD9eg5UAghSka22ct1gfOYnVksN9P4gIMOf69yLxfL/s677/20231112_144616855_exported_1770194.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="677" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpL-RX9x0XHJ5n7ZmLz_nJ7WL8MIPO_1_CF7QRYtoxS1hairBDN2foq8tOx0t_4Kk3739uOR00YBP3QT13lNx4rgDDFv4-4p35CDRX9tVdD11oqkDb8bIlkaJWzRoppXnMB40f1ycwlV5KtMWTAYD9eg5UAghSka22ct1gfOYnVksN9P4gIMOf69yLxfL/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_1770194.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After her husband got done making fun of my clip job (it is fairly bad π€£), we got to work! I had previously told her I wanted to show Emmy 2nd next year, so we worked a lot on the individual pieces I need to be able to manage at 2nd. Sitting the trot is getting easier, although as always, definitely room to improve! Emmy is fabulous at shoulder in/haunches in, I just need more work on my clarity of aids and consistency. (She finds them boring, wants to know when I'll be ready for real half passes π€£π€£)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6iIB686RF0BElAYV_idpojUG4Pt90dJ1W56kioSEMoCqNEavZc-m37ufL-ONRBiWOjmEevsM1lY3jY7qkMO36MsW1zfO-KTZaCzMxPxiBkujbYUqsZV3mq_3spR5q5S289jQBw95Nar2RBqGfmVpZBPcRmvpvToXrthG-7djo0JhDFyGpvh2Zdh9WsIz/s383/20231112_144616855_exported_1968794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="383" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6iIB686RF0BElAYV_idpojUG4Pt90dJ1W56kioSEMoCqNEavZc-m37ufL-ONRBiWOjmEevsM1lY3jY7qkMO36MsW1zfO-KTZaCzMxPxiBkujbYUqsZV3mq_3spR5q5S289jQBw95Nar2RBqGfmVpZBPcRmvpvToXrthG-7djo0JhDFyGpvh2Zdh9WsIz/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_1968794.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ts1uvWmEf4KSsxHSmPJ7RAsXssRTLINIVXVMBr3kD9cTotHZKbrsSayjG3mrAFnTR_mMftTeEJ2r-cEn3O1QO_f_qO_zpHsm8yZYx7WqUqXW4g_RVDi0_7jdaLCDhXkGCQKc6tFu39E8FQbSqhpyUtMjG3HZ4UBqHDjLsd0W-Le8edtCJEQE37HXtgLW/s686/20231112_144616855_exported_1993869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="686" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ts1uvWmEf4KSsxHSmPJ7RAsXssRTLINIVXVMBr3kD9cTotHZKbrsSayjG3mrAFnTR_mMftTeEJ2r-cEn3O1QO_f_qO_zpHsm8yZYx7WqUqXW4g_RVDi0_7jdaLCDhXkGCQKc6tFu39E8FQbSqhpyUtMjG3HZ4UBqHDjLsd0W-Le8edtCJEQE37HXtgLW/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_1993869.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The canter work was... Exciting π€£ my friend hasn't seen me take a lesson on Emmy in a few months and she didn't know we are currently the flying change hot mess express lol. It's okay to the left (mostly), but to the right I struggle with my hips (as TrainerK identified in lesson one as the reason I have struggled with right lead canter for more than a decade now) and the more dressage work we do the sharper Emmy gets, and when I move my hips at all she says "change? YES MA'AM!" very enthusiastically lol. So. I will learn to keep my body parts under my control or die trying! Emmy was a bit stiff in the canter, although it got better and peaked, and then she got tired. At my last lesson with TrainerK/the obstacle clinic, both she and Tim commented that Emmy looked like her stifles were bothering her a bit - not in a "run out and inject this" way, but in a "be more mindful of her conditioning and fitness" way. Of course she was doing great all summer because we did a ton of riding up and down hills, and that's less of an option for the winter, but I have been working on her fitness as much as I can and TrainerK did note we had made some progress, so I'll just keep on keepin' on. The Pivo has been shit at tracking lately so the video of the changes isn't great and I have no idea how clean they were, but TrainerK was quite enthusiastic about them so I'll assume they were passable lol. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8vWOe04n22NQza361e_arRFJaWsp_5CxCVNraGwHfB_qRBIIxcS_Gl3d29fhfdOTBH85j_jU3m9DoNLWMg3m2a8sqGC6Mat94WhrPBwJNwJn4_hJZQeAo0aS6OxVNIUB1m5qBXk451tBGJTybn_pslHgJp18wezSX-XOWmUjBZsgJVtB1L8wvlGpbaXv/s745/20231112_144616855_exported_2015811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="745" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8vWOe04n22NQza361e_arRFJaWsp_5CxCVNraGwHfB_qRBIIxcS_Gl3d29fhfdOTBH85j_jU3m9DoNLWMg3m2a8sqGC6Mat94WhrPBwJNwJn4_hJZQeAo0aS6OxVNIUB1m5qBXk451tBGJTybn_pslHgJp18wezSX-XOWmUjBZsgJVtB1L8wvlGpbaXv/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_2015811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We did jokingly discuss aiming Ruby at 2nd for my bronze scores and skipping Emmy to 3rd (since she's capable lol) but in the long run it'll be better for everyone if I can solidify the 2nd level stuff on Emmy (for me, she has zero problems lol). Then hopefully that will help me successfully get Ruby there eventually as well! </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpp9Ex82qgADGDR1bfVZC3-uo8vBh9UxkD72rvaDjn4TRohYt30oIivpn2-vjmCNbVWytJ_e6UOkN-xOaTbmyq5jCC6jKBccfPtJR3uvnSMz17jPyOlLRR7z0jN69T6oJIlAE1viiRHWzNSOQy7lmNs25bfo1X2_rD0cdq9WAnAg1etErJBeuvCBF1D5Ym/s551/20231112_144616855_exported_2167762.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="538" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpp9Ex82qgADGDR1bfVZC3-uo8vBh9UxkD72rvaDjn4TRohYt30oIivpn2-vjmCNbVWytJ_e6UOkN-xOaTbmyq5jCC6jKBccfPtJR3uvnSMz17jPyOlLRR7z0jN69T6oJIlAE1viiRHWzNSOQy7lmNs25bfo1X2_rD0cdq9WAnAg1etErJBeuvCBF1D5Ym/s320/20231112_144616855_exported_2167762.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most of the Pivo screenshots are to the right because the Pivo sits in the left corner but I swear we track left in lessons as well π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The lesson running behind meant we got back on the road later than I wanted (and the GPS took me a new a stupid way home, gross), so we got back after dark. Fucking time change man, I hate it. Blessedly, DH had gotten all the chores done so I just got to settle in for the evening and snuggle the doggos! <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh61hhRhVecb-k0919R9h9ltEVuWmk0iOYf3en3o7yHbMCO3TxpE-sQVGqAARmjUP6-2HhfEdf80ESho4aRIWsFlBv2-qywUeZNzu7I28hxk_x8bW3MTxs6EzhqFL6qy-dRe-P7m7TzToyOev6l8ZnnD7DvI_yyHTeU9x6B-b-gqiuv6b7MPp3YjLY5wma/s4080/PXL_20231113_023657167.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh61hhRhVecb-k0919R9h9ltEVuWmk0iOYf3en3o7yHbMCO3TxpE-sQVGqAARmjUP6-2HhfEdf80ESho4aRIWsFlBv2-qywUeZNzu7I28hxk_x8bW3MTxs6EzhqFL6qy-dRe-P7m7TzToyOev6l8ZnnD7DvI_yyHTeU9x6B-b-gqiuv6b7MPp3YjLY5wma/s320/PXL_20231113_023657167.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And eat this delicious popcorn he noticed me eyeballing at Tractor Supply so he picked me up a bag π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4rkcKDYmILkxMSoD5LlnqRdhwhRslRl9IRCBbODWcb1fosBZrDdgAu89G7JhqcBaYgv9WkcR6gBs4aKplQ3foWM7ACODjRvRUFFY9J2UBpEH5oDzSvah3urrKyIRmaxC_1Mrc1oIJRQneu1iET7lRYdOHX6UVrCr-2_qm0os7uZpqqMxF_d__xaa1_uN/s4080/PXL_20231113_025237635.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4rkcKDYmILkxMSoD5LlnqRdhwhRslRl9IRCBbODWcb1fosBZrDdgAu89G7JhqcBaYgv9WkcR6gBs4aKplQ3foWM7ACODjRvRUFFY9J2UBpEH5oDzSvah3urrKyIRmaxC_1Mrc1oIJRQneu1iET7lRYdOHX6UVrCr-2_qm0os7uZpqqMxF_d__xaa1_uN/s320/PXL_20231113_025237635.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And he got my last two insulated bucket holders installed! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErN_FnrciD0zFRngDWsGCbwBhEbtScZwrl3BR9ZizLo4heoHd__DgTc6379oWh6MIX_pf6LQE3DMjK6Hucg1wlH3-lQ0_yLcxk2_Tx8aB7AgK7mjAhzGQ3sAyMSr0azaRxJsr9gdF8WZwn1DU-LA1cI7hGz-xCQ0WMQPDaxMv_EdhfbC1HS__hYHi-GYP/s4080/PXL_20231113_025250541.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErN_FnrciD0zFRngDWsGCbwBhEbtScZwrl3BR9ZizLo4heoHd__DgTc6379oWh6MIX_pf6LQE3DMjK6Hucg1wlH3-lQ0_yLcxk2_Tx8aB7AgK7mjAhzGQ3sAyMSr0azaRxJsr9gdF8WZwn1DU-LA1cI7hGz-xCQ0WMQPDaxMv_EdhfbC1HS__hYHi-GYP/s320/PXL_20231113_025250541.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So now all my occupied stalls have insulated buckets for the winter π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the truck being such a question mark right now, I'm not sure when my next lesson will be. But I have my homework - lots of SI/HI and ALLLLLLLL the hills to make sure we're keeping Emmy as fit as possible so the canter work is easier for her. </div><br /><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-78494913683733601172023-11-16T05:00:00.000-08:002023-11-16T06:55:33.395-08:00While the Weather Holds We're having an unseasonably warm November (minus that weekend I froze at the obstacle clinic lol) and it's not going to last, but I'm trying to make the most of it while it does! <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uiLxL_yyjwYt9ujpnjpuhMmSDccHPWMUq2po_VAUt1vWPf9FQWUE03V41QsbhW21oOzUk_nqf7qw1HVpnpQrSsWYHtKjpJAg8dgcJAOFoJ-fzU_bZq-3nYKwT9XO2WC9UG7uZ7K1s6dUzZdHLx65SqUaZEGKYLQxqiV2gdIuxQBaL1pFEyBHg60otxSh/s4080/PXL_20231107_232933928.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uiLxL_yyjwYt9ujpnjpuhMmSDccHPWMUq2po_VAUt1vWPf9FQWUE03V41QsbhW21oOzUk_nqf7qw1HVpnpQrSsWYHtKjpJAg8dgcJAOFoJ-fzU_bZq-3nYKwT9XO2WC9UG7uZ7K1s6dUzZdHLx65SqUaZEGKYLQxqiV2gdIuxQBaL1pFEyBHg60otxSh/s320/PXL_20231107_232933928.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One night I took Emmy out on the trails via headlamp. Probably not my smartest idea, but she was perfect. Natch. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGB9_DywteLXVCQuZadK37kP7H_KTjlaDYobcH5D1gBPcklY0h77hGcLOq_i05ZY28P-_0Cq6GYzxIfSHqKVcqsqgSLPfen_bsL3zaMV4qrLYXpVGKd3OGX2WkAaEo7KiCYo0fAUDHoxQfFXD7ifc7_OimIbhhoXVegQbT8d_cYa5hO2fyCZ_ZZvvT8hH/s4080/PXL_20231110_001948544.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGB9_DywteLXVCQuZadK37kP7H_KTjlaDYobcH5D1gBPcklY0h77hGcLOq_i05ZY28P-_0Cq6GYzxIfSHqKVcqsqgSLPfen_bsL3zaMV4qrLYXpVGKd3OGX2WkAaEo7KiCYo0fAUDHoxQfFXD7ifc7_OimIbhhoXVegQbT8d_cYa5hO2fyCZ_ZZvvT8hH/s320/PXL_20231110_001948544.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another night a friend came over and rode Emmy while I rode Ruby. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVgZHtB22Ddy7JeXPx9Xeb1VqRoyEKWInhOtcuN_242x8q0Kok4RF9mIubLwwomR_wSBDGeMdENMvTMypM-A5lErlhM-BVOfCplvsQ2e7sAvGd4my1O9YfT9r2CzPp-MxGOD8e2K3iCUeYVA40IToW2dYpY1uIO_CHIOZWodCak8MrYWM8z3Q-nMZzpTA/s4080/PXL_20231110_003802159.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVgZHtB22Ddy7JeXPx9Xeb1VqRoyEKWInhOtcuN_242x8q0Kok4RF9mIubLwwomR_wSBDGeMdENMvTMypM-A5lErlhM-BVOfCplvsQ2e7sAvGd4my1O9YfT9r2CzPp-MxGOD8e2K3iCUeYVA40IToW2dYpY1uIO_CHIOZWodCak8MrYWM8z3Q-nMZzpTA/s320/PXL_20231110_003802159.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's either really, really good, or sort of a fire-breathing dragon, not much in between. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ3HPdQ9w3IzqyPQ99kRSIHiGyuqfALI_SR5PpuVxPkJbOJ1BXPlJmEEXbwluwZXX8bGUxMR6mmmxGSetso8GQKp1DVZVwJZZA4Sri6ffFwZEODszUyNooS0R1183bVEawftlhfwXlcLAd9uD80ajWEF7HuhFfco8o9cE20szc_feSSR0qh4bPIQNMQKG/s4080/PXL_20231110_005914612.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ3HPdQ9w3IzqyPQ99kRSIHiGyuqfALI_SR5PpuVxPkJbOJ1BXPlJmEEXbwluwZXX8bGUxMR6mmmxGSetso8GQKp1DVZVwJZZA4Sri6ffFwZEODszUyNooS0R1183bVEawftlhfwXlcLAd9uD80ajWEF7HuhFfco8o9cE20szc_feSSR0qh4bPIQNMQKG/s320/PXL_20231110_005914612.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't mind the fire-breathing dragon though, it's funny π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhdz6qDEENhaOw66JXFwIuP8LzDCzsjPM9DB_1b_ohthCxBYIGLMOziORARe4aVMIpVqNdjnn78Y0ujTVjUh6dEOteoXZV0Nl9XvGh3GJYurzdQYsltNnG2zNQ8Ha0rypNHx8blt7DPwrm9e1a8jCt-t_xAAhUW5h-SKahT5tlWVf_d7LlxgFsX9kQQE0/s4080/PXL_20231113_230248668.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhdz6qDEENhaOw66JXFwIuP8LzDCzsjPM9DB_1b_ohthCxBYIGLMOziORARe4aVMIpVqNdjnn78Y0ujTVjUh6dEOteoXZV0Nl9XvGh3GJYurzdQYsltNnG2zNQ8Ha0rypNHx8blt7DPwrm9e1a8jCt-t_xAAhUW5h-SKahT5tlWVf_d7LlxgFsX9kQQE0/s320/PXL_20231113_230248668.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few nights I've been able to get them both worked - Emmy in a bareback pad/bands on a quick trail walk... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkZwI22z78QCHbQ5-BolHyAG7bQrntVgCfW3eBQvF-XihVDQDFU5AeYgJkyEdzVGOcK-_pktR0Vp7-fA6sSkTDqrcnXXY7n1NqWW51B7Q8Vufc69fvwnj9G0Y103sZRKjCF5Mc25CqTiSbH7luG_HNJeSfBx4jt0M-9RYqnnZwXxfFirQXS7ohEA6PbyC/s4080/PXL_20231113_230521449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkZwI22z78QCHbQ5-BolHyAG7bQrntVgCfW3eBQvF-XihVDQDFU5AeYgJkyEdzVGOcK-_pktR0Vp7-fA6sSkTDqrcnXXY7n1NqWW51B7Q8Vufc69fvwnj9G0Y103sZRKjCF5Mc25CqTiSbH7luG_HNJeSfBx4jt0M-9RYqnnZwXxfFirQXS7ohEA6PbyC/s320/PXL_20231113_230521449.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_bUwS73rAkK583-ICZePQxaf1Exfu8otJn4tMewyw_5InqD-RW5uHQMCcU87Fp-mWW_ZL9n5yBeHHN0rm5UcWGY2dLJzikIAo16wbxQs_4R0f-ZoNPonufFAf1wDDrVRaktXYMXO-gOgRNnYpNba5GCDFpMi6-RB3UMxGzS-2zyYEKLoktyRHHS_2Wfs/s4080/PXL_20231113_230735547.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_bUwS73rAkK583-ICZePQxaf1Exfu8otJn4tMewyw_5InqD-RW5uHQMCcU87Fp-mWW_ZL9n5yBeHHN0rm5UcWGY2dLJzikIAo16wbxQs_4R0f-ZoNPonufFAf1wDDrVRaktXYMXO-gOgRNnYpNba5GCDFpMi6-RB3UMxGzS-2zyYEKLoktyRHHS_2Wfs/s320/PXL_20231113_230735547.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're losing the light so fast π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAJjYueMvTz4yKihAOyTmiK3sRUkmnoYiZ6G_B3WivR-V00IeptNbF8HgonbeAV9ydfKMNXGdxrAcZSnFtOArzhlKZKcZer6wUrR2n79y4YOSNMVs_NJ6JvUMO5n_wneBVzpd2t93XZnC0RNHzhIuSx24QHIqADQgE4KSwyFiz1L0ANZ1__IDwpMNJMAU/s4080/PXL_20231114_002237744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAJjYueMvTz4yKihAOyTmiK3sRUkmnoYiZ6G_B3WivR-V00IeptNbF8HgonbeAV9ydfKMNXGdxrAcZSnFtOArzhlKZKcZer6wUrR2n79y4YOSNMVs_NJ6JvUMO5n_wneBVzpd2t93XZnC0RNHzhIuSx24QHIqADQgE4KSwyFiz1L0ANZ1__IDwpMNJMAU/s320/PXL_20231114_002237744.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then Ruby afterwards completely under the lights... Sigh. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0kxpWiE56kLIyQIwsUSi2CgoMuqF2NA8QE1pWwsPSgZKTbBUpLeY19oD1ejmCDlNsbYaWMIgl_b7k0TWcWXimgW9bc39B9_RF7TVNQK3KS9BvyoH0xFLPReJaYHb1egVTeo3WOBAYQ9AaeT_SJeB6vMHZK357718o2ufCF1UKLUly1kcbZeonkhSwHD9/s4080/PXL_20231115_005506662.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0kxpWiE56kLIyQIwsUSi2CgoMuqF2NA8QE1pWwsPSgZKTbBUpLeY19oD1ejmCDlNsbYaWMIgl_b7k0TWcWXimgW9bc39B9_RF7TVNQK3KS9BvyoH0xFLPReJaYHb1egVTeo3WOBAYQ9AaeT_SJeB6vMHZK357718o2ufCF1UKLUly1kcbZeonkhSwHD9/s320/PXL_20231115_005506662.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom came out and rode Emmy. She was worried about riding her bareback, but ended up merrily cantering around. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpk-FQfxM7pUdhRxI2-IzbtGPAVCXELuRFiDw0ZRiAQQM0BkiJupm7byz9aAc4_BIivqBTVPgJtdwaLJvgGuXb4m1XCGFwuO47mBuUcf7Iwby4NV35WPZ_YL6g3U8R5MwPrT2HIImcDeRKHQ2aLKQUVqPDeRrhftrpWGntRb9DLjSfvTXgSfpPcRl3D5v/s3280/PXL_20231115_005513400.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpk-FQfxM7pUdhRxI2-IzbtGPAVCXELuRFiDw0ZRiAQQM0BkiJupm7byz9aAc4_BIivqBTVPgJtdwaLJvgGuXb4m1XCGFwuO47mBuUcf7Iwby4NV35WPZ_YL6g3U8R5MwPrT2HIImcDeRKHQ2aLKQUVqPDeRrhftrpWGntRb9DLjSfvTXgSfpPcRl3D5v/s320/PXL_20231115_005513400.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While this one at least didn't scare anybody and worked on SI/HI and cantered politely NOT like a freight train. Good girl. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />The weather looks okay through the weekend and I'd love to haul out, buuuuuut unfortunately the truck is "in the shop" (I mean it's here, DH *is* the shop lol), and he's not sure when it'll be cleared to pull the trailer again, so it might be a quiet couple of weekends! <br /><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-34882501543170993852023-11-15T06:00:00.000-08:002023-11-15T06:00:00.130-08:00WW: Projects I'm sure HJ is thrilled I keep acquiring free projects for him.... π<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OT5QFr_Iz-30SEtY6TzbFN_TEDCfShifxo0An-CzYYrKZEs2JKp5P15HqAWUSNMk7vef0dTGyqjIj9fE2hG4iwDDeEtQgzyn87fKRLA4bI8Z6jFldwsoGgt_0HUEROPIO5CpYgZkE78xfo3GhuS4EDSJiENIe1MFR7J5G7WGprO4vHsVrxbVgaq-OOOg/s4080/PXL_20231108_001527263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OT5QFr_Iz-30SEtY6TzbFN_TEDCfShifxo0An-CzYYrKZEs2JKp5P15HqAWUSNMk7vef0dTGyqjIj9fE2hG4iwDDeEtQgzyn87fKRLA4bI8Z6jFldwsoGgt_0HUEROPIO5CpYgZkE78xfo3GhuS4EDSJiENIe1MFR7J5G7WGprO4vHsVrxbVgaq-OOOg/s320/PXL_20231108_001527263.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1IMRKj56hLAmxlKC5-Oo9MRgd6bss_o6CQl8UXtdCsh6hGh-RDJwyQA7blElUylqGlRjjODktmYLFkNkoT7_ob1lEYwPCwTVlIaNiYouhlJjWImHjZ5N5RpwLj_EnBIH-sKH14tNIfpWgxOIZqEcjS0Td4D-yiehnkD8H99EFQUBnZyvH6DzJShyFRKz/s4080/PXL_20231112_162357495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1IMRKj56hLAmxlKC5-Oo9MRgd6bss_o6CQl8UXtdCsh6hGh-RDJwyQA7blElUylqGlRjjODktmYLFkNkoT7_ob1lEYwPCwTVlIaNiYouhlJjWImHjZ5N5RpwLj_EnBIH-sKH14tNIfpWgxOIZqEcjS0Td4D-yiehnkD8H99EFQUBnZyvH6DzJShyFRKz/s320/PXL_20231112_162357495.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-15106340006935680372023-11-14T04:30:00.000-08:002023-11-14T04:30:00.145-08:00Well THAT Escalated Quickly <div>Saturday was the 3rd annual tack sale at a local facility a few miles away (same place I attended the obstacle clinic a few weeks ago). It's always fun to get together with the local equestrian community, and I have scored some killer deals there! This year, I also got my own table to try to unload some of my extra stuff. I have been relentlessly culling breeches, and I had a plethora of other stuff I just never used. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFkQx9DJS8j5NFMG12OCaSG2rjgs-CwNb3DJtNvqb3ZVhu5xLtYAZsY2w-ZQ-bxhRJee_Wvwc5LmX0IAR9e0HHgAA5lZ-QTBz8uaa9UPNcxc3SXSf_qEVYOcht4vdYvE6VFeJdjfZ_fpqDENbdWHNTq0ZAf1W4gZ7h1ma247Vqd_7SlzOxUkAWUozeA0H/s4080/PXL_20231111_163840150.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFkQx9DJS8j5NFMG12OCaSG2rjgs-CwNb3DJtNvqb3ZVhu5xLtYAZsY2w-ZQ-bxhRJee_Wvwc5LmX0IAR9e0HHgAA5lZ-QTBz8uaa9UPNcxc3SXSf_qEVYOcht4vdYvE6VFeJdjfZ_fpqDENbdWHNTq0ZAf1W4gZ7h1ma247Vqd_7SlzOxUkAWUozeA0H/s320/PXL_20231111_163840150.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My table lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br />My goal is always to break even - if I sell anything I generally immediately use that money to buy something else, but I was aiming to not be in the hole at the end of it.... I..... Failed miserably π€£ but in fairness, I got some ridiculously great deals and I did need almost all of the things I bought. Almost π<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGuME_u3kgluRjdJzk9kl-O9ZIkX-QpZzdLD_Bz1z7zmVpFEybrsI7EeEpzdp4Kb59XvuYHoLn0hQck0m-NVPO3qOFWYz6JP-i5885SAmOtZqaof1ZsBOCO0YMTDQOOGEgBdbrZlyiD9QRe2DIBU9NYI1e10zkiJkD4XolKI-eqgpI_64jeuRw9nsMXt9/s4080/PXL_20231111_224657354.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGuME_u3kgluRjdJzk9kl-O9ZIkX-QpZzdLD_Bz1z7zmVpFEybrsI7EeEpzdp4Kb59XvuYHoLn0hQck0m-NVPO3qOFWYz6JP-i5885SAmOtZqaof1ZsBOCO0YMTDQOOGEgBdbrZlyiD9QRe2DIBU9NYI1e10zkiJkD4XolKI-eqgpI_64jeuRw9nsMXt9/s320/PXL_20231111_224657354.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been needing a few more dressage girths in various shapes and sizes, so I lucked out and picked up three very reasonably! (I paid $5 combined for the two on the left lol)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc-ezF57On-UH82YiLDxgpKoJy1jAeNQyaiMFJmW5OBztEEws3MRa8Kv0KYqu5A34CWbE8SQ9VkSHOoSTep36bWMofwHKl1m54b4i4UNcYQD98CuaDT1xMgwj3MwUImWEIkZBrYtSMH3GJgcTw3DnWTeZ8F0Ck1WEU28Dzuc2nD1ZiNQ6RlIf81se4XCx/s4080/PXL_20231111_224705355.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOc-ezF57On-UH82YiLDxgpKoJy1jAeNQyaiMFJmW5OBztEEws3MRa8Kv0KYqu5A34CWbE8SQ9VkSHOoSTep36bWMofwHKl1m54b4i4UNcYQD98CuaDT1xMgwj3MwUImWEIkZBrYtSMH3GJgcTw3DnWTeZ8F0Ck1WEU28Dzuc2nD1ZiNQ6RlIf81se4XCx/s320/PXL_20231111_224705355.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I noticed when I took Ruby out trail riding this summer that I wasn't loving the way her western saddle was fitting any more - she had significantly muscled up and the generic flat fluffy pad I was using didn't seem to provide enough structure. Enter a nice work pad with wither relief. Even if this doesn't do what I want, it'll be easy to resell as it's brand new and a good brand. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSlZfJ1OFHng6g_HRvGwl9Pqvw-mnmQFeVR8SrYvB3yqegkHFxhMl9phYQvkpleYe9rcc11zPwYKnUemvE7MGWX5ZCntDuJn1tqqPL8At3FEGA9oHouddWLlmmDHRUIZxhQ2vfuWrLdR7UNsMQ6dKKddsZ5sJh2P4TfVTzoe8vh474HYuLRFJAr_eMo3z/s4080/PXL_20231111_224820104.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSlZfJ1OFHng6g_HRvGwl9Pqvw-mnmQFeVR8SrYvB3yqegkHFxhMl9phYQvkpleYe9rcc11zPwYKnUemvE7MGWX5ZCntDuJn1tqqPL8At3FEGA9oHouddWLlmmDHRUIZxhQ2vfuWrLdR7UNsMQ6dKKddsZ5sJh2P4TfVTzoe8vh474HYuLRFJAr_eMo3z/s320/PXL_20231111_224820104.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay so I didn't really *need* these but the eggbutt is a Lorenzini and I've been casually keeping an eye out for one of these old school b-ring bauchers and I got a deal by purchasing together so yolo lol. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Q7bQurMRaNKLV4e_e6vGyMtv19cTzrRDZDVvx6hRwUJMQaGI-WjMUNCyBCrqtZzrfPCneMomwOPbB2r6Fx4Pgn7uImdb_wAk7cjtK9ij_AuGHMq0WCveHzYthXIUjS8Uy22-86b8IXGc1StqDftciKMhkjgUtTP1062rGHQWYJfjUMvYGB65uB17tuy/s4080/PXL_20231111_225357572.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Q7bQurMRaNKLV4e_e6vGyMtv19cTzrRDZDVvx6hRwUJMQaGI-WjMUNCyBCrqtZzrfPCneMomwOPbB2r6Fx4Pgn7uImdb_wAk7cjtK9ij_AuGHMq0WCveHzYthXIUjS8Uy22-86b8IXGc1StqDftciKMhkjgUtTP1062rGHQWYJfjUMvYGB65uB17tuy/s320/PXL_20231111_225357572.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I currently own two nice shimmable half pads but I hate trying to clean them up for shows, so was already casually thinking about getting some for schooling so I can keep my other ones nicer. Enter three Mattes half pads for $55 total. Top is brand new, middle is very much in schooling only condition (lol) and the bottom one is sort of in the middle. The funniest thing about this is that the black one was still in its original Mattes bag and had a full set of shims with it but...it's not shimmable? Seriously 10+ of us looked at it and tried to figure out how you could get shims in it but it does NOT have openings π€£ oh well, I have other pads I can use the shims in lol. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoogpwwDePaVaXFpSuS9b5uQZPjKs3ULCbctTUP5afa9UdM0_3HPkcyqn1lmxoEOo6cPOB3G4Yg-xG4T0pl71vCNqTpmDNlWjt4G6Re-fdjtY0RGcamfoRvNudIRxNdpHRfaK3P3sGFiVmxqDOIzBIVlcMbfhz95eVV776SZsv-g3Os-QCNH-JWJdYYAl/s4080/PXL_20231111_225501224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoogpwwDePaVaXFpSuS9b5uQZPjKs3ULCbctTUP5afa9UdM0_3HPkcyqn1lmxoEOo6cPOB3G4Yg-xG4T0pl71vCNqTpmDNlWjt4G6Re-fdjtY0RGcamfoRvNudIRxNdpHRfaK3P3sGFiVmxqDOIzBIVlcMbfhz95eVV776SZsv-g3Os-QCNH-JWJdYYAl/s320/PXL_20231111_225501224.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BNWT Kerrits coat - $20 π₯³</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLf4ajTA3zfdHal8OG9_jyU-CvyeJWo1VOQi1eaJ1CO0uV5rrtvsOAkruSCe3KAjpGxQqlFK9Mh8J6_hexy275e45HTMNjDnlLnrhyphenhyphenvRo1LR_T3dkBqMpMJrXD-f3CYKGyv5MvZvMip8nvw26bbNkySOgLJzfOX8W7aDaRAH9V22LApV0QZN1nrQP2Tps/s4080/PXL_20231111_225540998.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLf4ajTA3zfdHal8OG9_jyU-CvyeJWo1VOQi1eaJ1CO0uV5rrtvsOAkruSCe3KAjpGxQqlFK9Mh8J6_hexy275e45HTMNjDnlLnrhyphenhyphenvRo1LR_T3dkBqMpMJrXD-f3CYKGyv5MvZvMip8nvw26bbNkySOgLJzfOX8W7aDaRAH9V22LApV0QZN1nrQP2Tps/s320/PXL_20231111_225540998.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roeckl gloves (yay for buying used so I don't have to support a shitty company lol), F bomb socks (have you ever seen anything more perfect for me), and a navy ES bonnet, since I'm gradually incorporating more... Classic color schemes into my life π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_kFNuQZgr_xCvz-hwWZBWIspGKbN9-VSKsAU9jEDmJgujugQUbTvz2mXjLAkwVgvXgAyKsQGrYTGWotpvqWVUTfBKoZyqKVoJcAwF1Lj5KCTfDu6llMvv_H7lMTNtaO9BycmImv7F5cr1vLKJw7LQI0AoEbZJTE-kK0sMRMrabrltKHZgJSTvmINEHld/s4080/PXL_20231111_225645838.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_kFNuQZgr_xCvz-hwWZBWIspGKbN9-VSKsAU9jEDmJgujugQUbTvz2mXjLAkwVgvXgAyKsQGrYTGWotpvqWVUTfBKoZyqKVoJcAwF1Lj5KCTfDu6llMvv_H7lMTNtaO9BycmImv7F5cr1vLKJw7LQI0AoEbZJTE-kK0sMRMrabrltKHZgJSTvmINEHld/s320/PXL_20231111_225645838.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay so we all know I have a saddle pad problem but I paid $25 total for this cream Fenwick titanium pad and a BOT/Thinline combo. How could I NOT buy these? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O8fA2j5GehZvXZ9TxLrdwrnsDQlMskJoklzocb1K0T7ubPWSMk1d_bBYX_DSSEJZHXm1JZOnZyx063FBKVWIQohicCHKs_uZJbg7eZyB698r4q0KFVWx5NvbS2qEWEZuEX_OpJExvpSHh1F0V60h0ZNZ5_OD6Is0eNLdU2a3pxy0PpBNDjdXNnQBuzgj/s4080/PXL_20231111_225720857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O8fA2j5GehZvXZ9TxLrdwrnsDQlMskJoklzocb1K0T7ubPWSMk1d_bBYX_DSSEJZHXm1JZOnZyx063FBKVWIQohicCHKs_uZJbg7eZyB698r4q0KFVWx5NvbS2qEWEZuEX_OpJExvpSHh1F0V60h0ZNZ5_OD6Is0eNLdU2a3pxy0PpBNDjdXNnQBuzgj/s320/PXL_20231111_225720857.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subtly sparkly and black? Yes please! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvODKzArFC6ZdBCB-hP87N8-lr0_NKa_6Q4Z3gcRCoeqaWe-r9JRLZ3CLgrh3j5iMmirwTsVLOl5llcH9MDuyn4IzBjrKwB90pRpSOOG4fzgndNE8ADltKpEv-NjD82l2ZmrBoHunXz7VNtXoJKyi-rm2ipd-AZugxSJV04OwKQS4ckFslYOqLxzLhP7Yy/s4080/PXL_20231111_225742895.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvODKzArFC6ZdBCB-hP87N8-lr0_NKa_6Q4Z3gcRCoeqaWe-r9JRLZ3CLgrh3j5iMmirwTsVLOl5llcH9MDuyn4IzBjrKwB90pRpSOOG4fzgndNE8ADltKpEv-NjD82l2ZmrBoHunXz7VNtXoJKyi-rm2ipd-AZugxSJV04OwKQS4ckFslYOqLxzLhP7Yy/s320/PXL_20231111_225742895.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Does it actually count as more conservative if it's glitter? π€£ I am still SO BITTER that ME refuses to make these in fun colors like teal. Sob. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOozpC3usXFCE05qzSDCXiUM9_argsUVEQtCSoE85gHvZ10pl1naxtJJ4MH4iH85tISZ4MfIo6P5TmTXRTNtCUVFzpUwAsPDEeDJKxNt4fcltGsV_Boo9qzhPxAWo-8i3jT6vVEuyhyv2FfPcMItzcJHAE8SbTvp4TOblxlvmlD_cdyOaeczTEOBy30fgE/s4080/PXL_20231111_225803279.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOozpC3usXFCE05qzSDCXiUM9_argsUVEQtCSoE85gHvZ10pl1naxtJJ4MH4iH85tISZ4MfIo6P5TmTXRTNtCUVFzpUwAsPDEeDJKxNt4fcltGsV_Boo9qzhPxAWo-8i3jT6vVEuyhyv2FfPcMItzcJHAE8SbTvp4TOblxlvmlD_cdyOaeczTEOBy30fgE/s320/PXL_20231111_225803279.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alright this was completely and utterly unnecessary but as I'm looking down the road at showing Emmy next year, how frickin' good will this look on her?!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoPVIv-iqLgxA6Y4RJham6IJC_5aRUYFIy70kPWHCbK5jClSSFdFCW_FHvxhCkR2Vbh6QR3rtlIqUfaMAktAjqPF_Dc7Zx6Je0xy79FpYHkZbcWiNuQkrjz2ZRKvispbtNzMOR7mDWv0xQUV6STSCaMkS5ZTfBvpimo1LL0r6-8IeXQrLbbmVODotL0VY/s4080/PXL_20231111_225836611.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoPVIv-iqLgxA6Y4RJham6IJC_5aRUYFIy70kPWHCbK5jClSSFdFCW_FHvxhCkR2Vbh6QR3rtlIqUfaMAktAjqPF_Dc7Zx6Je0xy79FpYHkZbcWiNuQkrjz2ZRKvispbtNzMOR7mDWv0xQUV6STSCaMkS5ZTfBvpimo1LL0r6-8IeXQrLbbmVODotL0VY/s320/PXL_20231111_225836611.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah okay this is into deeply unnecessary territory but I stopped caring at this point π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7I-Uj3r8gpoDEMmfNvbnAz_pDF03dNWsKYwG4vUGpINGA9bQLDzJ372sXeHLz_GIVOoguk-FfkDWDrnuvv81z6F_ESX05NTlg41ivSjcQgUsSVs5aDWnQ0pa8uHYu7e1EIM-RyHAKq8GgOCysgKNLeeipZpLCfNun9zDXsfbdo8l7TgCemjxqPTFuEH8/s4080/PXL_20231111_225447699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7I-Uj3r8gpoDEMmfNvbnAz_pDF03dNWsKYwG4vUGpINGA9bQLDzJ372sXeHLz_GIVOoguk-FfkDWDrnuvv81z6F_ESX05NTlg41ivSjcQgUsSVs5aDWnQ0pa8uHYu7e1EIM-RyHAKq8GgOCysgKNLeeipZpLCfNun9zDXsfbdo8l7TgCemjxqPTFuEH8/s320/PXL_20231111_225447699.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another BNWT Kerrits coat for $20. I can never have too many coats! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Not pictured (because they aren't as fun lol), some small stable supplies like a bot knife, sweat scrapers, alushield, clipper lubricant, fly spray, etc that someone didn't want to pack up so they just unloaded on me. A fleece jacket from the SRS (π₯°), a <a href="http://www.trainwreckinteal.com/2020/05/tack-shed-organization-part-1.html?m=1" target="_blank">saddle pad rack identical to the two I already have</a> so I can hang more pads (I have a problem), an <a href="https://www.sstack.com/high-country-insulated-bucket-holder/p/22770/sku/22770%20BK/?glCountry=us&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAr8eqBhD3ARIsAIe-buOJxUGgJkHSRc6PpiueC53Vj19D16dgH8eo3nW-cJAvVFXis4ijLyUaAhSSEALw_wcB" target="_blank">insulated bucket holder</a> that matches my existing ones so now all of my occupied stalls have one, and two more, and two more <a href="http://www.trainwreckinteal.com/search/label/Horsekeeping?m=0" target="_blank">hay feeders</a> in the style I like - I'm not currently using mine (for a variety of reasons) but I do still like them and I believe the company has gone out of business so when I saw these at the sale cheap, I snapped them up. </div><div><br /></div><div>Before the sale, a friend let me browse the clothes she had available and I made out like a bandit with several nice riding vests. She also sent me home with two flexible filly grazing muzzles and some shooflys, which will definitely get lots of use next summer!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eyrHb9lrOCkmWuy3efDF3n1mqlhYrAt4aj_3hTM3L0VzJLBGjVj-oFO7MurPUMbNEix7hvu2-M8F63mKeJUOwjxCO5HXqTzVCRWEZcYai76BfB7A7GdvpFYwLVgzZjcJOIAmOQOUJc0KYEPqtiIzJPsLh6lBhqyf7KOcip3me0-XURysR0chgUc2wp77/s4080/PXL_20231107_232544342.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eyrHb9lrOCkmWuy3efDF3n1mqlhYrAt4aj_3hTM3L0VzJLBGjVj-oFO7MurPUMbNEix7hvu2-M8F63mKeJUOwjxCO5HXqTzVCRWEZcYai76BfB7A7GdvpFYwLVgzZjcJOIAmOQOUJc0KYEPqtiIzJPsLh6lBhqyf7KOcip3me0-XURysR0chgUc2wp77/s320/PXL_20231107_232544342.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I still need to pay her for Emmy's "new" bridle, a lovely Schockemole π€©</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Overall a productive, but expensive, day π€£ I ended up donating half the athletic polos and lower end breeches to a lesson program, so I just have a handful of nicer ones still to sell. Maybe if I get that done, I will actually break even on the day haha.</div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-7215634949987333002023-11-13T05:30:00.000-08:002023-11-13T05:30:00.127-08:00Trail Adventures: Cuivre River <div>My long weekend was gloriously full of horses! So much to write about π we'll start with Friday. It was a state holiday, so another friend who works for the government and I decided we wanted to trail ride. It was also opening weekend of deer season, so we needed somewhere that didn't allow hunting. We decided on Cuivre River - her horse is shod, and I recently acquired rear hoof boots for Ruby, so I wanted to try them out (she wears Trigger's in the front, since he is quasi-retired). </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGDJPFJWGNAwFgqwgTR4H4QFh1bPf0KQMNFMi0rKboVhiBMKhMktETJ8yPkgWlEWmZ1urU7ccMTJVv0uWm0yPkH_yv8mNafae3O8gCzUXsbIRmpGcTmo9G8GX5KHE8gd98_FwpHE-dI84wGIeTHnpEsLp6Yw6h_aaaGplA5JuJVc3omXvLvSg7BbW-7wn/s4080/PXL_20231110_180010836.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGDJPFJWGNAwFgqwgTR4H4QFh1bPf0KQMNFMi0rKboVhiBMKhMktETJ8yPkgWlEWmZ1urU7ccMTJVv0uWm0yPkH_yv8mNafae3O8gCzUXsbIRmpGcTmo9G8GX5KHE8gd98_FwpHE-dI84wGIeTHnpEsLp6Yw6h_aaaGplA5JuJVc3omXvLvSg7BbW-7wn/s320/PXL_20231110_180010836.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a lovely day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWIGZMvA8i6bHDvnbLcr_Ex_VFYGgZtME4B61A-oqNFIrHu4s6_2H2WS-UYcjHe81DqG4JnITpDRwufebT_OQh_DQaBvJXiwh0UG-FqC64Gy6GCLaz0_EFSpiJRJh-QkS9GoOzjnx4hLVlnF-mjfXVEk5k_1LVaWNwTR57v8Vy0iqWzLt1kVwB6WCbhLS/s4080/PXL_20231110_180941532.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWIGZMvA8i6bHDvnbLcr_Ex_VFYGgZtME4B61A-oqNFIrHu4s6_2H2WS-UYcjHe81DqG4JnITpDRwufebT_OQh_DQaBvJXiwh0UG-FqC64Gy6GCLaz0_EFSpiJRJh-QkS9GoOzjnx4hLVlnF-mjfXVEk5k_1LVaWNwTR57v8Vy0iqWzLt1kVwB6WCbhLS/s320/PXL_20231110_180941532.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgwuo1-g0QpJoQhOOpojrHbneGU23nFxDmTJZpKfp5e4Zemnv3TvXBQ7CAV_b0p_O9UnfHjvzcj2DTAn4KgQ-rFMeOjrQUvoyKB7ARII6wCoMUWcmS2m0LtZMtRGFkEt0GrLLHxcwOyueI3Qnnk5zS0ojE_44fnsumIj2SralmUlFPYD-c2f9zLIouodr/s4080/PXL_20231110_181607321.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgwuo1-g0QpJoQhOOpojrHbneGU23nFxDmTJZpKfp5e4Zemnv3TvXBQ7CAV_b0p_O9UnfHjvzcj2DTAn4KgQ-rFMeOjrQUvoyKB7ARII6wCoMUWcmS2m0LtZMtRGFkEt0GrLLHxcwOyueI3Qnnk5zS0ojE_44fnsumIj2SralmUlFPYD-c2f9zLIouodr/s320/PXL_20231110_181607321.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And although we missed peak colors, Cuivre River was still gorgeous!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeh5k17LMCXS9UPTpg-zQy_KhmfPypCKWlG_Tm8e__sCjl2qx_fZX2OmgDm6w04kt6RDU6R1BO8nhw4k1vB4WkN_FH8C4ae_igxTVsTqVDGQgrrWDXc6jbgP2H_1eeYW3ODg6Ve8d7AANMCPocrIk_UAAik5q9WBcwWzJbZIroDZ_kRS8kYvWnvMvoMrtb/s3280/PXL_20231110_181648461.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeh5k17LMCXS9UPTpg-zQy_KhmfPypCKWlG_Tm8e__sCjl2qx_fZX2OmgDm6w04kt6RDU6R1BO8nhw4k1vB4WkN_FH8C4ae_igxTVsTqVDGQgrrWDXc6jbgP2H_1eeYW3ODg6Ve8d7AANMCPocrIk_UAAik5q9WBcwWzJbZIroDZ_kRS8kYvWnvMvoMrtb/s320/PXL_20231110_181648461.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cuivre River is actually quite close to Indian Camp Creek, so the drive wasn't too terrible. There were two large equestrian parking lots (they offer both electric and primitive camping spots), and despite many horse people.... Not knowing how to park (π€£), I arrived within minutes of my friend, found a relatively open spot, and we got tacked up. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM9il_cvcIBuJFjiX8lCiOQ1dpNDh4sTnugqWO3PO5uJNKLfOtJaH_-JGeKE4UGysWpE7rBAOBl0ZsCXVjBjNUYWSlFoqs01RT56PLvbyK-vJEYeA45KLkGYZTFSlnmPwFej4_O5NccC2tVk1_SU5ZRqKBKwrq0NQCMEP9f5F9F-woTDy-nDm6KMDqb0A/s4080/PXL_20231110_182309153.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM9il_cvcIBuJFjiX8lCiOQ1dpNDh4sTnugqWO3PO5uJNKLfOtJaH_-JGeKE4UGysWpE7rBAOBl0ZsCXVjBjNUYWSlFoqs01RT56PLvbyK-vJEYeA45KLkGYZTFSlnmPwFej4_O5NccC2tVk1_SU5ZRqKBKwrq0NQCMEP9f5F9F-woTDy-nDm6KMDqb0A/s320/PXL_20231110_182309153.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEHdBb4Wjz8Y_1P19a81n25KBq5grigzdUmdxEj6zZ_ZI8VfCgfu4v0s9Zw6zJKQ96ToEJtsiqWu2Oaoo_cBU8m45ZHBrw6IMfcmRUyk4uGltOVWRnjVvA_fDc1JipSb4mvIfVEkO0BI7FnkISRTy6J3iWUV9_nH81SMz1xd6LSAINmGFb22lR5ErgrHj/s4080/PXL_20231110_185022445.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEHdBb4Wjz8Y_1P19a81n25KBq5grigzdUmdxEj6zZ_ZI8VfCgfu4v0s9Zw6zJKQ96ToEJtsiqWu2Oaoo_cBU8m45ZHBrw6IMfcmRUyk4uGltOVWRnjVvA_fDc1JipSb4mvIfVEkO0BI7FnkISRTy6J3iWUV9_nH81SMz1xd6LSAINmGFb22lR5ErgrHj/s320/PXL_20231110_185022445.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My friend was far more prepared than me, and had already printed a map and sketched out an approximate route - I love when that's not my job lol. We started off on the first 7 mile loop. There were sections I think my horses could manage barefoot, but they were interspersed with very rocky sections, so I definitely wouldn't attempt without shoes or boots.....which is a bummer, because mine are generally barefoot and hoof boots are π€ oh well. I'll keep trying to pick them up a pair at a time as finances allow. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxXAtBpt8PmPyZdg46F9BEaJEMZ1nfnBO-t4_4enKu3_i1iBZUTmLodP9S8Qx5dv3P00OXO3-PCsvCHJIFUwiuwODHNhvrMtQmYpPWeogQWoSZ0SAAa6EjRO7zsAg4oTt-zGAW21PdhWb7AC5Vg-iyYDC76X6-xYnB348wrnqD80W_qwk7y2uzu9tQMRc/s4080/PXL_20231110_190235868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxXAtBpt8PmPyZdg46F9BEaJEMZ1nfnBO-t4_4enKu3_i1iBZUTmLodP9S8Qx5dv3P00OXO3-PCsvCHJIFUwiuwODHNhvrMtQmYpPWeogQWoSZ0SAAa6EjRO7zsAg4oTt-zGAW21PdhWb7AC5Vg-iyYDC76X6-xYnB348wrnqD80W_qwk7y2uzu9tQMRc/s320/PXL_20231110_190235868.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Y_ahGMrDdX9IGqo51tfHsUSVkX1-DbejdW6ZMEaS7HdlKgPpmZb9XARPFoDEHYlto0LvhawcRf0CKBLkAIbOOX8pUXMWUi4YwVqjv8bA5Q5yZp02prLKx7c0HlOlbFZ_6syBRuMYcLLNj3n_guLQVTHoh1x-eB8MUxj1-qYXhXZQXi6QCjDrrf8ouT6/s4080/PXL_20231110_191522191.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-Y_ahGMrDdX9IGqo51tfHsUSVkX1-DbejdW6ZMEaS7HdlKgPpmZb9XARPFoDEHYlto0LvhawcRf0CKBLkAIbOOX8pUXMWUi4YwVqjv8bA5Q5yZp02prLKx7c0HlOlbFZ_6syBRuMYcLLNj3n_guLQVTHoh1x-eB8MUxj1-qYXhXZQXi6QCjDrrf8ouT6/s320/PXL_20231110_191522191.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the buckle the whole ride - bestbaymareβ’οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLGmvoscRY_8T4MMwJrmV_Jh3W4ktR-It_pt9SUPUXPjlv3cQGt7Opwlzl9CJumoKupXtTHlnV33NlUF2jl7HC6-ckdU96tzPCBSrIfHIv7gyhA1cG37v_6ETWBgpKeoAZsR_fIL9PLSxFqYlmgvMdIv-RwF1FuXS47w2S3e6N8Ze8qcRel5QSwdDgjdZ/s4080/PXL_20231110_191629325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLGmvoscRY_8T4MMwJrmV_Jh3W4ktR-It_pt9SUPUXPjlv3cQGt7Opwlzl9CJumoKupXtTHlnV33NlUF2jl7HC6-ckdU96tzPCBSrIfHIv7gyhA1cG37v_6ETWBgpKeoAZsR_fIL9PLSxFqYlmgvMdIv-RwF1FuXS47w2S3e6N8Ze8qcRel5QSwdDgjdZ/s320/PXL_20231110_191629325.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRq80eSkWJm533bJEh7AiPBCSyCOaLmORo2GdQcKHGiAlZGVPEGAwexEUVPjwkpfr18Jvgp2fRz-tTlLFeXnBY1hD7opLutbm8q1lPxvBN2zs_DxijtdVYnCtCWHIePMkfwNMLPT5KfNt2d90XL7hPLDmeXOiIIo55QK-pWiGsDNMDN5ZmdVqz0Gn2Ct7D/s4080/PXL_20231110_193313418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRq80eSkWJm533bJEh7AiPBCSyCOaLmORo2GdQcKHGiAlZGVPEGAwexEUVPjwkpfr18Jvgp2fRz-tTlLFeXnBY1hD7opLutbm8q1lPxvBN2zs_DxijtdVYnCtCWHIePMkfwNMLPT5KfNt2d90XL7hPLDmeXOiIIo55QK-pWiGsDNMDN5ZmdVqz0Gn2Ct7D/s320/PXL_20231110_193313418.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When we got to the turn for the second loop, both horses were still fresh and my friend asked if I wanted to add it - I didn't have a schedule for the day so I said heck yes! We thought both loops would be around 13 miles total, but it ended up being more like 11+. I think there were a few smaller spurs we could have added to get to the full 13, but it was plenty of riding. Particularly for someone who hasn't done that many trail miles this year π€£</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6N7TDUfvrD99nXYIFaq7BTpCru-y-m6xrVGTAtN8STDtQY8_xEzQq8-k8l3bNciW1PP1OLKjng-yUUmq9L0aaiiIh1nRyCGsSSp8cFaD0GbPyar9k11Sw703kLDQzvJsw2kYXXT2U8NnWhdnQeBcwkDArBc6ZvPdL5HAQqk3kMq__PrO0dNh8Cu8_UTE/s4080/PXL_20231110_195029409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6N7TDUfvrD99nXYIFaq7BTpCru-y-m6xrVGTAtN8STDtQY8_xEzQq8-k8l3bNciW1PP1OLKjng-yUUmq9L0aaiiIh1nRyCGsSSp8cFaD0GbPyar9k11Sw703kLDQzvJsw2kYXXT2U8NnWhdnQeBcwkDArBc6ZvPdL5HAQqk3kMq__PrO0dNh8Cu8_UTE/s320/PXL_20231110_195029409.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91xjIlUqPakWpTWWOUO4qV3keFjMM5pseXVICQMBUy5F2DD0WHIBWOtOf4t_qEjLxKedUzyUwx6T9qo95WhDqNc9GHVSUNQLNc-sxNZGTKF9NTi6xbzrine8NWMfEUL2qy0Y7gYG6_Zqbx_L9xxbc3WA_q2lcaBAwWM8H4Ycw4RmJETQpYutJlc_0g0H-/s4080/PXL_20231110_195032016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91xjIlUqPakWpTWWOUO4qV3keFjMM5pseXVICQMBUy5F2DD0WHIBWOtOf4t_qEjLxKedUzyUwx6T9qo95WhDqNc9GHVSUNQLNc-sxNZGTKF9NTi6xbzrine8NWMfEUL2qy0Y7gYG6_Zqbx_L9xxbc3WA_q2lcaBAwWM8H4Ycw4RmJETQpYutJlc_0g0H-/s320/PXL_20231110_195032016.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entire trail was wooded, but there were different sections of woods - if that makes sense? We had fun identifying the vibes from each section. Like the section that was "swamp witch leaving breadcrumbs out to lure small children into our cauldron" lol </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpB4NntwL1imbiPeRFi3rSGM0q6lfWhPc5YbPS_nzN_cvNlX0EDSUkSjzeNUv9xFAp7xm2ZHD1ExtHSpJFqnYeKk4YuRkX3MrY8slkPvVZaRdIt6sguF2nBBbLc8gfek0Y8b559b9oJ-3-rpdRIcPAbzKRD70OwhFGaQGmumpDUyJ-QUPtVvVRiVeZfrY/s4080/PXL_20231110_195214940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpB4NntwL1imbiPeRFi3rSGM0q6lfWhPc5YbPS_nzN_cvNlX0EDSUkSjzeNUv9xFAp7xm2ZHD1ExtHSpJFqnYeKk4YuRkX3MrY8slkPvVZaRdIt6sguF2nBBbLc8gfek0Y8b559b9oJ-3-rpdRIcPAbzKRD70OwhFGaQGmumpDUyJ-QUPtVvVRiVeZfrY/s320/PXL_20231110_195214940.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jZHYJX4fq9MUdgdPraH-ZN3jdUhQw3-9qNZlVVUQ_Ybben19bJ0J0j9z5c-i42rZGFLQwfjFfsGwjbffoQRnQBe_bvpVl8zUjssTxqEzlcDKqKyYcTD7pOk2AAyC545oMIi9fSACimy5E6UxcLK6mIpOzxcEwKEk4UvfXIQme8O-Iqk0wOEKL_9Xzb2l/s4080/PXL_20231110_195109655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8jZHYJX4fq9MUdgdPraH-ZN3jdUhQw3-9qNZlVVUQ_Ybben19bJ0J0j9z5c-i42rZGFLQwfjFfsGwjbffoQRnQBe_bvpVl8zUjssTxqEzlcDKqKyYcTD7pOk2AAyC545oMIi9fSACimy5E6UxcLK6mIpOzxcEwKEk4UvfXIQme8O-Iqk0wOEKL_9Xzb2l/s320/PXL_20231110_195109655.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UkjeEX3Kq05WpSJHHh30DxPzaDj_eRGEtSaxzXWRwdIJ6otA6H7irpaP9HtO9ZNhBU4gWhEjibWx0HVo5Z3ZkZP6rpHVYuEU_tw89W_RtePzAZUIlctbD4BescLzjlYWTqvFEo5CMfj0WivxIbPabGPRY9zm6bJyKMaamzTXSl3kNY-FvAdqow__uB87/s4080/PXL_20231110_195348550.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UkjeEX3Kq05WpSJHHh30DxPzaDj_eRGEtSaxzXWRwdIJ6otA6H7irpaP9HtO9ZNhBU4gWhEjibWx0HVo5Z3ZkZP6rpHVYuEU_tw89W_RtePzAZUIlctbD4BescLzjlYWTqvFEo5CMfj0WivxIbPabGPRY9zm6bJyKMaamzTXSl3kNY-FvAdqow__uB87/s320/PXL_20231110_195348550.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqmjoXuufygqKmQLRfib0BR2d4L_QN5dt5RkaokNt3Lr0cQVtPGc9CFoU6vDn9NDNlY9VhXquqUnJagF7PI9O7u7J4QEa6zWMBH94b0y2BDz51Wt8V0MApw9nS_MB-K6qdL7xZkxa6uDm06v-A8Q6oPv8kWkyLwrxQG-9DUIjI1xru0I9J9VNZr7J4w5p/s4080/PXL_20231110_202630271.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqmjoXuufygqKmQLRfib0BR2d4L_QN5dt5RkaokNt3Lr0cQVtPGc9CFoU6vDn9NDNlY9VhXquqUnJagF7PI9O7u7J4QEa6zWMBH94b0y2BDz51Wt8V0MApw9nS_MB-K6qdL7xZkxa6uDm06v-A8Q6oPv8kWkyLwrxQG-9DUIjI1xru0I9J9VNZr7J4w5p/s320/PXL_20231110_202630271.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had to use the gravel briefly to connect the trails</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9zFGilk7Fry2p9vM_m3_BOHMIb6s8ff-UvbggaW0YAMVZBQv3nTo7LXR7kmDlnr0n-KS1QRqDy_Vf9-GAp-TQMIahF4IZefU-naOp_Y7iTLX3ik7cu7EANrxa7j-yKmxvDJdBupYb1HJP1DZ_ga-R4ypjS4zrR35Q2o0rs_9sB5NQGFwhj9qAkSyB3Br/s4080/PXL_20231110_204751976.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9zFGilk7Fry2p9vM_m3_BOHMIb6s8ff-UvbggaW0YAMVZBQv3nTo7LXR7kmDlnr0n-KS1QRqDy_Vf9-GAp-TQMIahF4IZefU-naOp_Y7iTLX3ik7cu7EANrxa7j-yKmxvDJdBupYb1HJP1DZ_ga-R4ypjS4zrR35Q2o0rs_9sB5NQGFwhj9qAkSyB3Br/s320/PXL_20231110_204751976.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frenchman's Bluff - I wish photos could adequately capture the depth! This was a TALLLLLL bluff.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DO2bqQOcoaA_xSTRsqhb4UszFd8v_TUMd33uvLUva233Lz-JYza-SQ_y-qWLQ2cY86dm1e84Rx7IvuUluG5HsnfdMUU7ZPtS-VHyE7BB0R7O1-awMx8dZg6uhSMt8eJL8pYKZgKK44kGQIqU_qVoxZCkLxdEDHtSXn4E0VllgNNfpnEayKtBQeXjFFq-/s4080/PXL_20231110_211023277.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DO2bqQOcoaA_xSTRsqhb4UszFd8v_TUMd33uvLUva233Lz-JYza-SQ_y-qWLQ2cY86dm1e84Rx7IvuUluG5HsnfdMUU7ZPtS-VHyE7BB0R7O1-awMx8dZg6uhSMt8eJL8pYKZgKK44kGQIqU_qVoxZCkLxdEDHtSXn4E0VllgNNfpnEayKtBQeXjFFq-/s320/PXL_20231110_211023277.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1UIDvxX0pZ0yvwf61Iw-08_cIJDLQoZMpIUwnh73RROzQeCHrC7Cr60OQ3hyphenhyphenRnFH3yJTJ7zOhzqNRsY7E8jSYVrTYub2jY96DByZy97Nlau_OSwYPC0IJxT4mSz61App2jheTw7Ma0_fYVmUzngdGpn76Y1ShyKlA263ktrGxX2Yq3p3SVS2p2OvIf3F/s4080/PXL_20231110_211200560.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1UIDvxX0pZ0yvwf61Iw-08_cIJDLQoZMpIUwnh73RROzQeCHrC7Cr60OQ3hyphenhyphenRnFH3yJTJ7zOhzqNRsY7E8jSYVrTYub2jY96DByZy97Nlau_OSwYPC0IJxT4mSz61App2jheTw7Ma0_fYVmUzngdGpn76Y1ShyKlA263ktrGxX2Yq3p3SVS2p2OvIf3F/s320/PXL_20231110_211200560.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the trail ran... Uncomfortably close at times lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH9E90Nqn0oM1b86uh1PlQG9FhSjJKLZqurM5BYBHB63tqTzQmgNW9ApyoJvKdCbDs3nprCBOtbXSYsCEKw8vUB2rSHGFJhJdk-HKsm_LH4dyIXUgkQI56ECLg-Ol4OE0h-Ea_P6Wg6KNoYOK2bwbdV3c9b8AsR0lOeyTOZE4ft4_6yg9B6twhWzBH6xG/s4080/PXL_20231110_211234139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH9E90Nqn0oM1b86uh1PlQG9FhSjJKLZqurM5BYBHB63tqTzQmgNW9ApyoJvKdCbDs3nprCBOtbXSYsCEKw8vUB2rSHGFJhJdk-HKsm_LH4dyIXUgkQI56ECLg-Ol4OE0h-Ea_P6Wg6KNoYOK2bwbdV3c9b8AsR0lOeyTOZE4ft4_6yg9B6twhWzBH6xG/s320/PXL_20231110_211234139.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGEjdhZWz3dLtDyyoN3nYl8TU3hRLY6wVFGhTDmCxyV05prgTD6Y6w6lzjXBkFuQC0dmbYXblIu964l8ywrcW7P7bYS6pt56WJhCwkTg4zFNbu6ZjKLxx9rOQ9Lbstym9adMtczaggKs3_NwuOlIDJSqbwAlkoIygvbL6T0qpo0WXudJdZRH1nJS9vLRe/s4080/PXL_20231110_211243809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGEjdhZWz3dLtDyyoN3nYl8TU3hRLY6wVFGhTDmCxyV05prgTD6Y6w6lzjXBkFuQC0dmbYXblIu964l8ywrcW7P7bYS6pt56WJhCwkTg4zFNbu6ZjKLxx9rOQ9Lbstym9adMtczaggKs3_NwuOlIDJSqbwAlkoIygvbL6T0qpo0WXudJdZRH1nJS9vLRe/s320/PXL_20231110_211243809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UUxh9-X7edDirdM1yR5iN11Pbaj6loT196rs3xmLoA6Q4fJ2qwzdDHySXJvaaHAAt1EAwHkMAgp4GIsw2VymkSgR3R0jPfEGA4egbnqJxc0XzcGucY78uEtuor1WA9Cyq724XatBCr2fgur-2z6-nZFwG69IW2L89rmfSm6AhoNhvRuXjTve59JuGjph/s4080/PXL_20231110_213534515.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UUxh9-X7edDirdM1yR5iN11Pbaj6loT196rs3xmLoA6Q4fJ2qwzdDHySXJvaaHAAt1EAwHkMAgp4GIsw2VymkSgR3R0jPfEGA4egbnqJxc0XzcGucY78uEtuor1WA9Cyq724XatBCr2fgur-2z6-nZFwG69IW2L89rmfSm6AhoNhvRuXjTve59JuGjph/s320/PXL_20231110_213534515.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoof boots held up great! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJdS2uPe7fV6MYS8NOs_Z522Z1lYJcB34oRVdMlAF9lR_K3EQfUHbcaYuzRuRJlGZRXYqp1zTShjXp6ogkcWMcNB4TlIlReQ6k-OrH4risLMwQE4NxrJWxqA9cjV6OXYCHxWN_3_Gi6cFYG_cALO58vdXRKYl-Pio7yAR1k6ghAUqtfcMsxVvT2Jo-MoR/s1200/received_1944192315982336.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJdS2uPe7fV6MYS8NOs_Z522Z1lYJcB34oRVdMlAF9lR_K3EQfUHbcaYuzRuRJlGZRXYqp1zTShjXp6ogkcWMcNB4TlIlReQ6k-OrH4risLMwQE4NxrJWxqA9cjV6OXYCHxWN_3_Gi6cFYG_cALO58vdXRKYl-Pio7yAR1k6ghAUqtfcMsxVvT2Jo-MoR/s320/received_1944192315982336.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I was definitely a bit stiff when I got off (and the next day haha), but it was a great day to explore a new to me trail with good company! </div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-53862029639161830232023-11-09T06:00:00.001-08:002023-11-09T06:00:00.135-08:00Annual "I'm bad at clipping" post<div>I've been trying to figure out what to do about clipping this year - my horses live out half to two thirds of the day all winter, I ride primarily outside, buuuuuuut trainerB's arena is SO SO SO insulated that last winter once we started hauling up to the new place, Ruby would be DRENCHED in sweat after lessons. I figured I would need to get more aggressive with my clips, and had every intention of hiring it out. But suddenly it was 85 degrees on a random Wednesday in November so I just.... Went for it π€·ββοΈ I took off work a few hours early, headed home, and bathed/clipped both girls in about 3.5 hours (with lots of breaks because my back is not up to crawling around under horses clipping bellies lol). </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKAcIjoCieJ1TL5am8HmdOXNxYnLBurRO4LiETh5oPTWX1d_0rs_K6Jzef4pa_ujdqlw3zO9CAav1f8_fP0cdU-7AN5ygTTBE0KY8I05RJrSC66WmIyj8uqncQ9g5LyJ4HdwdW6qwXSIH60a2-gIAaspLpgDMKgLp4cdhPIyWpYRu6nBPeROpLahWTKBo/s4080/PXL_20231108_205530136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKAcIjoCieJ1TL5am8HmdOXNxYnLBurRO4LiETh5oPTWX1d_0rs_K6Jzef4pa_ujdqlw3zO9CAav1f8_fP0cdU-7AN5ygTTBE0KY8I05RJrSC66WmIyj8uqncQ9g5LyJ4HdwdW6qwXSIH60a2-gIAaspLpgDMKgLp4cdhPIyWpYRu6nBPeROpLahWTKBo/s320/PXL_20231108_205530136.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fuzzy and annoyed </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEier5xghQ2j_FESfKUTwsQ7VG1xxrp9ita8L4fFuGqM-Kjq4CSuE2w3dm_PUTEVuLQyghDCWR4_ko631tmcvINbXPlK7JPn9jzZchv3TSezj8oj_AorcZVjl6KkP6sNl3jQs_HZ70t7wcsAlW9exxiMw1XBkhtE2JVZeaXnlLkEy8SQV3PhLpWbjo-Iqcbs/s4080/PXL_20231108_211439704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEier5xghQ2j_FESfKUTwsQ7VG1xxrp9ita8L4fFuGqM-Kjq4CSuE2w3dm_PUTEVuLQyghDCWR4_ko631tmcvINbXPlK7JPn9jzZchv3TSezj8oj_AorcZVjl6KkP6sNl3jQs_HZ70t7wcsAlW9exxiMw1XBkhtE2JVZeaXnlLkEy8SQV3PhLpWbjo-Iqcbs/s320/PXL_20231108_211439704.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Will cookies be involved?"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qhckK2vVnyx7X-SLHH4x-Syx3jdWUPWVnqI46OENUZv8zQtTBWAW3cqiaLLUNte4_S4QUmCP9A8tv6cZAa1q2STssfPeidx1Ramr1OfCQ51M0qAqYJCVC4-Q98vD84gJD5v1ZGnqzeOS-ak0NVJXZRLdalCUPqMiaQW8YaUt6RrMKO7YfUopB7UjZggv/s4080/PXL_20231108_211624341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qhckK2vVnyx7X-SLHH4x-Syx3jdWUPWVnqI46OENUZv8zQtTBWAW3cqiaLLUNte4_S4QUmCP9A8tv6cZAa1q2STssfPeidx1Ramr1OfCQ51M0qAqYJCVC4-Q98vD84gJD5v1ZGnqzeOS-ak0NVJXZRLdalCUPqMiaQW8YaUt6RrMKO7YfUopB7UjZggv/s320/PXL_20231108_211624341.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z76duxJDThoTqMdNvH21aPgAoOJl2-Nd1I5V7NA-CYwqO1fsygvh7A8_UdN8-U4Buk13dayd7aCveQn_UXcvO5NSNL95nznlElV89OCl7001N9F-KOdX912jzLaB_KmBeN4iWlVfxnsp5Fo1p35eoP0aT0Bfa-6D5SrtXuB07GhABNtw1j-zvO7oIMIA/s4080/PXL_20231108_213125681.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z76duxJDThoTqMdNvH21aPgAoOJl2-Nd1I5V7NA-CYwqO1fsygvh7A8_UdN8-U4Buk13dayd7aCveQn_UXcvO5NSNL95nznlElV89OCl7001N9F-KOdX912jzLaB_KmBeN4iWlVfxnsp5Fo1p35eoP0aT0Bfa-6D5SrtXuB07GhABNtw1j-zvO7oIMIA/s320/PXL_20231108_213125681.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I... Did not account enough time for drying lol. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyaSEnyoYZRHQQGpB9pr-WYOoqpcv46FIODNpRuLm9I-3QHRmrYiRb9O-iDRSO06GsyyfJww3xaYV1oZMsXvfbHYP4TNYRtQwVwNw7q8BQXLHp172cmOL-c316pa7HyxD0GnSGE9pFyJ0UKH9bwBSFQS4VxajseFinQkSzbHv8lzFwXWUG7tO0lGo1F2K/s4080/PXL_20231108_214305346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyaSEnyoYZRHQQGpB9pr-WYOoqpcv46FIODNpRuLm9I-3QHRmrYiRb9O-iDRSO06GsyyfJww3xaYV1oZMsXvfbHYP4TNYRtQwVwNw7q8BQXLHp172cmOL-c316pa7HyxD0GnSGE9pFyJ0UKH9bwBSFQS4VxajseFinQkSzbHv8lzFwXWUG7tO0lGo1F2K/s320/PXL_20231108_214305346.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was breezy and nice so we ended up air drying </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl5GbS44YMU4R-9QDAdyhW8SfMFPag0qmoYn2xoFpJe0BEVw7bP3NZ2H-F5UuLYe1p19jD0fma2DJ8q4VcO2Tduv4F0XHtk5T_Bcl_P2KLm2dHmxufdA9lKWWpgnsNh_UGEPQ3uH8Gtjgx_PNZYyw9NF42IC6n4GTlnqZvG_Xpeq8rO-C9k5IphzErPkG/s4080/PXL_20231108_214341352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl5GbS44YMU4R-9QDAdyhW8SfMFPag0qmoYn2xoFpJe0BEVw7bP3NZ2H-F5UuLYe1p19jD0fma2DJ8q4VcO2Tduv4F0XHtk5T_Bcl_P2KLm2dHmxufdA9lKWWpgnsNh_UGEPQ3uH8Gtjgx_PNZYyw9NF42IC6n4GTlnqZvG_Xpeq8rO-C9k5IphzErPkG/s320/PXL_20231108_214341352.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It also gave me a little time to decompress and read a little bit - it's been a week at work already π« </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDqjvvKYzDzUDC9efQ7ZId3AeHgzTZJcZuH3Mpdwivn0TFEXI8oY6aHUKGmAXdaUuyga8JYLTx-lVAYxBC_SsWjgFaaALQ-o3NvlpK2eluSJZ7QieRC6N16kV3PTTJL5J4ZXWog-G9ijXc60gcEd5444ZJrDW1cJLCVx78wRS_9EZtFCRJAYH6QMU4D_X/s4080/PXL_20231108_223626080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDqjvvKYzDzUDC9efQ7ZId3AeHgzTZJcZuH3Mpdwivn0TFEXI8oY6aHUKGmAXdaUuyga8JYLTx-lVAYxBC_SsWjgFaaALQ-o3NvlpK2eluSJZ7QieRC6N16kV3PTTJL5J4ZXWog-G9ijXc60gcEd5444ZJrDW1cJLCVx78wRS_9EZtFCRJAYH6QMU4D_X/s320/PXL_20231108_223626080.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year I opted for a fairly basic blanket clip - the duct tape helps keep me honest on lines, I can't draw a straight line with a ruler. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLqnAPPwbcLKGZCIlnx576rV2cKI-usMu6uVIeYeFz4kIQN3io6pf4miGkT6abuVJyrpRjZSYmFlVE-zNRlUuAoCSDH4kgre9jyx76XChqFo-DV9tT2JSjlQGv4jylUAGB63HIM0fMTulchNzVRZXz3LKz7vnUL5z6gbCiaLMnS2ilIqj3QGQrBPGCe2_/s4080/PXL_20231108_225454137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLqnAPPwbcLKGZCIlnx576rV2cKI-usMu6uVIeYeFz4kIQN3io6pf4miGkT6abuVJyrpRjZSYmFlVE-zNRlUuAoCSDH4kgre9jyx76XChqFo-DV9tT2JSjlQGv4jylUAGB63HIM0fMTulchNzVRZXz3LKz7vnUL5z6gbCiaLMnS2ilIqj3QGQrBPGCe2_/s320/PXL_20231108_225454137.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also am... Not great at clipping π€£ even Ruby was embarrassed by the amount of track marks. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJMaASQvcJ_wq5IateSGKqTrbgTy_BjpailjdecviA5Ecj2Qj0pbvuMyuaAuwaR8CIfWPiBO4QpSttPoh4WC2PEfmYbyWtpZIhj79BSjzY8IPiyQxvACbhyphenhyphen4r4Wi9NBVCg-rglS4UaU6svNy1Ygkg7CRBX9kQy1hL56ZCt0_6hjQUIXxuQaemQbt1_Xyh/s4080/PXL_20231108_232113397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJMaASQvcJ_wq5IateSGKqTrbgTy_BjpailjdecviA5Ecj2Qj0pbvuMyuaAuwaR8CIfWPiBO4QpSttPoh4WC2PEfmYbyWtpZIhj79BSjzY8IPiyQxvACbhyphenhyphen4r4Wi9NBVCg-rglS4UaU6svNy1Ygkg7CRBX9kQy1hL56ZCt0_6hjQUIXxuQaemQbt1_Xyh/s320/PXL_20231108_232113397.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got one side done</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcl5e5SowsE9cRqF1N9hycLmXszYd6qwBdt9yGkqyNzTmYpviVkK47xx64pydM7XWbbjkS74-iHSCQULy1WjbUJjlSw-E__L4KRi7ZkcfuPKIRhOx72ta_6DWa0zMBQzJeVVO9mILOWCKFpWBKsY45DjMffPjstYCYkwNQFeg4snFKsxBu4ULyFZt6h7E/s4080/PXL_20231108_232644819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcl5e5SowsE9cRqF1N9hycLmXszYd6qwBdt9yGkqyNzTmYpviVkK47xx64pydM7XWbbjkS74-iHSCQULy1WjbUJjlSw-E__L4KRi7ZkcfuPKIRhOx72ta_6DWa0zMBQzJeVVO9mILOWCKFpWBKsY45DjMffPjstYCYkwNQFeg4snFKsxBu4ULyFZt6h7E/s320/PXL_20231108_232644819.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then the other! It's a 10' job π€£<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM7dfbcYzfEM5eJMaI6eNwLyi8ZCUOLg_aUWNnDAuavuC0R3WcN_sPTfye_bSNi5CIhxuUW2AOVkgP3-ZWSyACpS_0sGUEmC1ym3Ql4S59Yxqdc6v5edgPfTUlWsM6C62F67sV2IqyQuE08Lsf8Jw_QFa5FiESmAOZnltMajZrUdwoHPjtCnuXM93tY9K/s4080/PXL_20231108_233303172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM7dfbcYzfEM5eJMaI6eNwLyi8ZCUOLg_aUWNnDAuavuC0R3WcN_sPTfye_bSNi5CIhxuUW2AOVkgP3-ZWSyACpS_0sGUEmC1ym3Ql4S59Yxqdc6v5edgPfTUlWsM6C62F67sV2IqyQuE08Lsf8Jw_QFa5FiESmAOZnltMajZrUdwoHPjtCnuXM93tY9K/s320/PXL_20231108_233303172.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was Emmy's turn. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeosRBaomw7bF7F6KXaTYI-E8dDCR4Fch3_ci0lSWc-V2VnFAnNsVBhp3ha5zjySFPVXpP5Sc06fDhutQCmyN0HmOVpcgGBZ-lVIXWCp1niCyaRdw8Wta8qc_BJVVRPRphHoLvyIk-7U_IoXAhxH-wC5CffqbLQMdGm3MS4II0wNsrxR_Z3CtwzBDZeQAG/s4080/PXL_20231108_233659869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeosRBaomw7bF7F6KXaTYI-E8dDCR4Fch3_ci0lSWc-V2VnFAnNsVBhp3ha5zjySFPVXpP5Sc06fDhutQCmyN0HmOVpcgGBZ-lVIXWCp1niCyaRdw8Wta8qc_BJVVRPRphHoLvyIk-7U_IoXAhxH-wC5CffqbLQMdGm3MS4II0wNsrxR_Z3CtwzBDZeQAG/s320/PXL_20231108_233659869.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About three strips in I was like ... Huh, I wonder if she has ever been body clipped? No idea. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJhapk16zvaOCQJP8z3HbCrbrCM_AIWDQ84azVJhYykPXBjQZBxdegbIrLAgui6kEa8uWcBuVBKgOxkobi1VBVDxYwuPvO_-7qGd0UTB-Cz8kKAB9jtZOcOmu56JKF0Geict5L6Y-6Z0S8u5nNFOcn5tM6CV3d2gga7TxdCO7gr7tKQCZm9bMEN0RidfH/s4080/PXL_20231108_235325060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJhapk16zvaOCQJP8z3HbCrbrCM_AIWDQ84azVJhYykPXBjQZBxdegbIrLAgui6kEa8uWcBuVBKgOxkobi1VBVDxYwuPvO_-7qGd0UTB-Cz8kKAB9jtZOcOmu56JKF0Geict5L6Y-6Z0S8u5nNFOcn5tM6CV3d2gga7TxdCO7gr7tKQCZm9bMEN0RidfH/s320/PXL_20231108_235325060.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But as expected, she was perfect. Because she's EMMY β₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqyiTqKg6Br6XZCcrBHzvRep6so_FrJ388-gxCqBpQ5Gz1c3zSyggpDgotvVmi8NWeMA6fN7GUY1WhiCF8izyX9HTRkwxjTxFdkTtXQhyphenhyphenJEfbXWyTbxWCu4mNKQgt3mZBGos2or1-1ruc9pdf-nYB6Xl5cK85XsMvZZ_XwtBGp4zwDhdrj91MZ1rQ41E4/s4080/PXL_20231109_002903692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqyiTqKg6Br6XZCcrBHzvRep6so_FrJ388-gxCqBpQ5Gz1c3zSyggpDgotvVmi8NWeMA6fN7GUY1WhiCF8izyX9HTRkwxjTxFdkTtXQhyphenhyphenJEfbXWyTbxWCu4mNKQgt3mZBGos2or1-1ruc9pdf-nYB6Xl5cK85XsMvZZ_XwtBGp4zwDhdrj91MZ1rQ41E4/s320/PXL_20231109_002903692.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8n2dkXDRsF8UVAOt89ZOoNVs7eBuPkc0AwqSujUD2mdj634xm9bqEYkUx-qGQnp1A8KiLUghInU-N2-PhjNCQNcsXugQGfBx-KY8kO-aWFrrsL6wEcvubQLsgMzFX1VuMwwhsU7kxwiBLMqN_VkMTxHZzrOzcwXqEMqfLbHw84qMPdURyHskuFSdmSka5/s4080/PXL_20231109_003015835.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8n2dkXDRsF8UVAOt89ZOoNVs7eBuPkc0AwqSujUD2mdj634xm9bqEYkUx-qGQnp1A8KiLUghInU-N2-PhjNCQNcsXugQGfBx-KY8kO-aWFrrsL6wEcvubQLsgMzFX1VuMwwhsU7kxwiBLMqN_VkMTxHZzrOzcwXqEMqfLbHw84qMPdURyHskuFSdmSka5/s320/PXL_20231109_003015835.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These goons β₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... it doesn't look great, but it's done! So hopefully they're both more comfortable this winter and I have less hair to try to keep clean lol. </div><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-10886213971695725602023-11-06T05:00:00.001-08:002023-11-06T05:00:00.136-08:00Spur of the Moment VHR Trip! <div>After last years amazing girl's trip to Von Holten Ranch (<a href="https://www.trainwreckinteal.com/2022/09/what-happens-on-trail-ride-stays-on.html?m=0" target="_blank">that I apparently only photo dumped and didn't actually write about</a>), our trail group wanted to do a repeat, but schedules are hard y'all. We did finally get the first weekend in November picked, but work stuff had me and DH sort of noncommittal until the weekend before, once we nailed down a farmsitter. And we couldn't do a full weekend, just drive up on a Saturday and home on a Sunday - but we made it work! </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5msY3M2gZhz8T1TE_cMP17u6AJKRdHBH7_PiEBeltejdWnUUpNx6wRdJDI_hGsjJSCokTeM19KvS2HGWrIgeIyV32vCIcyZG_dpjfwOmoVx6wFST5OvCsKYeCWPDsrceUjwdM6aHMYGrDL5ZAaImA_0qwwSVwUTftufASU7QhMu5ddD6b5E8AyMBhu41/s3280/PXL_20231104_161125283.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5msY3M2gZhz8T1TE_cMP17u6AJKRdHBH7_PiEBeltejdWnUUpNx6wRdJDI_hGsjJSCokTeM19KvS2HGWrIgeIyV32vCIcyZG_dpjfwOmoVx6wFST5OvCsKYeCWPDsrceUjwdM6aHMYGrDL5ZAaImA_0qwwSVwUTftufASU7QhMu5ddD6b5E8AyMBhu41/s320/PXL_20231104_161125283.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I'm so glad we did!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Getting everything ready to leave was... A whooping y'all. About halfway through getting things in the trailer DH commented that this was A LOT of work for two days. And he was not wrong π€£ we were up super late Friday grocery shopping and making sure we had everything we needed. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF_CA7nZb_wP_cziF6LWBiKIAs1uyu1Fn_BhAmQorumickTymiipdIQLRGGp45soMW1HEqLVTcnvtwE3SyiHJSy407LUNl31Qe-FbuI5u7w3SQfRlz9nWU57wgS04oAYVWo0OmYdnqNx56FWS_Ip37Wy4TRoeHV8ei8jZgnE6qZknCNhTBzP2UMpBOian/s4080/PXL_20231104_161451989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF_CA7nZb_wP_cziF6LWBiKIAs1uyu1Fn_BhAmQorumickTymiipdIQLRGGp45soMW1HEqLVTcnvtwE3SyiHJSy407LUNl31Qe-FbuI5u7w3SQfRlz9nWU57wgS04oAYVWo0OmYdnqNx56FWS_Ip37Wy4TRoeHV8ei8jZgnE6qZknCNhTBzP2UMpBOian/s320/PXL_20231104_161451989.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But again... So worth it! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCEGhMoaPwVKblr2yvJB22pVJ6_xU8y2s2r-b85Z0aPM3sPnH23dWtND_Y7cAiyQuJi9yFDIm8MkL199QbjcBMHiAksF1UWXligrPkh5CkMy5Ul0IQmCz0t5B9VhQc_CRyr2y8_PCtoYl044yaEY_bERgf1JjOu8lPkiTKHB684P3uPVvPtl7jjON4bM_/s4080/PXL_20231104_162349656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCEGhMoaPwVKblr2yvJB22pVJ6_xU8y2s2r-b85Z0aPM3sPnH23dWtND_Y7cAiyQuJi9yFDIm8MkL199QbjcBMHiAksF1UWXligrPkh5CkMy5Ul0IQmCz0t5B9VhQc_CRyr2y8_PCtoYl044yaEY_bERgf1JjOu8lPkiTKHB684P3uPVvPtl7jjON4bM_/s320/PXL_20231104_162349656.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The friend who brings her minis over to drive also has a full sized horse (lol) and since she's local and we had a slot in our trailer and she was doing the same sat/sun trip we were, we decided to trailerpool. We hit our intended departure time right on the dot and rolled into VHR a little after 10 am. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxozpw9PBNGXvKI6xUQePC145QixCGf-2M6sDDv1gAM2V7qvxntPig_O2U2lbCAjzEZidz2wd_kJ4Ck9jU7M84l9r5jbwIbYeoTpsiWTLxI7C9AoDJHEi6Eijduiqxsd0g58QOWJHf9rtsl2AO4GxL2RTOx6ykwhEfVXYlrnWz-ErdV30DudlGcrsXYteb/s4080/PXL_20231104_175615852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxozpw9PBNGXvKI6xUQePC145QixCGf-2M6sDDv1gAM2V7qvxntPig_O2U2lbCAjzEZidz2wd_kJ4Ck9jU7M84l9r5jbwIbYeoTpsiWTLxI7C9AoDJHEi6Eijduiqxsd0g58QOWJHf9rtsl2AO4GxL2RTOx6ykwhEfVXYlrnWz-ErdV30DudlGcrsXYteb/s320/PXL_20231104_175615852.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DH got to experience their obstacle course! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54ofJT7ejiizBNXFySgYkCW0NHgfDbY-NoTjva9sJcbcjp1QHkY1WaVqifMl7FblXvVBbWS3c2_WD_nkhQh9Aa2CmFSr6mj8A1StW-FHEWgFf967JxM6nd8kq2KYRUzM251K4EIMKaarNSl8OivwmjmAD-zD_b_EPq06gk-PF7s1s17iF8PZhZ10iLTcR/s4080/PXL_20231104_205034857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54ofJT7ejiizBNXFySgYkCW0NHgfDbY-NoTjva9sJcbcjp1QHkY1WaVqifMl7FblXvVBbWS3c2_WD_nkhQh9Aa2CmFSr6mj8A1StW-FHEWgFf967JxM6nd8kq2KYRUzM251K4EIMKaarNSl8OivwmjmAD-zD_b_EPq06gk-PF7s1s17iF8PZhZ10iLTcR/s320/PXL_20231104_205034857.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tent went up between rides Saturday and Ruby had FEELINGS π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Naturally we hit the trail right away! VHR has soooo many great trail options so we picked a longer one and had a great 2 hour ride. After the first ride it was time for lunch, then getting the horses settled in and camp all set up. DH and I were sleeping in our trailer, one other girl was doing the same, one girl's grandparents lived practically next door so she got a real bed (π€£), and everyone else tent camped. Luckily while the nights were chilly, it wasn't completely miserable for November in the Midwest! We did a much shorter loop for the second ride, and then we settled in for dinner and hanging out around the fire (and drinking, because let's be real, it was tequila o'clock by then lol). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXKOdOixnG_SJdvxJunpVI9ZMNm2zJeQBj-zKo9GOcwKJYbRMTlv27C43c28CLwBYx9vezpuN1f8PnEcEtuzcJKkdBsExLoZnGsKSgdBop-3wLe9KXrQj7glvjrk5-yYzaUx8mrKUYpYD3jKv8ZLbeDTNqhD0NDak1GMBfodpsKG8HViLFN39DJekqw5Q/s4080/PXL_20231104_220941813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXKOdOixnG_SJdvxJunpVI9ZMNm2zJeQBj-zKo9GOcwKJYbRMTlv27C43c28CLwBYx9vezpuN1f8PnEcEtuzcJKkdBsExLoZnGsKSgdBop-3wLe9KXrQj7glvjrk5-yYzaUx8mrKUYpYD3jKv8ZLbeDTNqhD0NDak1GMBfodpsKG8HViLFN39DJekqw5Q/s320/PXL_20231104_220941813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5mh3s9Ax0Hydp2SwuyVm56C6jo1-UGeHCVlDdg5TtYRcQMdJf4S10vbLqOqANeuzzGnEGRHxrGlDtClzGZrRY5BAvEC5TIyCaqQjPFDaWbn1X3tjo1knEEzCuI23G5ZfqSJwsn5k9lDWlU4HJX9_U0DCm7uNez-D3cTcbve6n8kVC-c-4MtTMscXuNZa/s4080/PXL_20231105_125158205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5mh3s9Ax0Hydp2SwuyVm56C6jo1-UGeHCVlDdg5TtYRcQMdJf4S10vbLqOqANeuzzGnEGRHxrGlDtClzGZrRY5BAvEC5TIyCaqQjPFDaWbn1X3tjo1knEEzCuI23G5ZfqSJwsn5k9lDWlU4HJX9_U0DCm7uNez-D3cTcbve6n8kVC-c-4MtTMscXuNZa/s320/PXL_20231105_125158205.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They both slept well! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEXa1UanMvMldiiuD3Yndwffl2LSQCpFtNAbZQqDm6ExoxUgD9bWno5Gsu6Nm8mflsjFAGvINmbqBbC5ZUJGvG5qjQJirNM20Fv_OWrm7gZYMw4iiHvKOjo4uw6IuHlQVlY-aZUJvgLvUN4NI30we2EMbrT6CLRA7m4BpbN26WqFjt7_nZBiHhLTYKdJY/s4080/PXL_20231105_125203962.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEXa1UanMvMldiiuD3Yndwffl2LSQCpFtNAbZQqDm6ExoxUgD9bWno5Gsu6Nm8mflsjFAGvINmbqBbC5ZUJGvG5qjQJirNM20Fv_OWrm7gZYMw4iiHvKOjo4uw6IuHlQVlY-aZUJvgLvUN4NI30we2EMbrT6CLRA7m4BpbN26WqFjt7_nZBiHhLTYKdJY/s320/PXL_20231105_125203962.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her tail was fullllll of shavings lol </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qPHT_Ky2NxHWA9G1IAjnVySPhdN_wLarid0Yk7ptMSPwQNy4Xhr3aaV_vnVrFfzDShNy-MofN_E91_3fEw8-HBaW15RJ2CPPzeIhW_EqiSmMr9xv_obdRexAF_8SLgM6y8ASrox7TxeHuBHH_Y8yYlnd2GjVy83-jXjpXJKWdIhzVbNssX10p9KzhHrE/s4080/PXL_20231105_130042012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qPHT_Ky2NxHWA9G1IAjnVySPhdN_wLarid0Yk7ptMSPwQNy4Xhr3aaV_vnVrFfzDShNy-MofN_E91_3fEw8-HBaW15RJ2CPPzeIhW_EqiSmMr9xv_obdRexAF_8SLgM6y8ASrox7TxeHuBHH_Y8yYlnd2GjVy83-jXjpXJKWdIhzVbNssX10p9KzhHrE/s320/PXL_20231105_130042012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The time change meant we were up with the sun and it was much earlier than anyone wanted haha</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBez3Pn8PewN2lE4UNXiGFyIJOphAXwJb5KOgjn9MRbG6dbBaPCTtFX43JGS811y4k-bKGoK3MkDh0eTJbbCPqYFtSZfsvp4LJtNF2jzqCUSimkd94jIJPC4jIbVFvvOwxCbIaiafKUfw5Ole50MG_kBIU3iSyauweBje5rXiKbHe-q8I1ZIB5Ddi1k62/s4080/PXL_20231105_144231230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBez3Pn8PewN2lE4UNXiGFyIJOphAXwJb5KOgjn9MRbG6dbBaPCTtFX43JGS811y4k-bKGoK3MkDh0eTJbbCPqYFtSZfsvp4LJtNF2jzqCUSimkd94jIJPC4jIbVFvvOwxCbIaiafKUfw5Ole50MG_kBIU3iSyauweBje5rXiKbHe-q8I1ZIB5Ddi1k62/s320/PXL_20231105_144231230.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching DH interact with them just melts my heart β₯οΈβ₯οΈβ₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsiWe-CyoZ-IqRHIek-JUEnHhv2aObWbEipxFtqoLY7wOAG1Uh-nHGx0KkEJ7sSxR-Ni2beTV8iHIF9Cy7hnxYn8NBDT1IUBKstMrqZMyO4YqKa5shAAJ40b8IsYX5TNWP-H0yyReQFyn-Vu8zY-HPUDQgLXGDdBoP4G0BcYqmqWdzVAjmRnKhEXiqrMS/s4080/PXL_20231105_154243318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsiWe-CyoZ-IqRHIek-JUEnHhv2aObWbEipxFtqoLY7wOAG1Uh-nHGx0KkEJ7sSxR-Ni2beTV8iHIF9Cy7hnxYn8NBDT1IUBKstMrqZMyO4YqKa5shAAJ40b8IsYX5TNWP-H0yyReQFyn-Vu8zY-HPUDQgLXGDdBoP4G0BcYqmqWdzVAjmRnKhEXiqrMS/s320/PXL_20231105_154243318.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby was really over us by Sunday morning π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br />After a leisurely start to Sunday taking care of the horses and then cooking a feast for breakfast (DH's years of being a line cook were very useful π€£), we tacked up and headed out again. Emmy seemed just the slightest bit stiff, so DH opted to turn back to camp almost immediately (which frankly suited him just fine, he is not as interested in trail riding as we were haha). After our group did the entire perimeter trail, DH and I took Emmy and Ruby back over to the obstacle course and she seemed much more comfortable after she stretched her legs a bit. I think she just wasn't quite fit enough for how much we did Saturday, so definitely will keep an eye on her activity levels and make sure she's more fit before heading out there again. Or take shorter trails! <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjems_iZqSX40l5ijiIPhlFnFJjy3MbbqC-Ydxxh9humy6NyL3oItrHb8jo7VsoLLYkJ76VNWBDJYXDTBS1YSi0bmQTvBbCdIRSdha7VEv7t8mqldJ-EMqjqHsrOa2AHjNqlu37qYo0te7A5fncsTcyROWTRpSeHl6Z6HsiDiPA_UxuxULoN7mb_Qgqxb/s4080/PXL_20231105_160536126.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjems_iZqSX40l5ijiIPhlFnFJjy3MbbqC-Ydxxh9humy6NyL3oItrHb8jo7VsoLLYkJ76VNWBDJYXDTBS1YSi0bmQTvBbCdIRSdha7VEv7t8mqldJ-EMqjqHsrOa2AHjNqlu37qYo0te7A5fncsTcyROWTRpSeHl6Z6HsiDiPA_UxuxULoN7mb_Qgqxb/s320/PXL_20231105_160536126.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before having to turn around. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ2Q2r-NQ18bAyt_wm1yKV0KhB7F7vHuQXl7p8Nhn_NyxagWnyHOKwGsJqjCb2tJ_fZU5ift7pL0NEdNWdzuksgZ9JDnf5RH5cGbOLWOtBf53K7tNjkTJqhvOpJhEwIk-HWqCArogQ6IkJUe7AtJdTEQf2axA0izkR7vnLPndt5H2vApyCtppQgZwsJB9/s4080/PXL_20231105_164443890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ2Q2r-NQ18bAyt_wm1yKV0KhB7F7vHuQXl7p8Nhn_NyxagWnyHOKwGsJqjCb2tJ_fZU5ift7pL0NEdNWdzuksgZ9JDnf5RH5cGbOLWOtBf53K7tNjkTJqhvOpJhEwIk-HWqCArogQ6IkJUe7AtJdTEQf2axA0izkR7vnLPndt5H2vApyCtppQgZwsJB9/s320/PXL_20231105_164443890.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This hayfield was GORGEOUS and so green for November! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCucAQ-C6DUGZqbQJNvbixiRVa5mGWDvPro9X2roaEcLr4QluksTBF4_aMEoPGRRoRq_5QKRgAISIzx6SGzF9sCUAna8VKHJGi1pMd129KiXDbdvQt2VuE5JPY3u_OFJaaXo6aGeagzQl2da1vB5AV3HjrFPbP_QNLu4nwDsTRxKRcQheil3Q7Fm9Y7Xmx/s3280/PXL_20231105_171137600.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCucAQ-C6DUGZqbQJNvbixiRVa5mGWDvPro9X2roaEcLr4QluksTBF4_aMEoPGRRoRq_5QKRgAISIzx6SGzF9sCUAna8VKHJGi1pMd129KiXDbdvQt2VuE5JPY3u_OFJaaXo6aGeagzQl2da1vB5AV3HjrFPbP_QNLu4nwDsTRxKRcQheil3Q7Fm9Y7Xmx/s320/PXL_20231105_171137600.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wore last years trail ride shirt lol </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhnZ6Q_nYHCHpogTBC75SMBzx_qcNwL5crncSGmO9maXh9Ox35K2L1Z5xVQWH17RLKYwXI0VH6JEf6P3gpfG3fQiDQggpaBYcLJXkFyS3BeOYmEnR4enoYw5QSRhBx_MTYqjaFU_emZjQOrStXixh-5PTRz5pt3jojsS3z5Ar57FjZFZMSoBr2Wmzk_wx/s4080/PXL_20231105_173226893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhnZ6Q_nYHCHpogTBC75SMBzx_qcNwL5crncSGmO9maXh9Ox35K2L1Z5xVQWH17RLKYwXI0VH6JEf6P3gpfG3fQiDQggpaBYcLJXkFyS3BeOYmEnR4enoYw5QSRhBx_MTYqjaFU_emZjQOrStXixh-5PTRz5pt3jojsS3z5Ar57FjZFZMSoBr2Wmzk_wx/s320/PXL_20231105_173226893.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bhyphenhyphen64lSEogIRxfNhMxmyTBB1ugM8_iXHLgbZGRixj8J5S0cWVq_gp2eBN5iYxG09FCEK2CRX52syG85jlyovYuSeh-qlilz-e5_YGrl_dzDx7jndRVoD-SNkiu4zdvUPQX5x1n_kgDWXSRVYSPmBC3EQfvbYd5dxl48gKTDObhbYLrGbNAXH307oqDOU/s4080/PXL_20231105_173830097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bhyphenhyphen64lSEogIRxfNhMxmyTBB1ugM8_iXHLgbZGRixj8J5S0cWVq_gp2eBN5iYxG09FCEK2CRX52syG85jlyovYuSeh-qlilz-e5_YGrl_dzDx7jndRVoD-SNkiu4zdvUPQX5x1n_kgDWXSRVYSPmBC3EQfvbYd5dxl48gKTDObhbYLrGbNAXH307oqDOU/s320/PXL_20231105_173830097.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Done with my shit π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We ended up packing up around noon for the drive back, so that we had plenty of time to get the trailer unpacked and everything ready for work today. Annnnnnnd so begins the shittiest time of the year - when it's dark and sad when I get home from work and motivating myself to ride super sucks. But I have open invites out to a few friends to come ride with me, so hopefully they will take me up on it! Also hoping for lots of lessons this winter π€π€π€<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ0VeoLORV9qOV9uKNjpioEVIAmB8gy0bU-a70iom0SL-f9O3_EVbJvP4QZI-Il9h2350J1z79zonWOftvzFGJ_Rbni4ZdcI2kAQ-Q22CNLJ9kO-4vQfXTPcJUh1wBIozZ2dZeW4iUwNrIQETjceM3i4W_18CvKV1AKH5_3rFRDCIoFeAlgZhZ5avfSEP/s4080/PXL_20231105_180345382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ0VeoLORV9qOV9uKNjpioEVIAmB8gy0bU-a70iom0SL-f9O3_EVbJvP4QZI-Il9h2350J1z79zonWOftvzFGJ_Rbni4ZdcI2kAQ-Q22CNLJ9kO-4vQfXTPcJUh1wBIozZ2dZeW4iUwNrIQETjceM3i4W_18CvKV1AKH5_3rFRDCIoFeAlgZhZ5avfSEP/s320/PXL_20231105_180345382.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DH heading back from the obstacle course. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGt-0QGY4-aIly9UoYNbIkJFgYUevdZfGB9An6LBV37NTyWG-DXhVuaD2VvrxhrH9Qg_G9zDu57CBXk0OFtvPADiq7HWu8-TbzSXrGGkPIulnXMtJhs2g8-Gy8ZRW4TrGQIgAq_28_LIIjY22N9NLoHvt_Cbew3CAjbind3ftmZ3SSd8NZpeD8XkRMadiO/s1280/received_1118345246208959_exported_4066%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGt-0QGY4-aIly9UoYNbIkJFgYUevdZfGB9An6LBV37NTyWG-DXhVuaD2VvrxhrH9Qg_G9zDu57CBXk0OFtvPADiq7HWu8-TbzSXrGGkPIulnXMtJhs2g8-Gy8ZRW4TrGQIgAq_28_LIIjY22N9NLoHvt_Cbew3CAjbind3ftmZ3SSd8NZpeD8XkRMadiO/s320/received_1118345246208959_exported_4066%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made dumb choices π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjzq88JzX1EZBINb9L-whmF0CcdjWpmu6j3mfhsGGjxPGJztwyt7DlTPSju_NT5X-ixfoyd1on_AKujNHVDKsOp2WOogPIcNl4guUuvD_UXUdnUbyY11HiuTS7IzC0IA8fbkDHkIvyv0FQBluO4-QDDhLOC8FJU_WU5go7Bx6JzKmjekVToIt_ViBbX9q/s1920/PXL_20231105_180215388_exported_4468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjzq88JzX1EZBINb9L-whmF0CcdjWpmu6j3mfhsGGjxPGJztwyt7DlTPSju_NT5X-ixfoyd1on_AKujNHVDKsOp2WOogPIcNl4guUuvD_UXUdnUbyY11HiuTS7IzC0IA8fbkDHkIvyv0FQBluO4-QDDhLOC8FJU_WU5go7Bx6JzKmjekVToIt_ViBbX9q/s320/PXL_20231105_180215388_exported_4468.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But Ruby made pretty good ones! 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</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVnxrcnxW0qpWQe3FrPAEJFCUSwzJEgraNUi6deT6We3I8G6aVRhYpUg8cOJpBMEENyx1dYr-G_pHarxrS5UNGEI6SXksjBTSEBE2b8oUXDwhNF2JwxDIJQ3GhoPG8hk_GY2IHLJXkTAgGhsJXNg4jI0r3q0uq7hCJhUqRvOZ4wyyXG1_vC8VwMIsW8fO/s2016/received_1302949350413804.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVnxrcnxW0qpWQe3FrPAEJFCUSwzJEgraNUi6deT6We3I8G6aVRhYpUg8cOJpBMEENyx1dYr-G_pHarxrS5UNGEI6SXksjBTSEBE2b8oUXDwhNF2JwxDIJQ3GhoPG8hk_GY2IHLJXkTAgGhsJXNg4jI0r3q0uq7hCJhUqRvOZ4wyyXG1_vC8VwMIsW8fO/s320/received_1302949350413804.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And out on the trail! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu9JfZXfQGypP3oNwy16Lecen6g1vlutKJs43zcX9zCy9eWDTbV4otUWseB_VAGqiPFpHfr_a8dQJ7heZKsddpN0lf3oomyMju6IlGKnfp-0zG45x2oLte5k0M5KHdhMnlJhgPQyFQLPGkA4AH_Ii8wROTfdI2xc1OyAVcbqwp27Myimpg7G6BaZz02E1/s4032/received_720815506073286.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu9JfZXfQGypP3oNwy16Lecen6g1vlutKJs43zcX9zCy9eWDTbV4otUWseB_VAGqiPFpHfr_a8dQJ7heZKsddpN0lf3oomyMju6IlGKnfp-0zG45x2oLte5k0M5KHdhMnlJhgPQyFQLPGkA4AH_Ii8wROTfdI2xc1OyAVcbqwp27Myimpg7G6BaZz02E1/s320/received_720815506073286.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">β₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This week's plans hopefully include a tack sale, possibly an off-property trail ride (since Lord knows it'll be too damn dark to ride after work), and hopefully some more lessons! </div></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-56207871383933549862023-11-03T05:34:00.000-07:002023-11-03T05:34:01.820-07:00Clinic Recap: Tim AustinWell, taking my laptop to work to write on my lunch break hasn't happened because work has sort of blown up lol. And I was delaying this post a little because the barn photographer is still working on photos, but I guess those can be a separate post!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-Mh-fXfzz3VXj82zSj0a8QhyphenhyphenhEigJLa_4md2t7ELJW013Gfw5JiCRzpat00huIiadJAptAsxB8VI6XoT6mv3vZBFN3i336vgeVtSkxuommM1Z9sSd6Eh8rRPXAD3eARFlvi8942Osw-_uc7-u6rOrvPq2ZqHhh2J8esVsyuwSNPkvFKnZH9JO_cEQN8U/s4080/PXL_20231103_022908548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-Mh-fXfzz3VXj82zSj0a8QhyphenhyphenhEigJLa_4md2t7ELJW013Gfw5JiCRzpat00huIiadJAptAsxB8VI6XoT6mv3vZBFN3i336vgeVtSkxuommM1Z9sSd6Eh8rRPXAD3eARFlvi8942Osw-_uc7-u6rOrvPq2ZqHhh2J8esVsyuwSNPkvFKnZH9JO_cEQN8U/s320/PXL_20231103_022908548.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Last Sunday, I took Emmy to an obstacle clinic with Tim Austin hosted at a nearby farm. This farm has Tim in every year around Halloween, and the clinics are always super well attended. Apparently I didn't write about it last year, but I had several friends attending so I went up to photograph. Tim and I have a similar sense of humor (be afraid lol) and we spent the whole weekend taking jabs at each other, and by the end I was determined to bring a horse to his next clinic. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexGG9U3_L7ht6T4wm8cqoQbP-QB35X-ujwn-vQKtw5zw9y9Ts22qnkwzsoGnnoNErImUdo167MHpIjst9wJuqujOc8tJS3EzVMsESy1FTQQ14kbtFsayL1yMdU6FomQhqsa51wxzTWIbDZjxw3pGHeTGF899goDHEjHi3n89WEPEXv1naC7VqmNLI1Lq2/s4080/PXL_20231103_112019796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexGG9U3_L7ht6T4wm8cqoQbP-QB35X-ujwn-vQKtw5zw9y9Ts22qnkwzsoGnnoNErImUdo167MHpIjst9wJuqujOc8tJS3EzVMsESy1FTQQ14kbtFsayL1yMdU6FomQhqsa51wxzTWIbDZjxw3pGHeTGF899goDHEjHi3n89WEPEXv1naC7VqmNLI1Lq2/s320/PXL_20231103_112019796.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have you missed cute noodle photos? If not, too bad lol<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Originally my plan was to bring Ruby, but then I figured Emmy might enjoy it instead - she has done obstacles before, and from talking to her previous owner, sounds like she really enjoyed them! Plus she's been hauling out exclusively to dressage lessons lately, so I figured we'd break up the cycle of all work and no play. The weekend of the clinic was absolutely disgusting - highs in the low 40s, wind, rain, just miserable. Saturday I was spectating a schooling show/auditing a Betsy Steiner clinic, so I only took Emmy on Sunday. After bundling up in my warmest stuff, we headed off!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeNczJi71y42ZlFgB2nKZrG_Kwbln2g0DL_p6CZmJuz6_2E692EBPMvdmtQSjS8sQ9YMJisV2AguWc9jKsNfoq5B64iOGBdbk_gnyN9MGsPqvkwKkRwWYf1F5CWQm_rX4hnQuNlf38P3tq1t0gtoi4y21em3THrLVK_SJI7QRFk3nawOzcGQrlMF_deLo/s4080/PXL_20231029_181502557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeNczJi71y42ZlFgB2nKZrG_Kwbln2g0DL_p6CZmJuz6_2E692EBPMvdmtQSjS8sQ9YMJisV2AguWc9jKsNfoq5B64iOGBdbk_gnyN9MGsPqvkwKkRwWYf1F5CWQm_rX4hnQuNlf38P3tq1t0gtoi4y21em3THrLVK_SJI7QRFk3nawOzcGQrlMF_deLo/s320/PXL_20231029_181502557.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim just sort of chuckled at our commitment to matchy matchy lol. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakfNrKhky4YAfff_fHe31byj0kgAhChrYQ7tRmPZ6YBCtatmyUwcNt8t3WIbVpQNGIye3-ydU2XFHWe1oO6PwH8xpBe2eiYNA36Iv642tyqD3Vj21I91ub6pghXRtOtAe1KqHP6joxTX_1EJgxnrFrCx_TzArR__o-Dj4RLIDEN819u9Stih4A0fwVOau/s4080/PXL_20231029_182715183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakfNrKhky4YAfff_fHe31byj0kgAhChrYQ7tRmPZ6YBCtatmyUwcNt8t3WIbVpQNGIye3-ydU2XFHWe1oO6PwH8xpBe2eiYNA36Iv642tyqD3Vj21I91ub6pghXRtOtAe1KqHP6joxTX_1EJgxnrFrCx_TzArR__o-Dj4RLIDEN819u9Stih4A0fwVOau/s320/PXL_20231029_182715183.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>All the clinic sessions are group sessions and last around two hours - my group had two other ladies in it, and we all sort of slowly got our horses (and ourselves!) warmed up. Tim came and asked me about Emmy's history, and immediately called out that in my warmup up I was being Type A and really trying to make everything perfect instead of being really THERE for my horse. This is an ongoing struggle, and I was zero percent surprised that it was my first takeaway. This also led into the oft-repeated lesson (that I will apparently NEVER learn) that instead of micromanaging my ride, I need to let my horses make mistakes, and then make the correction. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KHlr3Fu2n6VT4kdz0yUp9BYhWdfF396Ga1QetblSnIuNYMzg8b3RWe2vswV5qDwPK8iS9WblDDanLm5VX2KwdbkqT7eabWBD1VApQyKEM3UJw0wL8m3E8e0vqSoGT52LFXVqmskWzl4tW73m2WaGuCalbIc-3xOEhk3JXIfnjCQvPaZIDXS4Q8vGRFQG/s1440/IMG_20231029_184503_235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KHlr3Fu2n6VT4kdz0yUp9BYhWdfF396Ga1QetblSnIuNYMzg8b3RWe2vswV5qDwPK8iS9WblDDanLm5VX2KwdbkqT7eabWBD1VApQyKEM3UJw0wL8m3E8e0vqSoGT52LFXVqmskWzl4tW73m2WaGuCalbIc-3xOEhk3JXIfnjCQvPaZIDXS4Q8vGRFQG/s320/IMG_20231029_184503_235.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brrrrrrr! Having the ear warmers under my helmet made it sit a little funny. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q7ng6710rpWvJ3jwIUdGiue5_hzvHIABNYrUrreQHYn9Kem_ahPQn74zFti8Bzs13E2O6lECKoldxrL6eNS6mXpwW3tJvyg7Ek8GIHJKSF6i7rdWinxw_2lQDFhX4r_UxpH9-IokO6l7FS9PUtIyYLv7KTMwD1RhJxcuKvRuOeBEwPPuqJhTECgRKF-P/s1440/IMG_20231029_184503_297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7q7ng6710rpWvJ3jwIUdGiue5_hzvHIABNYrUrreQHYn9Kem_ahPQn74zFti8Bzs13E2O6lECKoldxrL6eNS6mXpwW3tJvyg7Ek8GIHJKSF6i7rdWinxw_2lQDFhX4r_UxpH9-IokO6l7FS9PUtIyYLv7KTMwD1RhJxcuKvRuOeBEwPPuqJhTECgRKF-P/s320/IMG_20231029_184503_297.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had spectators! Until Penny's sweater was insufficient and they needed to head home to warm up. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>After that we moved on to obstacles! There were a wide variety, including a giant ball, two foam mattresses, a ball pit, a bridge, a teeter totter, a pool noodle curtain, a pool noodle gauntlet (separate things!), a bag of cans to drag, a bucket on a barrel (filled with water, to pour into a bucket on the ground), and the grand finale (brought out halfway through) - an ENORMOUS inflatable dragon Halloween decoration. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UFd08Jx0U0kdOLFpZYXqXLfLSm43ZG3glx_RjuJ6mL5mIGDnyhzXynTr3xU3tXA54W9UAcD8ac_fnR6oKYmfyoXlXubbnksMAxFJxfiTQ0ZWlfQp6FrqCvUpidZPOjW1uW8z4ht5lka1usAhZY-xOPO3GiMOhuyJoOziThzkgbE_eEJRAzjrNtmNQYpq/s4080/PXL_20231029_201904779.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UFd08Jx0U0kdOLFpZYXqXLfLSm43ZG3glx_RjuJ6mL5mIGDnyhzXynTr3xU3tXA54W9UAcD8ac_fnR6oKYmfyoXlXubbnksMAxFJxfiTQ0ZWlfQp6FrqCvUpidZPOjW1uW8z4ht5lka1usAhZY-xOPO3GiMOhuyJoOziThzkgbE_eEJRAzjrNtmNQYpq/s320/PXL_20231029_201904779.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragon in the background, haha. Tim got on Emmy at the end to demonstrate a concept to the barn owner and I giggled because his legs are actually long enough for these flaps. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Even during the warm-up, Emmy was laser focused on the obstacles, and if I let her walk on a free rein, she would immediately drag me over to them, it was hilarious. Once everybody was ready, Tim started sending everyone over individual obstacles, and then stringing them together. As expected, Emmy gave absolutely zero shits about any of it. She was super obsessed with the giant ball (might need to get her one of her own!), and then once the dragon came out, she tried to climb on top of it and I legit worried she was going to pop it haha. The only obstacle she didn't immediately do pretty much perfectly was our first attempt at the teeter totter, I didn't line her up well and she sort of wandered off the side. But when I backed her up and re-presented her, easy peasy! </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAadsTedupQxEKwQ0FmM-HF0dSY2RwyO89Lg3AAdYtJWGHTYu7rBOmFI0yjnaCvGFHhb_nHL4O5nNzTItZmSk53iFzQG5q_a8xY-Tld1Wl-wGdb61unZoEXmGqwf7gXKnlS9vU31dbXKk76wjOaMzm3cYabZBG_PSpnPWqCrB2rYxBapymZVDP1APYOo8L/s2048/397450241_10224298772639517_3443417021321356748_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAadsTedupQxEKwQ0FmM-HF0dSY2RwyO89Lg3AAdYtJWGHTYu7rBOmFI0yjnaCvGFHhb_nHL4O5nNzTItZmSk53iFzQG5q_a8xY-Tld1Wl-wGdb61unZoEXmGqwf7gXKnlS9vU31dbXKk76wjOaMzm3cYabZBG_PSpnPWqCrB2rYxBapymZVDP1APYOo8L/s320/397450241_10224298772639517_3443417021321356748_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sticking her tongue out at Tim behind his back, haha</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRDaYGYmWtuJpWjwVRJEx-wBqfQ2W8k7ospXKsXh6J1i59PqqzyA8UDIyepUknIWlwt5MvUWjQjSMUgMrAJ7x6TzBTVV6QJm91k8cgkRB6rtlSk4VFi2kcQqKGSw5JpCc0rRc6uDHXcabIv9_g75QuOehmyqT2agUd-LRp-AJeLgSOEYZXM5Ss5TiWgwM/s2048/397442523_10224298771599491_4762146068040292325_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRDaYGYmWtuJpWjwVRJEx-wBqfQ2W8k7ospXKsXh6J1i59PqqzyA8UDIyepUknIWlwt5MvUWjQjSMUgMrAJ7x6TzBTVV6QJm91k8cgkRB6rtlSk4VFi2kcQqKGSw5JpCc0rRc6uDHXcabIv9_g75QuOehmyqT2agUd-LRp-AJeLgSOEYZXM5Ss5TiWgwM/s320/397442523_10224298771599491_4762146068040292325_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge to ground poles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8iABPKs1hl_B_GXNm5tLXWIySUSsgDOI4pODqvF5xaFEFM6kpYBbsVlvWYMIXTUnY5UMyWG2NUiGAX3dBCLYtuW-PR7ZcYVSPkCt5I-FNhkMJMFwBn7f1OQ15Yg0AJjrN_JJ6usr8BeWKUWJo09UH01FQwDA3CtBT92BhUx0MRHozs39vU0ySvCtd0fc/s2048/396711658_10224298771279483_4891539087518020470_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8iABPKs1hl_B_GXNm5tLXWIySUSsgDOI4pODqvF5xaFEFM6kpYBbsVlvWYMIXTUnY5UMyWG2NUiGAX3dBCLYtuW-PR7ZcYVSPkCt5I-FNhkMJMFwBn7f1OQ15Yg0AJjrN_JJ6usr8BeWKUWJo09UH01FQwDA3CtBT92BhUx0MRHozs39vU0ySvCtd0fc/s320/396711658_10224298771279483_4891539087518020470_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh I forgot, there was an L shaped corridor made with poles on hay bales - the hardest thing about that obstacle was keeping Emmy from snacking!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF-TOzeDt5M6mt7276xnq3prfhIGdelLtJBLy99-hzbruFr795BOPKR1sfKU1maHnRWwPX0X-pEw4jcJs3iGo9xs-Q8U0Now0qHksY2_1pJ-uQ95T3lt4tdZGI0LmILCcAhjtDIG0GI8aqiieefg1LDAuR-G88KbpPI_pKqx0IMWGbbIguH9Odk1WmkYR/s2048/397450412_10224298771199481_162102490732140405_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF-TOzeDt5M6mt7276xnq3prfhIGdelLtJBLy99-hzbruFr795BOPKR1sfKU1maHnRWwPX0X-pEw4jcJs3iGo9xs-Q8U0Now0qHksY2_1pJ-uQ95T3lt4tdZGI0LmILCcAhjtDIG0GI8aqiieefg1LDAuR-G88KbpPI_pKqx0IMWGbbIguH9Odk1WmkYR/s320/397450412_10224298771199481_162102490732140405_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the mattresses - in honor of Halloween, they were embellished with red splotches and "die" spray painted across them, haha. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyNzYsr2pi4u_NJEwpm93OzE31WqdD-Uze51M19_K8Wg_RFEu1ge2NpH66HCyTAY_eg7O8eCyTPVVsd5QWSK7bW4Ce2d6TchV-BX8EK9Bhce1yzAoSbaZgbEY5hzi1HdkmxOSdzSFFdzJtmltUuA83CR_V88jj2VY2EYL2YzN_jDFJl5ta6xJxzueBb57/s2048/397461557_10224298770879473_415274482027006626_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyNzYsr2pi4u_NJEwpm93OzE31WqdD-Uze51M19_K8Wg_RFEu1ge2NpH66HCyTAY_eg7O8eCyTPVVsd5QWSK7bW4Ce2d6TchV-BX8EK9Bhce1yzAoSbaZgbEY5hzi1HdkmxOSdzSFFdzJtmltUuA83CR_V88jj2VY2EYL2YzN_jDFJl5ta6xJxzueBb57/s320/397461557_10224298770879473_415274482027006626_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ball pit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hyKhNFg_vnETzTFVsenHjQrvhenQBjzaSqEMyAga9VtHA_RUpytsKcy7GD1ot-RYC8R1l7MmpjDahgdhgjON4Dd0OQJCqX4FItDEVQi01teDU0PSRYRF52NJ6uLOYMe76UxGblXdXlERXKKZYed4uB8G_PWyr4mrrjHicJyYEnXL9sxtEHZNTiCxTwba/s2048/397437146_10224298770639467_1856382597554389974_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hyKhNFg_vnETzTFVsenHjQrvhenQBjzaSqEMyAga9VtHA_RUpytsKcy7GD1ot-RYC8R1l7MmpjDahgdhgjON4Dd0OQJCqX4FItDEVQi01teDU0PSRYRF52NJ6uLOYMe76UxGblXdXlERXKKZYed4uB8G_PWyr4mrrjHicJyYEnXL9sxtEHZNTiCxTwba/s320/397437146_10224298770639467_1856382597554389974_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emmy's favorite!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SYF_CgoXDz5bxyjZyN6LByukfasxZOdD5g12tYzQND5aOCeF6JTISFjbqnWzkwiDdCyg1sq72wKjepYlIC3ZjYpk7dpRMM6_jD0cNei3VRXkXCkFysZ1X62DoixDCVPdHUYoYsZzvhcLpkQFuIVCOoB9RUdI5ARwrTkgXhMDW4IKoi0t1zWpGE_djhBp/s2048/397455457_10224298769959450_5734190648667023758_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SYF_CgoXDz5bxyjZyN6LByukfasxZOdD5g12tYzQND5aOCeF6JTISFjbqnWzkwiDdCyg1sq72wKjepYlIC3ZjYpk7dpRMM6_jD0cNei3VRXkXCkFysZ1X62DoixDCVPdHUYoYsZzvhcLpkQFuIVCOoB9RUdI5ARwrTkgXhMDW4IKoi0t1zWpGE_djhBp/s320/397455457_10224298769959450_5734190648667023758_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was SO cautious through these - you can tell she has done extensive bushwhacking on trail rides :) and that shoulder freedom!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1L2pV2r2J4Ixv82IclmjGajVkusrLOgg-Ouiqhqh0cNLu9fLMi2sVD62iObiUUoDTAX2JsGo1O-W7l0bHCwOKBWZ0I94uiO4AYvm8vAsN8tbEUswJJt7KtVAUgHBfvj-57s6cevo_iL2vr0dtLnYjBIT5w58qKnLQioEIJ2d58n0wOhEgcgmirObcTSrI/s2048/397608187_10224298768959425_1634800718248246194_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1L2pV2r2J4Ixv82IclmjGajVkusrLOgg-Ouiqhqh0cNLu9fLMi2sVD62iObiUUoDTAX2JsGo1O-W7l0bHCwOKBWZ0I94uiO4AYvm8vAsN8tbEUswJJt7KtVAUgHBfvj-57s6cevo_iL2vr0dtLnYjBIT5w58qKnLQioEIJ2d58n0wOhEgcgmirObcTSrI/s320/397608187_10224298768959425_1634800718248246194_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teeter totter</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb39jYilFpfopEnMKJyMsehMuw_hDMVAckmWElH4J8ARSYy4rZEubl7h6jMyIkAoQksK95M3_6vg56iWlRxzZ_HujOTYR98aZQxPRVIG8cQrsAO9KDHNozKpqogIE5l2HltRkeH1BspHRlj_P_0NzH2itfYpUASU7QOVa3-G6iiRWa5cigOhqlEjPAM-jj/s960/395581557_10224298764759320_8834063779611212899_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb39jYilFpfopEnMKJyMsehMuw_hDMVAckmWElH4J8ARSYy4rZEubl7h6jMyIkAoQksK95M3_6vg56iWlRxzZ_HujOTYR98aZQxPRVIG8cQrsAO9KDHNozKpqogIE5l2HltRkeH1BspHRlj_P_0NzH2itfYpUASU7QOVa3-G6iiRWa5cigOhqlEjPAM-jj/s320/395581557_10224298764759320_8834063779611212899_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I had to physically pull her off it so she didn't pop it. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Everyone in our group got through the obstacles pretty quickly, so Tim pulled back to some of what we talked about in the warm up - he had asked me to put Emmy through her paces so I had done some (sloppy) half pass and told him she has a flying change in there somewhere but I don't usually get it when I ask (and frequently get it when I DON'T ask), so we went back to work on that. The biggest building block was (and again, I apparently need to learn this lesson 12938357 times) - DON'T NAG WITH MY AIDS. Apply an aid, get a response, take it off. On a sensitive horse, if the aid never comes off, they assume they're not doing what you want. Not sure how many times I need to internalize that lesson for it to stick, but bless my very patient horses. We worked through some half pass that got better, and then he wanted me to use that concept in asking for the flying change. I'm not going to explain it well, but basically a few steps before asking for the change, think half pass into the new direction. (also standard disclaimer that Tim is a cowboy, not an UL dressage instructor, so YMMV lol)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-zBnd8XgMgA" width="320" youtube-src-id="-zBnd8XgMgA"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Took us a few tries, but we got the hang of it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ndo_h0aOUiM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ndo_h0aOUiM"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Video DH took of us just toodling around while Tim worked with another participant</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/78exiYRNE0k" width="320" youtube-src-id="78exiYRNE0k"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Emmy and the ball!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRqSNUfMeZI" width="320" youtube-src-id="WRqSNUfMeZI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"curtain of death" lol</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OBxZKdjvUlo" width="320" youtube-src-id="OBxZKdjvUlo"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dragging the bag/crossing the mattress/our first teeter attempt (that I screwed up)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mB6Nsn8AMG8" width="320" youtube-src-id="mB6Nsn8AMG8"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And my favorite video for the commentary alone - in less than a minute you get to hear Tim say I don't deserve this horse (I don't!) and that my attempts with the water bucket were "good enough for government work" (he remembered I worked for the government and wanted to twist the knife a little hahaha.)</div><div><br /></div><div>It was such a fun day - Tim must have said at least 20 times what a good girl Emmy was and how much she had to teach me.... and both of those things are 1000% correct! Tim is a fantastic clinician in terms of breaking things down and not letting any of the horses get overfaced - it wasn't an issue for Emmy, but there was a verrrrrry fancy WB mare in our group who needed several of the obstacles broken down in smaller chunks. 10/10 recommend riding with him, and next year maybe I can take both Emmy and Ruby!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-26430752924093938852023-10-30T05:00:00.006-07:002023-10-30T05:00:00.155-07:00Fast FiveOK I finally devoted enough time to finding a workaround where I can get photos in from my Chromebook at least, even if I can't blog from my phone. Maybe I'll try to start taking it to work to slap together blog posts on my lunch breaks. But since I'm so behind, here are five fast updates. <div><br /></div><div>1. Thank you to everyone who sent condolences about Jack. It was impossibly difficult to lose him after 17 years together. My heart still skips a beat every time I walk in and see the empty stall and I still expect to hear his girlish whinny for breakfast. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3OPX9hSDbKKn53xJ4G4GNjFYPMyyObn4MCVmbKSpXSIYJSLcDWTLWqqqUKr_2WAFi3SQH2ctu5r7vK-Jo5LyPsw6HVy1ErXXQlmf92dA_Y0zTFDLVP3-ESgsoovngee4QemRNWzFjyFhqQlkQOzSDZweP9DwtMPTNHk0876LZR9CcxA6fnElB7tFBlPL/s4080/PXL_20231011_142036909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3OPX9hSDbKKn53xJ4G4GNjFYPMyyObn4MCVmbKSpXSIYJSLcDWTLWqqqUKr_2WAFi3SQH2ctu5r7vK-Jo5LyPsw6HVy1ErXXQlmf92dA_Y0zTFDLVP3-ESgsoovngee4QemRNWzFjyFhqQlkQOzSDZweP9DwtMPTNHk0876LZR9CcxA6fnElB7tFBlPL/s320/PXL_20231011_142036909.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinna has... mostly adjusted. We started her on trazodone the day he passed away and kept her on it for about a week. She's getting turned out with Trigger and he does a pretty stellar job of keeping her in line. The tough love is good for her. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnMw_4eASpk4OmwW6pvW0-AFMDXB-sxopgmM_fVayl9Qhuan4dwuLtJfNrKHbfEkCuC9U5sYZudaQttgdWuV9nLu4dSdUb7qHKbfEDruMT3xb1KbLLT2RuZKDx1IKtLjJn4tYTiUuImjoXtRcF6XFUOoUqdh_VJ3TRQh0eZXU6-A6GfpRkFdK8T-1vHAs/s4080/PXL_20231028_234659337.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnMw_4eASpk4OmwW6pvW0-AFMDXB-sxopgmM_fVayl9Qhuan4dwuLtJfNrKHbfEkCuC9U5sYZudaQttgdWuV9nLu4dSdUb7qHKbfEDruMT3xb1KbLLT2RuZKDx1IKtLjJn4tYTiUuImjoXtRcF6XFUOoUqdh_VJ3TRQh0eZXU6-A6GfpRkFdK8T-1vHAs/s320/PXL_20231028_234659337.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My lovely friends got this for his grave, and I'm looking into having a custom portrait done on his JC papers, which I would love to hang in the house. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>2. As alluded to in several previous posts, lesson scheduling has been a minor point of frustration this year - I am THRILLED that TrainerB has such a thriving program and attends so many shows/hosts so many clinics, but it also meant that for a significant chunk of this year I was averaging 1 lesson a month, and with 2 horses I want to keep progressing, that was starting to chafe a bit. I was able to connect with another good trainer (TrainerK) about 1.5 hours away who has the ability for me to haul in for a lesson one evening, spend the night, and then lesson again the following morning - so, further away, but as long as I can devote the time, a good value for my money. And bonus, I love sleeping in my renovated trailer, lol. I took Emmy down there once in August, and then once again earlier this month. The training is very complementary to what I get with TrainerB and I feel like balancing the two is definitely helping me make progress this year, particularly in my position. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_Hn-H-BvPzwkrduE9wPjbEqPqHFgcLA1IP6TKgSpMYfUtDdmfZdVgDLlWhkcGgHZCum8Q8uAQdd3GIBXcK7e1_xj6oFxGXhloyjCzBk9pZkUziO9v7eQ-X-qeDfVz0PkTe74QwLNXr4EtnDs_eLgjES4_rD-cqDbXvMMLc_QcbQWjOXJoB6-zZYa8O4/s379/IMG_20231022_135139_676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_Hn-H-BvPzwkrduE9wPjbEqPqHFgcLA1IP6TKgSpMYfUtDdmfZdVgDLlWhkcGgHZCum8Q8uAQdd3GIBXcK7e1_xj6oFxGXhloyjCzBk9pZkUziO9v7eQ-X-qeDfVz0PkTe74QwLNXr4EtnDs_eLgjES4_rD-cqDbXvMMLc_QcbQWjOXJoB6-zZYa8O4/s320/IMG_20231022_135139_676.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0n7-temXjYVPB13WkvOD-7L_RS-pk6iR9Dv67DzZ1hBhGHQbt9eQasgVInA25rzozqUd4xtVQDO6vdkrQ5vDuO9ym3-PEBZ0L0ogj1bXUxX9vYK11z4KtUrOJ24ShWUZc7BKGgszxOL6iO99wJ7dvXkM28ezhJQtfPUT-vLPCACReaQqodie91qQ-4t8/s531/IMG_20231022_135139_659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="531" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0n7-temXjYVPB13WkvOD-7L_RS-pk6iR9Dv67DzZ1hBhGHQbt9eQasgVInA25rzozqUd4xtVQDO6vdkrQ5vDuO9ym3-PEBZ0L0ogj1bXUxX9vYK11z4KtUrOJ24ShWUZc7BKGgszxOL6iO99wJ7dvXkM28ezhJQtfPUT-vLPCACReaQqodie91qQ-4t8/s320/IMG_20231022_135139_659.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also TrainerK got on Emmy my first lesson and thinks it's totally possible for me to get my bronze on her, just need to put in the work!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24ydL22KZjD5gUcrET2EMlwA6RKtntVirzdNVgAKZHvHrkh2QdcuS-oDT7NKzpg9mn0DXadAu_5CQzRMt_X1qTFE8Qfedhz_KZzchBSdtFP31pMJcKTP-n5qZZIfhOQ05ity7bM9vE4I-BlvVlBJFgwZCTaMuXr5QcLruBL-oujGP97fEMHocvODDJlxg/s608/IMG_20231022_135139_756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="608" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24ydL22KZjD5gUcrET2EMlwA6RKtntVirzdNVgAKZHvHrkh2QdcuS-oDT7NKzpg9mn0DXadAu_5CQzRMt_X1qTFE8Qfedhz_KZzchBSdtFP31pMJcKTP-n5qZZIfhOQ05ity7bM9vE4I-BlvVlBJFgwZCTaMuXr5QcLruBL-oujGP97fEMHocvODDJlxg/s320/IMG_20231022_135139_756.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>3. Despite not hauling out to ride as often as in previous years, I have been HEAVILY using our trail system at home and I have no idea how I lived without it. I can pretty easily string together 2 miles without having to do TOO many repeated loops, and my favorite thing this summer/fall has been to use it as a warm-up/cool-down space. One of the more direct loops is about 10 minutes of riding, which is perfect, and the hill work is so good for them. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDarG3qoMyGc71Y9YRtF6Ji5s2oIGxHVsbmYFINmgNliHh9ZKcuSNaYdjurjl7Qfger3TTIy6Wb4fKRC-EX5h-bEJsXoMKhKY50mnXpmDaCYpc6esnnlCsgmt0NitOYtxcZMjq1jZQ4wM7gSC_CZl2XcY9pGQinhHo76ewOCOMAZLIrmmvzWzcE2kq5C1/s4080/PXL_20231023_222419948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDarG3qoMyGc71Y9YRtF6Ji5s2oIGxHVsbmYFINmgNliHh9ZKcuSNaYdjurjl7Qfger3TTIy6Wb4fKRC-EX5h-bEJsXoMKhKY50mnXpmDaCYpc6esnnlCsgmt0NitOYtxcZMjq1jZQ4wM7gSC_CZl2XcY9pGQinhHo76ewOCOMAZLIrmmvzWzcE2kq5C1/s320/PXL_20231023_222419948.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqmLSDgLYTb6LJQXhQ9TTRjiKSSBg28ejPMv7MowT4B-pFWThVtnSc6Q52OODsiQ-qF8L_vUWPmPbv9PM82B_sQ1mzNM7CgQDchqWQcJm2MylCH8cOq7lQwbslOPbJDhMUAODf8mcFH6bVtFPBAoTsS_dQLCHNPTPXyiB_cPz3P48QBgyZo1rWl3ivDka/s4080/PXL_20231023_223252928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqmLSDgLYTb6LJQXhQ9TTRjiKSSBg28ejPMv7MowT4B-pFWThVtnSc6Q52OODsiQ-qF8L_vUWPmPbv9PM82B_sQ1mzNM7CgQDchqWQcJm2MylCH8cOq7lQwbslOPbJDhMUAODf8mcFH6bVtFPBAoTsS_dQLCHNPTPXyiB_cPz3P48QBgyZo1rWl3ivDka/s320/PXL_20231023_223252928.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVJyVQs4rVhmUsR2olZqrR99cLt1jatvuGI4xds2I0MPuZ4EkHQ-dv-9BVvPpYDKAOYbSZmGGE5dcKzxQq3p_9S5JBBjbXwln5uByfB6hy3ScxenGTJw-Gk5luNNdatdPAxOc32rRuIM6zBlNp-OvDm4n0zVk-NlfSCkg7KfmS4s-oUGABMYtGexmtO-f/s4080/PXL_20231018_222026253.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVJyVQs4rVhmUsR2olZqrR99cLt1jatvuGI4xds2I0MPuZ4EkHQ-dv-9BVvPpYDKAOYbSZmGGE5dcKzxQq3p_9S5JBBjbXwln5uByfB6hy3ScxenGTJw-Gk5luNNdatdPAxOc32rRuIM6zBlNp-OvDm4n0zVk-NlfSCkg7KfmS4s-oUGABMYtGexmtO-f/s320/PXL_20231018_222026253.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>4. Farm improvements continue to chug on - it's always something, right? Last winter, it was VERY wet but simultaneously above average in temperatures which meant SO. MUCH. MUD........ DH and I prioritized getting some all weather lots set up this year, and although we cut it close, we did get them in. I'm sure we'll add more gravel in the future, but for now, they get the job done. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7zSWgqbd0UvEQtYckFADR-XOjGpbBuGGpPgFGKai9NXm0sjbQF8RFmM7irbxy1v6ZWGc4Y1JHNbC-eq80oqMiz33WpzIBMmXckAyghP1gJPDeb07MrPjBev0bw4MMYAAkxxI3cD5XMTE-26l5uo3aaoN8uGF-_Svyvyi0Jcr0KPNhj5wX1sD2vGyFu2b/s4080/PXL_20231014_215820377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7zSWgqbd0UvEQtYckFADR-XOjGpbBuGGpPgFGKai9NXm0sjbQF8RFmM7irbxy1v6ZWGc4Y1JHNbC-eq80oqMiz33WpzIBMmXckAyghP1gJPDeb07MrPjBev0bw4MMYAAkxxI3cD5XMTE-26l5uo3aaoN8uGF-_Svyvyi0Jcr0KPNhj5wX1sD2vGyFu2b/s320/PXL_20231014_215820377.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One is between the barn and the hay shed, and it serves a dual purpose of making it much easier to get the big squares in the shed than just the single track gravel road we had originally. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeJWot_0tWL3w-cCdQzyIsn2NZ3zlkIhBH18nra737OZWbWdyjKxTfP8DN0Cw7Dswxc-GIT1IoYc8XdcSVe0KZZcYOriXNgAaEs2_EZ3NEAUuAaWOVzdIbBaBhF6FBrMFK5Jk7XPdO4bVEDW24GEuQYm7Pbkg7zP01PB_v-C8JhYOT4mtE-yzF7oeDGsv/s4080/PXL_20231014_224549115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeJWot_0tWL3w-cCdQzyIsn2NZ3zlkIhBH18nra737OZWbWdyjKxTfP8DN0Cw7Dswxc-GIT1IoYc8XdcSVe0KZZcYOriXNgAaEs2_EZ3NEAUuAaWOVzdIbBaBhF6FBrMFK5Jk7XPdO4bVEDW24GEuQYm7Pbkg7zP01PB_v-C8JhYOT4mtE-yzF7oeDGsv/s320/PXL_20231014_224549115.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DH was quite proud that he repurposed this failed sewer tank (after THOROUGH sanitation lol) into two hay feeders - we are also using two old troughs that leaked, so his pack rat tendencies came in handy. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZAeM6JoOHcOyPoXnQztkcUCDKsZvwdAZkbwvG2AJ_eaqbrZ8k5xLpiRC0pDps3iplEoJBX51mcYWHl6POa6JDj5pYipjGWZDEEocIouStCMHDMsuMEEwJZauW_DvzaibxTCjVxwErlcN6FsfU3qsRCe31iJ69D1iq9qVMQLOyv1WtS8vuTrp_ELnlE9r/s4080/PXL_20231014_215832232.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZAeM6JoOHcOyPoXnQztkcUCDKsZvwdAZkbwvG2AJ_eaqbrZ8k5xLpiRC0pDps3iplEoJBX51mcYWHl6POa6JDj5pYipjGWZDEEocIouStCMHDMsuMEEwJZauW_DvzaibxTCjVxwErlcN6FsfU3qsRCe31iJ69D1iq9qVMQLOyv1WtS8vuTrp_ELnlE9r/s320/PXL_20231014_215832232.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since this area needs to remain accessible, mostly used panels to block it off, so they can be easily shifted. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfxzIp2H8EXqNeM46FL04jtc1-nO9WExFfZK-IxrQtJWCvLSB9DwrPCnIEZTsRg5ZiUnr53O9gYsqS6gGTDJUFTwJxaVZN_9CSSDdk0UuU8mRVH5lLDVvt2OEOBAC-uD7-vzStUJBhkD6Yheye3IniIbHWnzuNG1PpBligaeQmCBLJgx7r5d9-GDFLmYL/s4080/PXL_20231012_220231010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfxzIp2H8EXqNeM46FL04jtc1-nO9WExFfZK-IxrQtJWCvLSB9DwrPCnIEZTsRg5ZiUnr53O9gYsqS6gGTDJUFTwJxaVZN_9CSSDdk0UuU8mRVH5lLDVvt2OEOBAC-uD7-vzStUJBhkD6Yheye3IniIbHWnzuNG1PpBligaeQmCBLJgx7r5d9-GDFLmYL/s320/PXL_20231012_220231010.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently I didn't take very many good photos of the one directly behind the barn, but it opens into the previous "dry lot" where we keep a round bale all winter. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>5. All is well on the NOT horse front as well - I can't remember if I posted but DH got another promotion this fall and is back at Central Office in a job where he is not on call QUITE as much as he was as a warden, so it's nice to have him home a little more often plus the shorter commute. Dogs are all good, and very sassy. I've been making some cool progress on work programs, and was recently offered the opportunity to sit on a board that I'm very excited about. As always, there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done that I want, but I'm making it work as best I can :)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQZLEJowlZ5vwyR6pqn9Lq6xcOCjv8EmvLplakTYsY0RCv6BTi_P5bJBnlKttBXz22wojif0io84GUhcQOMT5rVaWVPWCYbl9MnhnHtPUoTM73lIu1dr0xT8DhQIlo-_-qBY7_tLJMkJce2kJmCKTQvLmBDxjLhDq4M5a-etGlBPvL_nSO4BoUe2zKAgd/s4080/PXL_20231026_000359862.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQZLEJowlZ5vwyR6pqn9Lq6xcOCjv8EmvLplakTYsY0RCv6BTi_P5bJBnlKttBXz22wojif0io84GUhcQOMT5rVaWVPWCYbl9MnhnHtPUoTM73lIu1dr0xT8DhQIlo-_-qBY7_tLJMkJce2kJmCKTQvLmBDxjLhDq4M5a-etGlBPvL_nSO4BoUe2zKAgd/s320/PXL_20231026_000359862.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-3333335868036898872023-10-11T09:11:00.007-07:002023-10-11T09:11:42.112-07:00WW: the Hardest Goodbye<div style="text-align: center;"> A.J.'s Steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">4/22/95 - 10/11/23</div><div style="text-align: center;">"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan. The life of a horse, often half our own, seems endless until one day. That day has come and gone for me, and I am once again within a somewhat smaller circle."</div><div style="text-align: center;"> - Irving Townsend - The Once Again Prince</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzcLG4wf_QCDUclrz5sYI3Ixy2P1yXDo2oEAQtBzSQSLhhz5m5q3dcjSTRt3n3E75MITiTVOA6lHZSbkWKeXn-CNeLmonmw4Q4rvF4TDUi2pRCxlyECqtu2-1I48f3TytxB_3JgAnqOMpHLXR1JYUEH3_b-SPW6zfV_C4xWKD_UU7PKyc7aBNaLPmUZXp/s1137/FB_IMG_1696957246236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzcLG4wf_QCDUclrz5sYI3Ixy2P1yXDo2oEAQtBzSQSLhhz5m5q3dcjSTRt3n3E75MITiTVOA6lHZSbkWKeXn-CNeLmonmw4Q4rvF4TDUi2pRCxlyECqtu2-1I48f3TytxB_3JgAnqOMpHLXR1JYUEH3_b-SPW6zfV_C4xWKD_UU7PKyc7aBNaLPmUZXp/s320/FB_IMG_1696957246236.jpg" width="304" /><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-48884306672861694962023-09-25T05:00:00.001-07:002023-09-25T05:00:00.144-07:00Frustrated Ugh so I desperately miss blogging - for the last few years work and life has kept me so busy that I primarily blog from my cell phone, which is clearly less than ideal. But now it's impossible. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_956c7pUxR6leXSlzb4GDTX0Zyv8Cgd_tmSsM_3zl4TJUyMzGRcc7LeWKF4OMwA4tJ5iQa0T69f22Mx15LvkcBQTlURd5Vh-PFivU99akCIODfcAYIFJoh--f8CbYpoHkagA0vfYdxcVeEYK-yrAzDZZEIpu7_PCqXrMLQnvzHGMIBlbcOrgoNd6Halgl/s2400/Screenshot_20230924-185905.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_956c7pUxR6leXSlzb4GDTX0Zyv8Cgd_tmSsM_3zl4TJUyMzGRcc7LeWKF4OMwA4tJ5iQa0T69f22Mx15LvkcBQTlURd5Vh-PFivU99akCIODfcAYIFJoh--f8CbYpoHkagA0vfYdxcVeEYK-yrAzDZZEIpu7_PCqXrMLQnvzHGMIBlbcOrgoNd6Halgl/s320/Screenshot_20230924-185905.png" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I started getting this error a while back and was able to limp along on the handful of times I was on a computer. Today I actually expended a little effort and still couldn't make it work. </div><div><br /></div><div>So. I have lessons and trail rides and chiropractor appointments and new tack and LOTS OF FUN STUFF that apparently I can't tell you about. DH picked me up a new Chromebook while I was Canada so once I have a chance to get it set up maybe I can haul it to work occasionally and blog on my lunch hour, but I am FRUSTRATED. Anyway. Still alive. Just can't share except on social media apparently. </div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-34411955819201716652023-09-11T06:00:00.002-07:002023-09-11T17:20:42.328-07:00When the girl's trip makes it out of the group chat....take the photos!<div>If we're friends on social media, you probably saw that I spent the last week in Canada - I'm flying home today π</div><div><br /></div><div>After spending <a href="http://www.trainwreckinteal.com/2022/02/magical-pony-club-weekend-thursdayfriday.html?m=0" target="_blank">#magicalponyclubweekend</a> in Reno with two of my favorite bloggers, we had a <a href="http://www.trainwreckinteal.com/2023/05/long-time-no-blog.html?m=0" target="_blank">#magicalponyclubweekend2.0</a> this last April that I didn't really end up blogging about because I suck lol. Suffice to say, we went on lots of adventures with the dramatic Spanish mares and had fun, then went to not-Rolex and had even MORE fun! </div><div><br /></div><div>We decided it was time to do it again - but in Canada! While we were there, Renate surprised us with a #weirdinternetfriends photoshoot and the results are just so ridiculously wonderful I couldn't help but share! Since this blog is the whole reason I met these two wonderful ladies, it seemed fitting β₯οΈ</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UupJ8R9k1uqN3b1dmFt1D5l8B8BCJU5gsVRtVBOGrqgp2AW7w4d6VJdnvnIHmUZpjb7D4pycL054v093koM1rM2KMd3UAqwEKU5PbjOJRfLC2Wu6jhy8icaxWCzGhZ0loglXJPGYlsbvp1P0DT6JBkLu50Es6_7rDHP8zp2qgPKyZVD4Mco0khyb9fiK/s8815/Renate2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5877" data-original-width="8815" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UupJ8R9k1uqN3b1dmFt1D5l8B8BCJU5gsVRtVBOGrqgp2AW7w4d6VJdnvnIHmUZpjb7D4pycL054v093koM1rM2KMd3UAqwEKU5PbjOJRfLC2Wu6jhy8icaxWCzGhZ0loglXJPGYlsbvp1P0DT6JBkLu50Es6_7rDHP8zp2qgPKyZVD4Mco0khyb9fiK/s320/Renate2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took serious photos</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG7UesaEEgbAIVsDvEVS5sRXNKmW12hKIe43wgOPOeo1L8HVbBgino3fwh4tBo9Ui3jUD9ySDQ0bIKmiUJwY3Wokc228THk7juV8rgWWGXH5vIcdFPyuq3rYcI5y-4WVDo9udxkDe5o6VFsFiO1eBapHd1OBeO9rOMjBbqpUbdEGP5ITu69U7B8NMKRRL/s8871/Renate5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5914" data-original-width="8871" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG7UesaEEgbAIVsDvEVS5sRXNKmW12hKIe43wgOPOeo1L8HVbBgino3fwh4tBo9Ui3jUD9ySDQ0bIKmiUJwY3Wokc228THk7juV8rgWWGXH5vIcdFPyuq3rYcI5y-4WVDo9udxkDe5o6VFsFiO1eBapHd1OBeO9rOMjBbqpUbdEGP5ITu69U7B8NMKRRL/s320/Renate5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took some silly photos </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvHYDm2tZokyiO4tnizLMnMD5PyigsmbIr9pHLSJgThdvDW9RKSRDz4dQbZOxIs0N3iASQfV5ppQk4X3cK03UAmrYFCtMgqbR3w4GhRGcJEvjLW9Z-_MmIXsVsfkZyvrBFyoQLqYw22sPGoQl6qPBG3u8XbXB1Y7aA5_kPXMYS235AvCceXppuXHJpvb0/s9016/Renate7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6011" data-original-width="9016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvHYDm2tZokyiO4tnizLMnMD5PyigsmbIr9pHLSJgThdvDW9RKSRDz4dQbZOxIs0N3iASQfV5ppQk4X3cK03UAmrYFCtMgqbR3w4GhRGcJEvjLW9Z-_MmIXsVsfkZyvrBFyoQLqYw22sPGoQl6qPBG3u8XbXB1Y7aA5_kPXMYS235AvCceXppuXHJpvb0/s320/Renate7.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of laughter </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsQGUQF4MwOpbVjqbOrKhCnoQKKVhAJ_yTH4yjVJSx_nScS_liNGOfYp1SGgZvne3s1L25kBtQk7dQoMm32ESdj5f20x3oFqW21ZI-htUwFj3MkL8ZDH2mzLbbMNNjNpwdo0TqPVVHLcYW0STjnUfvWrdZ2kmDOjWOL0Yk-mTbqS0RUKFzt7c8jOoUV_n/s8846/Renate8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5897" data-original-width="8846" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsQGUQF4MwOpbVjqbOrKhCnoQKKVhAJ_yTH4yjVJSx_nScS_liNGOfYp1SGgZvne3s1L25kBtQk7dQoMm32ESdj5f20x3oFqW21ZI-htUwFj3MkL8ZDH2mzLbbMNNjNpwdo0TqPVVHLcYW0STjnUfvWrdZ2kmDOjWOL0Yk-mTbqS0RUKFzt7c8jOoUV_n/s320/Renate8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And even more goofing off </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQg86oyMA57z6hhgvlU6kfH3IDL5VSc4YhCTMiame_jqiQyIVKNdmYyF7Bn808a0IjSGO_hqWNvHv6bNYDzn2DKZ2ZhyscT3aZDLKRbj_afd9k0xdc7VfgECLUHl7pRw-E5-o1VZ-IR8cOEH2M1FHyao443727Hf2pNuN-tf11rCW0-PutQqB0nGmvWtA/s9357/Renate11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6238" data-original-width="9357" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQg86oyMA57z6hhgvlU6kfH3IDL5VSc4YhCTMiame_jqiQyIVKNdmYyF7Bn808a0IjSGO_hqWNvHv6bNYDzn2DKZ2ZhyscT3aZDLKRbj_afd9k0xdc7VfgECLUHl7pRw-E5-o1VZ-IR8cOEH2M1FHyao443727Hf2pNuN-tf11rCW0-PutQqB0nGmvWtA/s320/Renate11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsT9yPsv5dBO6VTmIRxWxC3DqFIuQh8mMXr_n9iN5YMCKhHgREsPA8VEnIvUCPVKQ7lhKUWzsOSASssn52I9UfwdDkM9MFCV_xuY2xlmQX3fEVLNlRrAZFSBeG9opd7FUTpL70AInGOieRU8fgiO9b6lnQvZI7IsYZt-j8xjw5efnMh8LqZ36swyIt-kQ/s9504/Renate13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6336" data-original-width="9504" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsT9yPsv5dBO6VTmIRxWxC3DqFIuQh8mMXr_n9iN5YMCKhHgREsPA8VEnIvUCPVKQ7lhKUWzsOSASssn52I9UfwdDkM9MFCV_xuY2xlmQX3fEVLNlRrAZFSBeG9opd7FUTpL70AInGOieRU8fgiO9b6lnQvZI7IsYZt-j8xjw5efnMh8LqZ36swyIt-kQ/s320/Renate13.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much silliness<br />(T and Lurch were not injured in the taking of this photo, promise, haha)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWizjfRFHthpzp5qvJtgQAtwrqsW85R_xo5hoJ-KNGlf34bC4-YXoF8EQ9HprhLh7fik-FNtKWP1yL3xnVPg2sK17oIsiZ1ZCFsv7QS_L7xq-N-xM8Y4wWcaEGKFLqEQUNZCqHZNvL3otnBovfcwqSYAgfmKbiUhu3H-IvfBEEYURvb0R-s8ru0vM3ET1/s9463/Renate14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6309" data-original-width="9463" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWizjfRFHthpzp5qvJtgQAtwrqsW85R_xo5hoJ-KNGlf34bC4-YXoF8EQ9HprhLh7fik-FNtKWP1yL3xnVPg2sK17oIsiZ1ZCFsv7QS_L7xq-N-xM8Y4wWcaEGKFLqEQUNZCqHZNvL3otnBovfcwqSYAgfmKbiUhu3H-IvfBEEYURvb0R-s8ru0vM3ET1/s320/Renate14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyOY3nOf90ONVn0lp_Z5nZ3-U-IL68NQPlyGDyMB3C4Lqh6MjNzsIqpfiiV10EE3yjGB0Laxgjmofpn_4ePNm8MhNnnEUSOVrgPDnWxhoiCqbFZtP6x8RgU3xuZWz-F0kOsHxDaymMoCN5cwpT82hFEeLYNS_qFPrplvyb7gImAUyWGr7dXUkjH4pUieE/s9313/Renate18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6209" data-original-width="9313" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyOY3nOf90ONVn0lp_Z5nZ3-U-IL68NQPlyGDyMB3C4Lqh6MjNzsIqpfiiV10EE3yjGB0Laxgjmofpn_4ePNm8MhNnnEUSOVrgPDnWxhoiCqbFZtP6x8RgU3xuZWz-F0kOsHxDaymMoCN5cwpT82hFEeLYNS_qFPrplvyb7gImAUyWGr7dXUkjH4pUieE/s320/Renate18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-mvAqItL_Fk_bLZAZaw_cMEMsyy33QLiJqTiEEZ2pTsxWCNFr81r99HAtG7hof2nKSIXs6lzuAdGY8GvFUuBpRskrlld-1YgkVooSU6Maf-BT5owABx_ujKMFtf09k-GKDOD2Yj6ipq3Edyjn1gSPnXVSkXctVArc9tmUO7zStuxvqkxvcblB9BBiPJz/s8812/Renate22.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5875" data-original-width="8812" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-mvAqItL_Fk_bLZAZaw_cMEMsyy33QLiJqTiEEZ2pTsxWCNFr81r99HAtG7hof2nKSIXs6lzuAdGY8GvFUuBpRskrlld-1YgkVooSU6Maf-BT5owABx_ujKMFtf09k-GKDOD2Yj6ipq3Edyjn1gSPnXVSkXctVArc9tmUO7zStuxvqkxvcblB9BBiPJz/s320/Renate22.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naturally the horses and dogs wanted to be involved </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlifl2xKbA1ihRy-Awu4x8YkIw23elnljXqfs4by4ZG6fD2SY8YKdBFDtJfYCd3-O4mQCTTfiTy3xMSAVo9cFNlG6V6ntleChspi-1wnO7l5tfYimgeWUWEtj48spwfgqEd8ptgEUzJCA4qy5_RTCOmYJcdrl27hikP6ntGuXgy_Lk2EuIcwZWHVfT-_X/s9357/Renate25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6238" data-original-width="9357" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlifl2xKbA1ihRy-Awu4x8YkIw23elnljXqfs4by4ZG6fD2SY8YKdBFDtJfYCd3-O4mQCTTfiTy3xMSAVo9cFNlG6V6ntleChspi-1wnO7l5tfYimgeWUWEtj48spwfgqEd8ptgEUzJCA4qy5_RTCOmYJcdrl27hikP6ntGuXgy_Lk2EuIcwZWHVfT-_X/s320/Renate25.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very involved. Peep my buddy Tripp the tiny yak and his adorable ears! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd39pp_TpwG56SM3jgiwaJ7exRuHOeSOaJl13QkgPyLfDAs0KWAzIV8VieN4RkSIZ5lvmrmDSsbyPXpPfd_P8QXo-wpAloovRxIoP5nTdy2vBNemQga9et8HEJUBNVOT4mw9IiaPkuhJor9ctKdzqGtDKddE57JyHaig7dk44UOu35OB5oW9rGNE5jNx4m/s8831/Renate26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5887" data-original-width="8831" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd39pp_TpwG56SM3jgiwaJ7exRuHOeSOaJl13QkgPyLfDAs0KWAzIV8VieN4RkSIZ5lvmrmDSsbyPXpPfd_P8QXo-wpAloovRxIoP5nTdy2vBNemQga9et8HEJUBNVOT4mw9IiaPkuhJor9ctKdzqGtDKddE57JyHaig7dk44UOu35OB5oW9rGNE5jNx4m/s320/Renate26.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photographer asked us to tell her our funniest moment as friends and it had literally happened that morning π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSH6wR9rLN8iobbPILBZEnW1zThlIds89y0d4gkCLupICqZ57oI8yk1BXpUMr8Hru_Vp4NxOm5E0UgA5NxX9OPuAIq1-J9CLCBN3WARNep9UzBP8-WAqFM4Ehwdg3UEtad8OOvJcVfrt9lptG39KyV7K1LuzPqATu57QL9asimw4SIVAjpkzreS5jjKAz/s8732/Renate27.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5821" data-original-width="8732" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSH6wR9rLN8iobbPILBZEnW1zThlIds89y0d4gkCLupICqZ57oI8yk1BXpUMr8Hru_Vp4NxOm5E0UgA5NxX9OPuAIq1-J9CLCBN3WARNep9UzBP8-WAqFM4Ehwdg3UEtad8OOvJcVfrt9lptG39KyV7K1LuzPqATu57QL9asimw4SIVAjpkzreS5jjKAz/s320/Renate27.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the sneak peek she posted a few days after the shoot and we were IMMEDIATELY OBSESSED </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfvkxlrh2ERwTMTZsJKjXeZLpXt0m3DQdJSsB90jP92crwZjP2s87fTTyDUvgC5Eb0ds1bwmqaN0SzU0S87QvG7DYMUrRClvffFfS32BW6Qyr7ojROGzL8EDGfcfAxu70IUg4U4bSequNss882AHpQXorWuqO7TxoPFcAW4Z2_tCguKNdyUT4FWDCbaTF/s8976/Renate32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5984" data-original-width="8976" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfvkxlrh2ERwTMTZsJKjXeZLpXt0m3DQdJSsB90jP92crwZjP2s87fTTyDUvgC5Eb0ds1bwmqaN0SzU0S87QvG7DYMUrRClvffFfS32BW6Qyr7ojROGzL8EDGfcfAxu70IUg4U4bSequNss882AHpQXorWuqO7TxoPFcAW4Z2_tCguKNdyUT4FWDCbaTF/s320/Renate32.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Without any coordination on our part, we all wore Free Ride Equestrian breeches π€£ they should sponsor us lolol. Or any of the country boot makers lol.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudwkTV8erQNZHo7mU9T_SATuvoayaljW_s4EhVamQZeDqsxku52lRdcGzl_SERr965m0pny2WYYtgZtqNwe42UROnGj0a2tqm_SK3Koyt7pglJYMmTfhv1NzRi-Lmvibj3Zudw2bHkrLZNUssR0t6WLuhzhz_lyWQHGk_pPGT4Q1w1Q8eCqRTwoR63c5u/s9190/Renate33.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9190" data-original-width="6127" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudwkTV8erQNZHo7mU9T_SATuvoayaljW_s4EhVamQZeDqsxku52lRdcGzl_SERr965m0pny2WYYtgZtqNwe42UROnGj0a2tqm_SK3Koyt7pglJYMmTfhv1NzRi-Lmvibj3Zudw2bHkrLZNUssR0t6WLuhzhz_lyWQHGk_pPGT4Q1w1Q8eCqRTwoR63c5u/s320/Renate33.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cannot overstate how beautiful Renate's place is! She has this lovely mural on the side of her barn which made for a stunning backdrop </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3xsSJXCrf5iODP8jT7yliivMv2yv_7_NjYSTJeJ0nJxTcy8ttQuibSq_oFnoSmNlId2WxCZhOVA_GSnitjoCFtpRwvEKRnviUZ4NnUCrOhL9dhRyMFri7SgpO8bLhtC27zuRzP5FdBH29zJVwuseXzPYR63tzQKDOy6HWbSNxYvbsAqOJvIL3BzCvnSX/s8660/Renate34.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8660" data-original-width="5773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3xsSJXCrf5iODP8jT7yliivMv2yv_7_NjYSTJeJ0nJxTcy8ttQuibSq_oFnoSmNlId2WxCZhOVA_GSnitjoCFtpRwvEKRnviUZ4NnUCrOhL9dhRyMFri7SgpO8bLhtC27zuRzP5FdBH29zJVwuseXzPYR63tzQKDOy6HWbSNxYvbsAqOJvIL3BzCvnSX/s320/Renate34.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd24-ndrQxfZcyyR2AvU4JOO4oO6qo2VKTMHxNgVnA8FJ0JcsTzObX9AtxTOk4Q7TKaaCCIYicTxTXQ039JEjoyN4__aEthotEA0hi1PQTl6Fwi3UiBXZBdEuGq526pDYD_OWtTFM9LcZQhMqNCScKhn2TR7gf14Bl-iPH7VDFuED_7ECLSfdseIrrEzJO/s9504/Renate35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9504" data-original-width="6336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd24-ndrQxfZcyyR2AvU4JOO4oO6qo2VKTMHxNgVnA8FJ0JcsTzObX9AtxTOk4Q7TKaaCCIYicTxTXQ039JEjoyN4__aEthotEA0hi1PQTl6Fwi3UiBXZBdEuGq526pDYD_OWtTFM9LcZQhMqNCScKhn2TR7gf14Bl-iPH7VDFuED_7ECLSfdseIrrEzJO/s320/Renate35.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj_JgZbAi0E75wydK6p8D9LY0Y92HqrCgfmAmPcT7C2aibcbcFoy6ljDg_G706zpmOvQ3_DsbzD7tRievZSMDJWQdFXQRZ_tNuF8s5NL9gXfVz2uVzBAa-jea7UTwhEM5gO3VD76LwZ6kn-9ntRPsiljrACdE2o8px3SzqMjp-9tA3as46oN4XkOT1Vgf/s8499/Renate39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8499" data-original-width="6190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj_JgZbAi0E75wydK6p8D9LY0Y92HqrCgfmAmPcT7C2aibcbcFoy6ljDg_G706zpmOvQ3_DsbzD7tRievZSMDJWQdFXQRZ_tNuF8s5NL9gXfVz2uVzBAa-jea7UTwhEM5gO3VD76LwZ6kn-9ntRPsiljrACdE2o8px3SzqMjp-9tA3as46oN4XkOT1Vgf/s320/Renate39.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0Zeb8-aPhp2pZsfMBmewYLIT8j7A2HYC0EXw8Zye7dcP9BSGzhbgSCThyIESZNLqPg2LXXHDr0UvjHbd1mi53weAdvMYb7glAHvzxKQDt-Ye10eXhBCGbtnoczzkqwPsAI6LnJrpIvzjYv-i-iTY6n8LF3Aqek3nD0Gymaza10vy4MeXnLGJAYK8ufL4/s8748/Renate42.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8748" data-original-width="5671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0Zeb8-aPhp2pZsfMBmewYLIT8j7A2HYC0EXw8Zye7dcP9BSGzhbgSCThyIESZNLqPg2LXXHDr0UvjHbd1mi53weAdvMYb7glAHvzxKQDt-Ye10eXhBCGbtnoczzkqwPsAI6LnJrpIvzjYv-i-iTY6n8LF3Aqek3nD0Gymaza10vy4MeXnLGJAYK8ufL4/s320/Renate42.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of all the weird things I've found on the internet, these ladies are some of my favorite β₯οΈ<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All photos by Wispy Wings Photography - https://www.wispywings.ca/</div></td></tr></tbody></table>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-40409994193071292702023-08-28T05:00:00.002-07:002023-08-28T05:00:00.138-07:00Still Alive....ishUghhhh yes I am alive. Things are ticking along with the horses and I am completely chaotically overwhelmed (in a mostly good way?) at work. I am sneaking in lessons when I can, lots of hacking on the trails, and then everyone was off most of last week because.....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sziJoMoujs0VSYdn-1UNdgyMzXFHZoLFruR3_4t44YshnJvLmiPdZy8hRx1SsgIi98rpnwbj96DBx7WMzhbDLN8PosWqh0KP8ohO5DTnXMb_Ahmf7SqiLHjC10yF8t3umBE6mtbMJ_mEA6HbDSgh4I2RwfqR8v_eqg3nYICUBxHXmGRibk-fvwf38Qvn/s4080/PXL_20230822_225220517.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sziJoMoujs0VSYdn-1UNdgyMzXFHZoLFruR3_4t44YshnJvLmiPdZy8hRx1SsgIi98rpnwbj96DBx7WMzhbDLN8PosWqh0KP8ohO5DTnXMb_Ahmf7SqiLHjC10yF8t3umBE6mtbMJ_mEA6HbDSgh4I2RwfqR8v_eqg3nYICUBxHXmGRibk-fvwf38Qvn/s320/PXL_20230822_225220517.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fucking WHY</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is patently unfair that we have "feels like 144" in the same state that we get thundersnow/2' of snow/-50 windchills π₯΄ I'll take real winter or real summer please, but NOT BOTH. Jack really struggled towards the end of the week, and his <a href="http://www.trainwreckinteal.com/2016/07/because-this-is-my-life.html?m=0" target="_blank">anhydrosis</a> flared up for the first time in like 6 years. I think we're over the worst of it, but he's going back on SweatAgain and we're keeping a close eye on him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hGpis_6ohsikH7CsS4c7k9CKaUKPo9SKucHsMWNQmwbSZHhHuQykbv3-gfE_R7EUe6tUBp3T9Hgyf2n9ufuAddu3D3wSYJFdUAZD11ydYjY5sU7RCx6vlHYLJkAXUiOXJysdSNZSuKalr1Q7p8SFzw_IvGLpyBw2xLrFk3Qxn8GS6gvPiSauy63NuMYF/s4080/PXL_20230823_023825322.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hGpis_6ohsikH7CsS4c7k9CKaUKPo9SKucHsMWNQmwbSZHhHuQykbv3-gfE_R7EUe6tUBp3T9Hgyf2n9ufuAddu3D3wSYJFdUAZD11ydYjY5sU7RCx6vlHYLJkAXUiOXJysdSNZSuKalr1Q7p8SFzw_IvGLpyBw2xLrFk3Qxn8GS6gvPiSauy63NuMYF/s320/PXL_20230823_023825322.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny photo because I can </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpVf4cjf6rtsuHQyX9CRf-vEo113h_sXwI2vqelpyoZQ-pmCKVhsJb_Lf05ua0xxbtQQp6i0zmBPYZC8ZETGFvFaAhDywO-ees-g5fhi_xg3ewsbJ0Jf7aCXVm8FzVS9982AavfoUY9MykEVyGKnccXbOoGXX7rnhjmiQbfokGD24xBiLrnRkKr-PfC3s/s4080/PXL_20230823_221037431.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpVf4cjf6rtsuHQyX9CRf-vEo113h_sXwI2vqelpyoZQ-pmCKVhsJb_Lf05ua0xxbtQQp6i0zmBPYZC8ZETGFvFaAhDywO-ees-g5fhi_xg3ewsbJ0Jf7aCXVm8FzVS9982AavfoUY9MykEVyGKnccXbOoGXX7rnhjmiQbfokGD24xBiLrnRkKr-PfC3s/s320/PXL_20230823_221037431.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also broke down and replaced this helmet which was.... Probably 6 years old π</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway. The heat finally broke over the weekend. And thank god! Snuck in a lesson yesterday, I have my biggest week of the year at work this week, and then Saturday I am taking off on a long overdue vacation π₯³ DH will be holding down the fort while adjusting to starting a new job on Friday, lol. Our timing is always... Impeccable? </div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-52106238895655967042023-07-27T05:30:00.001-07:002023-07-27T05:30:00.149-07:00Anaphylaxis <div>In another episode of "you can't make this shit up", I am apparently now horrifyingly allergic to any and all stinging insects. About a month ago, I got stung on the crown of my head by a wasp putting feed in the chicken coop, thankfully on a weekend. I woke up with my face progressively more swollen for three days in a row, but after mainlining antihistamines, it mostly resolved. </div><div><br /></div><div>That brings us to the weekend before last - I was doing chores when I felt something sting my arm. I registered it and brushed it off, and went about my business (running water over the sting while I filled water buckets). By the time I went inside to shower off the grime, I was feeling a little queasy and itchy, but I chalked it up to the heat and dirt. It was not that π₯΄ luckily I had the foresight to pop two benadryl before getting in the shower. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupeYQRQoiaziHDea9cDABCDDBEDdXdGsFCqqyeD7m55wnPc1rR-cM4AT1hcv96E_EnwizbOe0o2RFbcwgEkwgkg3gj36Lj3IoDOuXsWzCM6VEK4pATm3RapUVdBHpVF0yCQ37OZ_yGE4mGer0g064bYx2hBxcWjNwavez8OZF9ACdcz575No6XA2Qmi87/s4080/PXL_20230716_230732357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupeYQRQoiaziHDea9cDABCDDBEDdXdGsFCqqyeD7m55wnPc1rR-cM4AT1hcv96E_EnwizbOe0o2RFbcwgEkwgkg3gj36Lj3IoDOuXsWzCM6VEK4pATm3RapUVdBHpVF0yCQ37OZ_yGE4mGer0g064bYx2hBxcWjNwavez8OZF9ACdcz575No6XA2Qmi87/s320/PXL_20230716_230732357.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZT5w5Ckn1TdPWEMce973qOnHGZntikAsoWfEnrRv4PR5OidvyEyb6MuHqv4Icme4VwsHF3upkyMu2snmn-YzbpbNB2D7ur1ar6CVKrvRb_TC2I-NjdqMkM8evlKWH74SkvaowU3nZ7sefDseKus9Tio78gdqlnNoHRNwjCmytAK-HbczAJe7CfoB0DFA/s4080/PXL_20230716_231115959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZT5w5Ckn1TdPWEMce973qOnHGZntikAsoWfEnrRv4PR5OidvyEyb6MuHqv4Icme4VwsHF3upkyMu2snmn-YzbpbNB2D7ur1ar6CVKrvRb_TC2I-NjdqMkM8evlKWH74SkvaowU3nZ7sefDseKus9Tio78gdqlnNoHRNwjCmytAK-HbczAJe7CfoB0DFA/s320/PXL_20230716_231115959.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>By the time I got out of the shower, my entire body below my neck was covered in hives and I was incredibly nauseous. My lips were tingling and I couldn't feel my hands, so I went to find DH to drive me to the nearest ER - which just so happens to be 40+ minutes away, since our local hospital closed. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0KPEXU1W0tSUgXWbGQ_4dRvV7XSvf1qe0fd9-SrXpF3UCmsSENeKjIIva5lMioBiAzBYrVYEpJwPACJozHqDP_7_NJT1QrVOm-D-2bzLCxTJbHj6tf14jb0oLRgKQunxG7u117FzFKDiAybY6G71kZptYeRXt6Hz4Dj_d4ev4pQVACjwnC_Zt6ecOcre/s4080/PXL_20230716_235639052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0KPEXU1W0tSUgXWbGQ_4dRvV7XSvf1qe0fd9-SrXpF3UCmsSENeKjIIva5lMioBiAzBYrVYEpJwPACJozHqDP_7_NJT1QrVOm-D-2bzLCxTJbHj6tf14jb0oLRgKQunxG7u117FzFKDiAybY6G71kZptYeRXt6Hz4Dj_d4ev4pQVACjwnC_Zt6ecOcre/s320/PXL_20230716_235639052.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-u0aslPTIRT-WzNzLljIVZSb8Nfeef27Oul4qR6ObwvObvRDk3J_pEt6EmHdG10Ar-FK4fGl-xyCIZAb3j6SbcQxLE34laCAD1Btsq9sYqt1ZpE4oy76S7IliIbq1lexOvdivhQUq-F6Q2KdpbWgopuWPh4TlD_4tkYBXP0vI_U0GHTMisp2vb6Nd8iu/s4080/PXL_20230717_000817918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-u0aslPTIRT-WzNzLljIVZSb8Nfeef27Oul4qR6ObwvObvRDk3J_pEt6EmHdG10Ar-FK4fGl-xyCIZAb3j6SbcQxLE34laCAD1Btsq9sYqt1ZpE4oy76S7IliIbq1lexOvdivhQUq-F6Q2KdpbWgopuWPh4TlD_4tkYBXP0vI_U0GHTMisp2vb6Nd8iu/s320/PXL_20230717_000817918.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the few "safe for the internet" shots </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>By the time we got there I felt like my throat was closing - whether that was the anaphylaxis or whether it was just panic about the whole situation, I have no idea, but they bumped me to the front of triage, took one look at me, and immediately threw more antihistamines and steroids at me. Once it because clear I wasn't actually going to die and the drugs were doing their job, they sent me home with a script for an EpiPen. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1st_eO-3jyXAQ_fk94XZJYiR5SgyO1gIhc-8wQvzZumu69aQoofhVPjYzFSN69VlNVi_37AahC5YWDGdBbpz9vj_ozvVwFHzCxRRYCV6tRf3ic9J1Vu0eX-YuSEv01g1qdk5JeCcF7fOT1ZjGB91t0Zj3WO8Z4gufDIKzOyAqIMYMrhbyOpeVFQNE1LbO/s3280/PXL_20230717_001251032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1st_eO-3jyXAQ_fk94XZJYiR5SgyO1gIhc-8wQvzZumu69aQoofhVPjYzFSN69VlNVi_37AahC5YWDGdBbpz9vj_ozvVwFHzCxRRYCV6tRf3ic9J1Vu0eX-YuSEv01g1qdk5JeCcF7fOT1ZjGB91t0Zj3WO8Z4gufDIKzOyAqIMYMrhbyOpeVFQNE1LbO/s320/PXL_20230717_001251032.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband kept telling me my face was swollen. After like the 8th time he said it I was no longer amused. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqv95v-k6OpYemHKQhDpIL7UBGHOrR9LJUhqCdO3r7yE7jmLWI-9ufD0Bo3PFNzApmLflEafXJ8Ga_hrU4H8E4YkMp6L_ZrinU9DGMXv908_oxgHKe5adP0KQkSJwCXDuzIqLsq7Ea9BQeG4ZeJgHCISKCE92j2-SECQVHCdbSwPmxA5zQ3QV__jFOVB_Q/s4080/PXL_20230717_204332737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqv95v-k6OpYemHKQhDpIL7UBGHOrR9LJUhqCdO3r7yE7jmLWI-9ufD0Bo3PFNzApmLflEafXJ8Ga_hrU4H8E4YkMp6L_ZrinU9DGMXv908_oxgHKe5adP0KQkSJwCXDuzIqLsq7Ea9BQeG4ZeJgHCISKCE92j2-SECQVHCdbSwPmxA5zQ3QV__jFOVB_Q/s320/PXL_20230717_204332737.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These cost THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS π« </td></tr></tbody></table><br />I already had an appointment set with my primary care doctor next month, so I'm supposed to talk it over with her and get a more permanent script for the EpiPen, but any time I use it I still have to go to the ER so this allergy is going to be very expensive π₯΄<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DfANT2FTNt23grhQRdKmg770AinXLA2ZDWf231vuA4IuHSNAb9Ei8Yuv9ZrCSHrqam-kbT67JLJrUKco2-jRZihz6Q5QNnsJZdj42rvVQm5BS1UZUAER4-jRD2LVuJNb9EraCgza33rT5Inda9XYLcPyycg3Y5U7k3PoyEAoafe8vhSTZPBzH5o-_I8R/s4080/PXL_20230721_224510395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DfANT2FTNt23grhQRdKmg770AinXLA2ZDWf231vuA4IuHSNAb9Ei8Yuv9ZrCSHrqam-kbT67JLJrUKco2-jRZihz6Q5QNnsJZdj42rvVQm5BS1UZUAER4-jRD2LVuJNb9EraCgza33rT5Inda9XYLcPyycg3Y5U7k3PoyEAoafe8vhSTZPBzH5o-_I8R/s320/PXL_20230721_224510395.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZTMV_aLK_-dieMUcTBXEQZH5gpSFl7W9bqj30Ttk1-9vsYVK-zrqpEHv0iLKaHErqihhi7MB8d6UUSH8dJP5oTPQRLmNZMERQb5x-VAJAfDpNGNF3djxeITql95dOBzUdtr_4zxGysnJM1Wi-NuGOqxyKYFNMcOyHy6u6d0RMT6wtz3Gn2TfxcWiS1ZN/s4080/PXL_20230721_234239696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZTMV_aLK_-dieMUcTBXEQZH5gpSFl7W9bqj30Ttk1-9vsYVK-zrqpEHv0iLKaHErqihhi7MB8d6UUSH8dJP5oTPQRLmNZMERQb5x-VAJAfDpNGNF3djxeITql95dOBzUdtr_4zxGysnJM1Wi-NuGOqxyKYFNMcOyHy6u6d0RMT6wtz3Gn2TfxcWiS1ZN/s320/PXL_20230721_234239696.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div>I bought a case to carry it in my purse, and have already warned my trail riding friends they might need to stab the shit out of me if we come across anything that stings on the trail - and there are emergency antihistamines and steroids in the bag, along with a device to suck venom out courtesy of DH (true love lol). He is on a mission to eradicate any nests we can find, starting with the bees in the flower bed in front of the barn that caused this. </div><div><br /></div><div>So.... Yay? I wanted to write a more upbeat post about all the good riding and the great work accomplishments and everything else fun going on, but the near death experience sort of took precedence I guess π</div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-73542865991262018712023-07-05T05:00:00.001-07:002023-07-05T05:00:00.150-07:00Lesson Recap: Do Less Things<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I barely have time to throw my thoughts to paper (metaphorically, since this is online haha) but I just wanted to say I had a lesson with Emmy yesterday (OMG SO HOT) but it was AMAZING. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4AiGK6a47s03USOWOmsR8HbgCm4prorJEbvkVAlEZezsrSDleFWXMfsxWOEBrQAejQQqJ2BaYZjjAati6RajDpeYE0wT7JeoW_ZuX-ulknXt3HnepH3PD3H_6iZ5WYmytf-obJVkn1dSvwjl_tzK3CA7BCSHd0xYa2O_Bqtbt0C2pjcj8q2PgJPO_r4p/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505935515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1080" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4AiGK6a47s03USOWOmsR8HbgCm4prorJEbvkVAlEZezsrSDleFWXMfsxWOEBrQAejQQqJ2BaYZjjAati6RajDpeYE0wT7JeoW_ZuX-ulknXt3HnepH3PD3H_6iZ5WYmytf-obJVkn1dSvwjl_tzK3CA7BCSHd0xYa2O_Bqtbt0C2pjcj8q2PgJPO_r4p/s320/FB_IMG_1688505935515.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It's been tricky to get in for lessons lately - my trainer has clients at shows/hosts clinics that are outside my tax bracket (lol) on a LOT of weekends, so I went to some lengths I maybe wouldn't normally go through to lesson because I haven't been there in like a month. Including dealing with a midday lesson when it was like 97 degrees π₯΅</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOOyLNxn9CSk16H_PfkT8oZ9-Kf32QfUIpRZUbV-2g5JVJA8SJi8_W7MV5WkSNhWrEWH0Iq4NJ_UnTv42FNTwoPz0RpTZITkdJV-I-S_RcGvMi3z3Vu0wND4J1SdU2EdSaWAQXa9DS7RResaxwMXwNCQc1g3rPHcrsmquVHkiqIxFBpVGhzB7ZGPEx1uy/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505937844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1080" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOOyLNxn9CSk16H_PfkT8oZ9-Kf32QfUIpRZUbV-2g5JVJA8SJi8_W7MV5WkSNhWrEWH0Iq4NJ_UnTv42FNTwoPz0RpTZITkdJV-I-S_RcGvMi3z3Vu0wND4J1SdU2EdSaWAQXa9DS7RResaxwMXwNCQc1g3rPHcrsmquVHkiqIxFBpVGhzB7ZGPEx1uy/s320/FB_IMG_1688505937844.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I took Emmy, and she was A ROCK STAR. I had been having a little trouble with the canter at home, and my farrier had tweaked her front shoes a bit at her last appointment, because she had some compensation spots in the hoof he wanted to address. Starting to think it's my footing at home that she objects to, but that's a continued experiment. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGP-LOky9SgTX7W9KROKHoDgDH4L0j8erQACVzZXFfS64ULz18hAVyjgKK1b_umLGJjGKRrD5wsyLmv2Q7r4AjZMMcTIIlYAKdN2cqlDugWgIer98cn5Wr1ZYcYffwWDDUr-LaRex91JyKkf96DCxoaL94JTQghwMVNgGX5iNoNNxeaa7ipDf1vP025oeh/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505940067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1080" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGP-LOky9SgTX7W9KROKHoDgDH4L0j8erQACVzZXFfS64ULz18hAVyjgKK1b_umLGJjGKRrD5wsyLmv2Q7r4AjZMMcTIIlYAKdN2cqlDugWgIer98cn5Wr1ZYcYffwWDDUr-LaRex91JyKkf96DCxoaL94JTQghwMVNgGX5iNoNNxeaa7ipDf1vP025oeh/s320/FB_IMG_1688505940067.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We've found that the quality of the trot is much better if we walk warmup and then go straight to canter before we come back to work on the trot, so that's what we started with. I had significantly less trouble keeping her cantering in my trainers footing vs mine, which goes in the data point column. But the theme of today's lesson was emphatically DO LESS THINGS. Emmy is perfectly content to let me work and work and work keeping her doing things, but she is also more than capable of lovely canter on her own if I can just... Stop doing so damn much. This is not news, I've had variations of this lesson before, but hot damn riding Emmy makes it even more crystal clear when I stop doing things and get out of her way how lovely things can be. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOIBbx1l8O-XbJO04oRifDqcA7ZpwbSa2KUvMoSvQkMMPO2uVNVHqbIAFhJ-UBVcJbR8Co0W_db2eA-ldRDdF1M_5X22fHsksOww-3LGXXFrbQkx8lCr0we2XiSF-bffhTFUBgbX9GbQDY9iiEXC9wKZf04Okg01IvH6QTyN2juquWEbRolkpOs2fYcWt/s1519/FB_IMG_1688505942311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOIBbx1l8O-XbJO04oRifDqcA7ZpwbSa2KUvMoSvQkMMPO2uVNVHqbIAFhJ-UBVcJbR8Co0W_db2eA-ldRDdF1M_5X22fHsksOww-3LGXXFrbQkx8lCr0we2XiSF-bffhTFUBgbX9GbQDY9iiEXC9wKZf04Okg01IvH6QTyN2juquWEbRolkpOs2fYcWt/s320/FB_IMG_1688505942311.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP_ZxqfNQeFxOcRdWDeTcAyeKXmpbHae7mQYDJh5ds1LkPximXZcaO8D0Bgg8H9fFExBU_OMZZ4UA0VxhwgL9aXgVvsueN2Aoj8OKUhaX6uu5qaKTMi9_EV517bu8FNO6CgN_mbop3Fc6ZLNE3O_k6KPLOQsbsAba-ZLbwccbzqsszpN87Cudji18SuHo/s1502/FB_IMG_1688505944536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP_ZxqfNQeFxOcRdWDeTcAyeKXmpbHae7mQYDJh5ds1LkPximXZcaO8D0Bgg8H9fFExBU_OMZZ4UA0VxhwgL9aXgVvsueN2Aoj8OKUhaX6uu5qaKTMi9_EV517bu8FNO6CgN_mbop3Fc6ZLNE3O_k6KPLOQsbsAba-ZLbwccbzqsszpN87Cudji18SuHo/s320/FB_IMG_1688505944536.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi341KuMyBI88JcmcGQJ7Hzv8mkK2ibQtOlmlebb36BKVo18b4ItIJbpyBg2UDVWUDYwIRnEk_K-F0wRnHV5iQ6vN6z9zppxGXC4wgOUKRR47sfq957h9pOEHFyzErMbRjG4MloyPTLBW-Nry77RNgm0PXCfOefW9RA5n2LzdWoXikOiXvZG2UxFgJ0JZTv/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505950098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1080" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi341KuMyBI88JcmcGQJ7Hzv8mkK2ibQtOlmlebb36BKVo18b4ItIJbpyBg2UDVWUDYwIRnEk_K-F0wRnHV5iQ6vN6z9zppxGXC4wgOUKRR47sfq957h9pOEHFyzErMbRjG4MloyPTLBW-Nry77RNgm0PXCfOefW9RA5n2LzdWoXikOiXvZG2UxFgJ0JZTv/s320/FB_IMG_1688505950098.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFUXUqkjtSEKkjRjjigAKwuO9rITf6HwuHLVoP78ITjS5J8DoBP_mcv_YNWOt_ht4dfQH05BqcTOwoPGB8ocAgD3FP2buvR4IAWnWurcowbjfsTmEepDp0mCKhevJDBrumWm7QnG8f0nIW5WLh3I1XsFDIrGetk3m6hhPGdwwVSTUPqTl7OXHxoPsCXRh/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505952608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1080" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFUXUqkjtSEKkjRjjigAKwuO9rITf6HwuHLVoP78ITjS5J8DoBP_mcv_YNWOt_ht4dfQH05BqcTOwoPGB8ocAgD3FP2buvR4IAWnWurcowbjfsTmEepDp0mCKhevJDBrumWm7QnG8f0nIW5WLh3I1XsFDIrGetk3m6hhPGdwwVSTUPqTl7OXHxoPsCXRh/s320/FB_IMG_1688505952608.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why is one arm high and one arm low? No idea π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also need to stop trying to make the lateral work happen and just ride <b>forward</b> towards the short end and just casually think move over vs trying to physically pick her up and move her myself π€£π€£ she can pretzel herself in half if I tell her to and she just sort of shrugs and is like okay if that's what you want, whatever, but she is also absolutely capable of doing things in a correct and lovely way if I just... Ask correctly and stay out of her way. TrainerB wryly commented that I could ask for things wrong 20x and Emmy would just sort of bop along and half-ass do the thing but the minute I asked correctly she's like "yes ma'am sure here's the correct and beautiful thing!". She is quite impressed with Miss Em, I think β₯οΈ she also commented on how much more relaxed Emmy seemed, and that she was looking very comfortable and better in her musculature. I'm quite pleased, because when Emmy showed up she had some interesting shoes on (to handle the AZ desert rock she came from), was on daily Equioxx, and had required some not insignificant maintenance to remain comfortable in work. In conjunction with my farrier and vets, we decided to take her back to basics and just start fresh and see how she felt - so now she's barefoot in back and in simple plates up front, no Equioxx, and so far (knock on wood) no injections or anything more special than lots of long slow hill work. She has always felt good to me but it definitely helped ease my mind that TrainerB thought she looked comfortable and even and free in her gaits - any crookedness is me, pretzeling myself like a fool up there lol. If we get to a point where Emmy needs anything, she will absolutely get it, but for now, I'm glad she's so happy and comfortable on a pretty simple routine! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0Vab6g3DE5lUVPXJFW5FAWTJDcEn-JwpZbqMcPFUcrCQt-OhABtKFdqbwmDZ7uxl2M_TMlr2pJlvJBzWZFR-xdXhd48ZiYUbXewBMSVx-OP5iUVislC_zDvLYnuubgH3zYvwI7d43FTkjTsC2qw5J1t9oViBSMt9kjFULFb3LbAy3Xpy0QeW02jliqg9/s1080/FB_IMG_1688505955825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1080" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0Vab6g3DE5lUVPXJFW5FAWTJDcEn-JwpZbqMcPFUcrCQt-OhABtKFdqbwmDZ7uxl2M_TMlr2pJlvJBzWZFR-xdXhd48ZiYUbXewBMSVx-OP5iUVislC_zDvLYnuubgH3zYvwI7d43FTkjTsC2qw5J1t9oViBSMt9kjFULFb3LbAy3Xpy0QeW02jliqg9/s320/FB_IMG_1688505955825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I can't even. It has been a goal for ACTUAL YEARS to try to get a schoolmaster on lease, even if only for a summer, to lesson and learn on. With the exception of a pretty well schooled NSH rescue (who by the way just celebrated his 30th birthday and 11 years with his perfect family π₯³), I've owned pretty much exclusively young/project horses. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been able to ride something that knows more than me - living in a perpetual cycle of green horses has been rough. Like don't get me wrong, it's taught me an incredibly valuable school set, and Ruby and I are creeping along at a glacial pace, but I KNEW learning from a horse more educated than me would be so valuable. And somehow, that situation fell into my lap. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VQeCswbnco6T5k7_bx8doTgWqZgGZH6d8ntJA5KOv6bCGbOKFwZ2EJ6FdEbnBXF9QuvmWmNYInEBqeZ5Xg3vfQSRKT0TpMhxzBYvt0IzvrLAsBdgbfJDy8fRVv8NOYKRRwFsV5NU8jHq8wWX0P2oJqu4h8sMOM6Jx2taPn8SuwJe9dcOPqFz0DN_jw/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893900387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1080" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VQeCswbnco6T5k7_bx8doTgWqZgGZH6d8ntJA5KOv6bCGbOKFwZ2EJ6FdEbnBXF9QuvmWmNYInEBqeZ5Xg3vfQSRKT0TpMhxzBYvt0IzvrLAsBdgbfJDy8fRVv8NOYKRRwFsV5NU8jHq8wWX0P2oJqu4h8sMOM6Jx2taPn8SuwJe9dcOPqFz0DN_jw/s320/FB_IMG_1685893900387.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is the best. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbg-pi-nGDnkihMh52oC3wQzKOnfzTEVxGgYQJSeNCEqsiUF17b0XwlhndQ-SgKoX9OijVo3jDJIl_ZmTCYmVvRwVENZDEkmeOLFsdga4JvpICI4hurn1B7fvNjqFntHxV1Miw_lmqlP7sUxOOdBk9ENo3MkVQCgzor9Msa_N0eUJVrs9q32tfgtVvw/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893903551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1080" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbg-pi-nGDnkihMh52oC3wQzKOnfzTEVxGgYQJSeNCEqsiUF17b0XwlhndQ-SgKoX9OijVo3jDJIl_ZmTCYmVvRwVENZDEkmeOLFsdga4JvpICI4hurn1B7fvNjqFntHxV1Miw_lmqlP7sUxOOdBk9ENo3MkVQCgzor9Msa_N0eUJVrs9q32tfgtVvw/s320/FB_IMG_1685893903551.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I took Emmy out to a lesson with my trainer last weekend, and it was phenomenal. Was it always pretty? Absolutely not. We had a lot of unintentional changes, emphasis on the flying π€£ my half halt needs to be recalibrated so I don't get lawn darted because homegirl has a GOOD STOP in there. Picking up the right lead is hard - she'd rather counter canter for dayssssss. But wow did I learn so much. And now I know that feeling I am trying to replicate on Ruby. In fact, I went home after the lesson Saturday and DH watched Ruby schooling and commented that her canter looked more like Emmy's than he'd ever seen (which I was actively working on lol). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOF2_mjioZ_NKL-nVfJ9_oRa3yvs2ArmFxBVQyvedg1LrECoJcMM_DwMufQC51CnaLcaMXZjahpE9pqMtKYFxZGXEsJbls6Mnxi4V67fU_5avOQ39rG2wbp9XYSG7dIkifSbIwBRvW9SzpYB-Br-7pb3Xu3FQdz7uz-OIXp2F3qsDVfm1bBPFykHv6w/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893906373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1080" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOF2_mjioZ_NKL-nVfJ9_oRa3yvs2ArmFxBVQyvedg1LrECoJcMM_DwMufQC51CnaLcaMXZjahpE9pqMtKYFxZGXEsJbls6Mnxi4V67fU_5avOQ39rG2wbp9XYSG7dIkifSbIwBRvW9SzpYB-Br-7pb3Xu3FQdz7uz-OIXp2F3qsDVfm1bBPFykHv6w/s320/FB_IMG_1685893906373.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-T_261JMuQ2_E-UkhuJnGqtdv7nPtGg3aUx6yJUglHqYuhxwmtbuabtIzWGCjZ9bpuh30YWiU9HmXNZ9dacLnOUi7832D9N6ZVI2idMa00EP0Km5W8DQWlSxGIhdEspfZJXmtebG-PaybqGxkvPfke2bO6pkWkQp6uGoN0Rlw2p7LWVA9_Zm3I72TA/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893909571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-T_261JMuQ2_E-UkhuJnGqtdv7nPtGg3aUx6yJUglHqYuhxwmtbuabtIzWGCjZ9bpuh30YWiU9HmXNZ9dacLnOUi7832D9N6ZVI2idMa00EP0Km5W8DQWlSxGIhdEspfZJXmtebG-PaybqGxkvPfke2bO6pkWkQp6uGoN0Rlw2p7LWVA9_Zm3I72TA/s320/FB_IMG_1685893909571.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My trainer asked me what my show plans were for this summer - and I'm not sure I have any, sigh. Wasn't necessarily budgeting for having this many horses and dogs π I want to show but I don't want to go into debt to do it, and I'm just not sure it's in my budget this year π then she asked me what my pie in the sky goals were and it's just..... Leave a horse show NOT in tears sometime? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently π€£</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD15_6_TEONhd5OqJmn0r3gkFoH7CIJFVZ0LxOaRtb3vNIjvEzfHPjbIa45PYOnUPfc9OzLmnMGyV-RPnEe-NBkoGRX-pqXleuqrfhuNqurFrGnk-ypAM5l_ieLuyqzyvhabfxZXDYSt7biTQ0tOfx-8Ld6Nyrswm1IMuwHODm2rbdiluTyt5t-29SQ/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893912893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1080" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcD15_6_TEONhd5OqJmn0r3gkFoH7CIJFVZ0LxOaRtb3vNIjvEzfHPjbIa45PYOnUPfc9OzLmnMGyV-RPnEe-NBkoGRX-pqXleuqrfhuNqurFrGnk-ypAM5l_ieLuyqzyvhabfxZXDYSt7biTQ0tOfx-8Ld6Nyrswm1IMuwHODm2rbdiluTyt5t-29SQ/s320/FB_IMG_1685893912893.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8gIJwViC93aHget5rOlxMeKFZF1fdcgVxsjU130Ismibju_ZvT_vfo1kylkJ5IgmhFzcKhQovlTQKpcCibXe-GMDJ1E3HyYPmnvYpYYIMO-tUL6qe5JxvMQg6fA9_Tc2onl9YDF9JRKE6UeNj66WTEHUlEBvxBMSngoDwjV_3hL4fH7dImmc169t8Q/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893916051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1080" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8gIJwViC93aHget5rOlxMeKFZF1fdcgVxsjU130Ismibju_ZvT_vfo1kylkJ5IgmhFzcKhQovlTQKpcCibXe-GMDJ1E3HyYPmnvYpYYIMO-tUL6qe5JxvMQg6fA9_Tc2onl9YDF9JRKE6UeNj66WTEHUlEBvxBMSngoDwjV_3hL4fH7dImmc169t8Q/s320/FB_IMG_1685893916051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV52xbvklVK6G7uzYuXBWPWZgwnn71GFgqeN3LvVeI73EuUrodqsLfkU8MjO8_SJ121Ej6D5jDWZa1qnLZywLV5Y5EvOg-lFkFDfta5ESxpwU72xyRehlBdABnTDRuUXgpbXhO6HIcheARjChSQ2rPorFJA8L-uPfsyWskeF2ZqFhxgr6uW0zQuARLqQ/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893918773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1080" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV52xbvklVK6G7uzYuXBWPWZgwnn71GFgqeN3LvVeI73EuUrodqsLfkU8MjO8_SJ121Ej6D5jDWZa1qnLZywLV5Y5EvOg-lFkFDfta5ESxpwU72xyRehlBdABnTDRuUXgpbXhO6HIcheARjChSQ2rPorFJA8L-uPfsyWskeF2ZqFhxgr6uW0zQuARLqQ/s320/FB_IMG_1685893918773.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ran through basically all of 2nd level at home on my own minus the medium trot - struggling to find different gears in the trot so that's homework. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UBC8WmHqAz8JWFzWMFuzkQx6sAEA2T93lduTeEySx6y6WNi4_vvXOV3vZte-imJ6tTbaUJCImQZK0aHF0EjJB8Y0LyTZZ2z16m9FpaOlUU4nIaD4mm1fmLR4JKlUH_9guT9bycobz_mqkYtBTk8ZQNb9Lv83bC61aq8kDt378GeOAi_OK7OMYBX-fg/s1080/FB_IMG_1685893922809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1080" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UBC8WmHqAz8JWFzWMFuzkQx6sAEA2T93lduTeEySx6y6WNi4_vvXOV3vZte-imJ6tTbaUJCImQZK0aHF0EjJB8Y0LyTZZ2z16m9FpaOlUU4nIaD4mm1fmLR4JKlUH_9guT9bycobz_mqkYtBTk8ZQNb9Lv83bC61aq8kDt378GeOAi_OK7OMYBX-fg/s320/FB_IMG_1685893922809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLoqb0Y2VHUKvhlm7xTIV3Ewgcf7U4WID-YzY2Zj2fdiVv5tIHDg33etRK2IHv2eQRZiGJls3jFxn4D2XSpIo-4w98ahsjGjoTm34I8Wrj61eTCGiQuC34kNFQYb0vm5F2l6I3xPbhudamKUCkRSrMIhEGrTC6L39PuvLb_NcIkn7O1c-HlyS46kJ1A/s1106/FB_IMG_1685893925973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLoqb0Y2VHUKvhlm7xTIV3Ewgcf7U4WID-YzY2Zj2fdiVv5tIHDg33etRK2IHv2eQRZiGJls3jFxn4D2XSpIo-4w98ahsjGjoTm34I8Wrj61eTCGiQuC34kNFQYb0vm5F2l6I3xPbhudamKUCkRSrMIhEGrTC6L39PuvLb_NcIkn7O1c-HlyS46kJ1A/s320/FB_IMG_1685893925973.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I don't even know that I have a point really. Just had these lovely photos and some video and I am excited to have Emmy in my life. But simultaneously bummed because money is a thing and I can't take her out there to do ALL THE THINGS. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sd0c24pSZvM" width="320" youtube-src-id="sd0c24pSZvM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JqOloVzcIDQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="JqOloVzcIDQ"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-75860516315467581602023-05-19T07:47:00.002-07:002023-05-19T07:47:42.413-07:00Long Time, No Blog<p>Wow I am the worst. I'm behind a horse show, sleeping in my renovated horse trailer for the first time, several lessons, and a ton of trail rides. Oh, and LRK3DE π plus an amazing visit from T and Renate. OH AND A NEW DOGGO. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51UQzWwluFYSJLKh0C49ld2oQ-86jP-V7elwO7KeqV9Jwc1OOs0d2DtmFpk8osibJWzs_dL5XRm1jMwMcpNK-lVmcz35uMeQzUSSfu00FmSf0A5kA_IiqdwwBpyjwCCxIEgIaq8XjBj3vPp4gPhHpNyZ71Pau6N_C09-Cr5D_h4k1DoOnjR3V1Jbtrg/s1440/IMG_20230507_125809_558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51UQzWwluFYSJLKh0C49ld2oQ-86jP-V7elwO7KeqV9Jwc1OOs0d2DtmFpk8osibJWzs_dL5XRm1jMwMcpNK-lVmcz35uMeQzUSSfu00FmSf0A5kA_IiqdwwBpyjwCCxIEgIaq8XjBj3vPp4gPhHpNyZ71Pau6N_C09-Cr5D_h4k1DoOnjR3V1Jbtrg/s320/IMG_20230507_125809_558.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet Ghoulie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFDV7o5PGerPvKw2snwfqerXzp2dShN1_JTMnTmlCRUcEHla3_YgwUhKakaOXR9O30eKOHv05riCUNNZzYlGAqu3n3929zmGTIzeKcrazwZsqgIUTW4tid8FnguOlHx6uKbpeH8eYq0mH1bIJFZzh5YcBb5WsqRg1iZvT_8n1WWtMeDiOCOFCkMrv_A/s1440/IMG_20230507_125809_620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFDV7o5PGerPvKw2snwfqerXzp2dShN1_JTMnTmlCRUcEHla3_YgwUhKakaOXR9O30eKOHv05riCUNNZzYlGAqu3n3929zmGTIzeKcrazwZsqgIUTW4tid8FnguOlHx6uKbpeH8eYq0mH1bIJFZzh5YcBb5WsqRg1iZvT_8n1WWtMeDiOCOFCkMrv_A/s320/IMG_20230507_125809_620.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PENNY'S MOM</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6H2cXcgvj_o4jX6wGMDkjuD6IceFrv3reDx0azCGPf5WyheoheBV2Fzknk5wbuxh-s1Y0wBkA2FwEwg2eTiCO9gtUtibqmMC2LYBuWhtVCP-for8gSRAxSPKIz60koIDrDVoqA6zmHBQLy1zi02i9IWrlAiqus0Tzg40mP-8YMIZu6DjIpGQijli-pA/s1440/IMG_20230507_125809_659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6H2cXcgvj_o4jX6wGMDkjuD6IceFrv3reDx0azCGPf5WyheoheBV2Fzknk5wbuxh-s1Y0wBkA2FwEwg2eTiCO9gtUtibqmMC2LYBuWhtVCP-for8gSRAxSPKIz60koIDrDVoqA6zmHBQLy1zi02i9IWrlAiqus0Tzg40mP-8YMIZu6DjIpGQijli-pA/s320/IMG_20230507_125809_659.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us on the dachshund jump at LRK3DE </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Zero way I can catch up on all that, but highlights are on social media. I doubt things will be slowing down enough to blog much now that we're into the swing of spring/summer DOING ALL THE THINGS. </p><p>Basically just stopping by to confirm I am in fact still alive π€£ just staying extra busy with an extra horse and an extra dog. Plus extra responsibilities at work π₯΄</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX64w_jLkEbHqPniDS3xkhYELSxaneqBpcipy8Ui5t0-WQaB3ARc7jyrSvPwZtmlJD16ozAkRQZMO4Ep2rrkdorxC4sxJbCXR3kYumR8vmlLpx0-U2X25valHUSYaFuoT99MpWtTJfJHIJrdooLuyZ62w9oqwMcuwJRZcjm-lOFXvYS7UrLUtyDjUIQ/s4080/PXL_20230513_151946117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaX64w_jLkEbHqPniDS3xkhYELSxaneqBpcipy8Ui5t0-WQaB3ARc7jyrSvPwZtmlJD16ozAkRQZMO4Ep2rrkdorxC4sxJbCXR3kYumR8vmlLpx0-U2X25valHUSYaFuoT99MpWtTJfJHIJrdooLuyZ62w9oqwMcuwJRZcjm-lOFXvYS7UrLUtyDjUIQ/s320/PXL_20230513_151946117.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emmy is finally getting out to some off property trails! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLfHq8nM0HsgjOMhc92rlZGGJI-QwBGR9CiuxbB8EPKQVxwjRwxTR-sSLtDoC_Ik6zHyUDilNz8dmHQeMPKSJBmWZJaPj1VRml9gf6Ndg_v3gqSItdJhJyjwPw2kxVrpYvW59KG0XgJipKWuNAPM96t_ghYVDihSl-5zYpEgFcmmMkLiUzsCCVIPejA/s4080/PXL_20230513_152046846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLfHq8nM0HsgjOMhc92rlZGGJI-QwBGR9CiuxbB8EPKQVxwjRwxTR-sSLtDoC_Ik6zHyUDilNz8dmHQeMPKSJBmWZJaPj1VRml9gf6Ndg_v3gqSItdJhJyjwPw2kxVrpYvW59KG0XgJipKWuNAPM96t_ghYVDihSl-5zYpEgFcmmMkLiUzsCCVIPejA/s320/PXL_20230513_152046846.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOOy3ysKnkHv1SlGyMfcstaTvlYwVERmInWbYMRsELTNTuaYE03aYtHoUuECRo8s9gVBXTHMGOdP8f3eCo9CFZTExXBagrnPYgfH5hCmFZKyJsPKTEFPxiPYPAw5HBPMYp6ABYLwcApJIX-P9Qa8UeBJfa8x-eKQumQGZqh9liSnx6Fbxu37gefQ5Pg/s4080/PXL_20230514_172358791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOOy3ysKnkHv1SlGyMfcstaTvlYwVERmInWbYMRsELTNTuaYE03aYtHoUuECRo8s9gVBXTHMGOdP8f3eCo9CFZTExXBagrnPYgfH5hCmFZKyJsPKTEFPxiPYPAw5HBPMYp6ABYLwcApJIX-P9Qa8UeBJfa8x-eKQumQGZqh9liSnx6Fbxu37gefQ5Pg/s320/PXL_20230514_172358791.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We even did a mother-daughter trail ride on mother's day with my mom! </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Still haven't managed to get Emmy to a lesson with my trainer yet, but she does have a dressage saddle now so hopefully that's on the docket for next month! </p>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-63085923259544820742023-03-23T05:00:00.000-07:002023-03-23T05:00:00.178-07:00Welcome Spring! <p>The first day of spring was absolutely gorgeous! (and followed up by a day of 40 and rain lol). But no worry, I made the most of it! I started with Ruby - we had a good dressage school and worked on our homework of cantering without power, and on the leg yields while making sure I was keeping my left side a wall, no collapsing. She was excellent! The weather is going to keep us from being as prepared for the show in a few weeks as I'd like to be, but it is what it is - this is spring in the Midwest lol. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfHemM7tZimbNVfCgdcbKYMBJQv0QquSXAjl3iM-mnIHVHd3Bf83uwcANGT-TpW-R28DG1PAmGJN7nyB_9HqXJEyOd0kdPeLP2rij1ePOsNZzc-pdCeP5tH9sIlhqZVbq91yBf9h4fhZeOJeMPPVm-vZooqmAgST79D-ZerV7j17W589Q-J4v32eTKQ/s4080/PXL_20230320_223747491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfHemM7tZimbNVfCgdcbKYMBJQv0QquSXAjl3iM-mnIHVHd3Bf83uwcANGT-TpW-R28DG1PAmGJN7nyB_9HqXJEyOd0kdPeLP2rij1ePOsNZzc-pdCeP5tH9sIlhqZVbq91yBf9h4fhZeOJeMPPVm-vZooqmAgST79D-ZerV7j17W589Q-J4v32eTKQ/s320/PXL_20230320_223747491.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEphbKPkR1lGpjE0YpG65yTey4XjTxGCxZPhaO0r866N3Uj7FiHYuqPCS45XH_YL9iFnqIHexhybVzXmLnikN4ghY_XZwXkvoHxb1l-trjyq74OBtmXweDGpOmz7810T14xxwAzrDM5LFQdYgIT07F54UlYlqKcQ7MSUPmLF08tWW2gUV8_0BkS9KVDA/s4080/PXL_20230320_223802664.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEphbKPkR1lGpjE0YpG65yTey4XjTxGCxZPhaO0r866N3Uj7FiHYuqPCS45XH_YL9iFnqIHexhybVzXmLnikN4ghY_XZwXkvoHxb1l-trjyq74OBtmXweDGpOmz7810T14xxwAzrDM5LFQdYgIT07F54UlYlqKcQ7MSUPmLF08tWW2gUV8_0BkS9KVDA/s320/PXL_20230320_223802664.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoCGBqcbNcfDw3U9efiaxstgUTWUfukb24nZA8mkfpcaFrpTRc4jzUFIifHM8lk-jVpJWuyL7qTv-gCQAnn1LmVRabGSnlPrCUZTBdaE4EWZd8ZMzWt6vLPxBpmysQRgD43tBnxxFAiUPWUl9SiQ9J08Sg_4oL_0tQ0AdZqsHMcwCICi7TBd2PFuu0g/s4080/PXL_20230320_224810917.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoCGBqcbNcfDw3U9efiaxstgUTWUfukb24nZA8mkfpcaFrpTRc4jzUFIifHM8lk-jVpJWuyL7qTv-gCQAnn1LmVRabGSnlPrCUZTBdaE4EWZd8ZMzWt6vLPxBpmysQRgD43tBnxxFAiUPWUl9SiQ9J08Sg_4oL_0tQ0AdZqsHMcwCICi7TBd2PFuu0g/s320/PXL_20230320_224810917.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"OMG WHAT'S THAT"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And then we had a fun surprise! A friend came over to visit. She brought her mini to drive in the arena and on the trails if it was dry enough, and it was! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2juss8fsu0K5vMoGUI3EMFg7yQ7O-tj0Upy26fRPCbMY6x6QCSQ0qd7EG-hA71uhcgHBe8Zth3RGOTHR8y0Npsq5Uy4A1VjEkmYK9fDjG3ekY0d9f0kN3srTyp72j3fwiEdAbdvPSAnkLiRAgvxOdE-WBjGN-ySxV4RINiLvQ3ouWu5wKuXMwnQ0Zw/s4080/PXL_20230320_224812810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2juss8fsu0K5vMoGUI3EMFg7yQ7O-tj0Upy26fRPCbMY6x6QCSQ0qd7EG-hA71uhcgHBe8Zth3RGOTHR8y0Npsq5Uy4A1VjEkmYK9fDjG3ekY0d9f0kN3srTyp72j3fwiEdAbdvPSAnkLiRAgvxOdE-WBjGN-ySxV4RINiLvQ3ouWu5wKuXMwnQ0Zw/s320/PXL_20230320_224812810.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And of course I couldn't let her go alone, what kind of host would I be! So I saddled up Emmy and accompanied her :) </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwstDE8aUf-76Cl_GQmC6rxhojKukZ5PrHMqdcuUA631ndjSlikaD_ZHt8rEAsOSzqTsU3F3a4xjn1Fq_AblCKGDkZOvVUZh6nWhzyPcdvRe8OfMaUNOVgQfx_98wEG2AskWZMal9gLCl5B7Mm0L5a8lIhkLXxgR6vl4IOmKipGQw5TGFDZz_Va0zjLA/s4080/PXL_20230320_225226747.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwstDE8aUf-76Cl_GQmC6rxhojKukZ5PrHMqdcuUA631ndjSlikaD_ZHt8rEAsOSzqTsU3F3a4xjn1Fq_AblCKGDkZOvVUZh6nWhzyPcdvRe8OfMaUNOVgQfx_98wEG2AskWZMal9gLCl5B7Mm0L5a8lIhkLXxgR6vl4IOmKipGQw5TGFDZz_Va0zjLA/s320/PXL_20230320_225226747.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making sure she didn't find the mini as scary as Ruby did lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWJsJjy1PTXi7Tn0v_oDngR8rmxP8fPzJlvTzxARLpOp6cKX1FVdgeeXn2GHzotIckk0-io99LfJesX6Y2Mt2yRZSCgz2OEicyuVXpoh9ukLHZlNrxMjN83N9CFxxsf073yUYGnWptaK_n692MVfmyAu8whOYeATOZO6k1SgOWAxqk8eWK6YrWZ21kQ/s4080/PXL_20230320_231313741.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWJsJjy1PTXi7Tn0v_oDngR8rmxP8fPzJlvTzxARLpOp6cKX1FVdgeeXn2GHzotIckk0-io99LfJesX6Y2Mt2yRZSCgz2OEicyuVXpoh9ukLHZlNrxMjN83N9CFxxsf073yUYGnWptaK_n692MVfmyAu8whOYeATOZO6k1SgOWAxqk8eWK6YrWZ21kQ/s320/PXL_20230320_231313741.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did a few laps in the arena to make sure Emmy didn't mind the noise of the cart, then set off! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpdleRdP1V88OQHHTwYrwwxx0-Xd09cW4BeSxpzcdCU_CAu1Inc2YflPBjs7evCreKVWD6emEyx4l8rKmUK_nNrvimSRUQ2meBmeuUzbwfGXodMXIkJVdI7z9S4uQG326V6s1TuPHVN_v2L9qBpzTusnW0bXdnNQas16KHN2g0Bdm-QYv0IdAr63gMg/s4080/PXL_20230320_231418529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpdleRdP1V88OQHHTwYrwwxx0-Xd09cW4BeSxpzcdCU_CAu1Inc2YflPBjs7evCreKVWD6emEyx4l8rKmUK_nNrvimSRUQ2meBmeuUzbwfGXodMXIkJVdI7z9S4uQG326V6s1TuPHVN_v2L9qBpzTusnW0bXdnNQas16KHN2g0Bdm-QYv0IdAr63gMg/s320/PXL_20230320_231418529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zomg the cuteness</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOs1kAUjyrH_ZKYlc8JDRB-8U2znk_y_CgskfPqqSE7z0CHXV_ubhJxKvtxwcftrd2AJE0_fZV5IQXX79J8kjLZJcGxhkZnZ0eiIqPpc5Hde7qjOjljtFZBdk3A3iIXdBhMjPWdxnrgjw6a407AdRqM44asVyRl3fQzXphozRjUjRb0Q7AK2UZDclxQ/s4080/PXL_20230320_233209902.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOs1kAUjyrH_ZKYlc8JDRB-8U2znk_y_CgskfPqqSE7z0CHXV_ubhJxKvtxwcftrd2AJE0_fZV5IQXX79J8kjLZJcGxhkZnZ0eiIqPpc5Hde7qjOjljtFZBdk3A3iIXdBhMjPWdxnrgjw6a407AdRqM44asVyRl3fQzXphozRjUjRb0Q7AK2UZDclxQ/s320/PXL_20230320_233209902.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went on some new (to Emmy) trails :) </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYDl1in9B5SaujcwmdhMs0KFXBiXAQPRYRdfPM5VZOwzBAg4fV4wGNSmnWmrbYARwPoHWWZcTnwIMAADAUvKuTZjRP34h-1CcGOQ_ntNmc-ogdUg9vpGnZ8ETk3gCWSnnb3Q9Os8y-HcjZ5xsJe5K4QRaSr5ttiRHWCWy39GcW6tLPWNyyvjKkjl4UA/s4080/PXL_20230320_233648463.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYDl1in9B5SaujcwmdhMs0KFXBiXAQPRYRdfPM5VZOwzBAg4fV4wGNSmnWmrbYARwPoHWWZcTnwIMAADAUvKuTZjRP34h-1CcGOQ_ntNmc-ogdUg9vpGnZ8ETk3gCWSnnb3Q9Os8y-HcjZ5xsJe5K4QRaSr5ttiRHWCWy39GcW6tLPWNyyvjKkjl4UA/s320/PXL_20230320_233648463.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The neighbor's lake</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKjf9ETPt7R1ZvdxaoKaN9mHsC8UzzC5Ia6899-zZm9ghESjfPMkcHUtz4NN0Oqf5VUDNut0wzBRLk2D1uvNda57bplKQvgu-I-Qjv7reQTRAfiFbklHff_sXYpTgvpJJsYvu9mXFiXkXL6NfOku8Q2li0cG6z5sdLdI1C4-mJ59jkc-7hFJvljgxbA/s4080/PXL_20230320_234321773.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKjf9ETPt7R1ZvdxaoKaN9mHsC8UzzC5Ia6899-zZm9ghESjfPMkcHUtz4NN0Oqf5VUDNut0wzBRLk2D1uvNda57bplKQvgu-I-Qjv7reQTRAfiFbklHff_sXYpTgvpJJsYvu9mXFiXkXL6NfOku8Q2li0cG6z5sdLdI1C4-mJ59jkc-7hFJvljgxbA/s320/PXL_20230320_234321773.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did about as many loops as possible without doing too much backtracking, and then meandered back to the arena and her trailer. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>It was a super nice day to enjoy some beautiful weather, and nowwwww it's going to rain perpetually until my show. Sigh. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-61244808822431971062023-03-22T05:00:00.001-07:002023-03-22T05:00:00.208-07:00Pushing the ButtonsIn between rain storms, I'm trying to squeeze in as many rides as I can on both Ruby and Emmy (what we've been calling her mom - she came to us with the barn name Essy but DH nicknames every single animal something weird and of course this is no exception). <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GiKWygdjlroFV2fFEPptgIIWziyhxiO839sGxUSv9NHbTnYvPRp5OtzSQrR5-u2ZLYjQTsGzrrw2hTEg9JYEaG5RTtrt9Yjc8Wu53rs6nwG9Tq6K55m0qiFhryMONebLRzTxL_PuEMfZrCInE9e3lonlt5OT8mUbvKlpjontyeuJybx0CdOQqaqr8g/s4080/PXL_20230319_224507148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GiKWygdjlroFV2fFEPptgIIWziyhxiO839sGxUSv9NHbTnYvPRp5OtzSQrR5-u2ZLYjQTsGzrrw2hTEg9JYEaG5RTtrt9Yjc8Wu53rs6nwG9Tq6K55m0qiFhryMONebLRzTxL_PuEMfZrCInE9e3lonlt5OT8mUbvKlpjontyeuJybx0CdOQqaqr8g/s320/PXL_20230319_224507148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNheSYb1jFhwsmQHuAAw6iqhN8LhQY_f2nO10LE0lsE5rmhHSOTMn6TY6EIfgTN-hj48fU4rfDVUzGpMHVnnsZrTn6lVXzw0JR0lXL2o4DTUsDjJ90mLOnDPi219Ms4QnZUUeEZ_T4wvfaY0kSovA-7Ojkkm76u0AAs0vGmdL4W2u5AMAWJi2OgZNCQ/s4080/PXL_20230319_231048757.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNheSYb1jFhwsmQHuAAw6iqhN8LhQY_f2nO10LE0lsE5rmhHSOTMn6TY6EIfgTN-hj48fU4rfDVUzGpMHVnnsZrTn6lVXzw0JR0lXL2o4DTUsDjJ90mLOnDPi219Ms4QnZUUeEZ_T4wvfaY0kSovA-7Ojkkm76u0AAs0vGmdL4W2u5AMAWJi2OgZNCQ/s320/PXL_20230319_231048757.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsZVQCvVFPvR8DQb0k589JCfRN53NhDgG9kOYbhfomQDdYbUyFAKu922hntdsFmy-XEG0ZQQ9zD9pgV3zRPEMN_8WQt_9D_NeD_9J84UR7CFKl-vHeAirpuDSNA2thS7_lUq3ZgRh8sB7DAtHgKk2NCXhYu6I7bEMChwku4GFavFFDD2rkJMVDHYdDA/s4080/PXL_20230319_231640982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsZVQCvVFPvR8DQb0k589JCfRN53NhDgG9kOYbhfomQDdYbUyFAKu922hntdsFmy-XEG0ZQQ9zD9pgV3zRPEMN_8WQt_9D_NeD_9J84UR7CFKl-vHeAirpuDSNA2thS7_lUq3ZgRh8sB7DAtHgKk2NCXhYu6I7bEMChwku4GFavFFDD2rkJMVDHYdDA/s320/PXL_20230319_231640982.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I tried her in Cinna's dressage-legal Myler but (which has the same mouthpiece as the pelham she used to go in) and she seemed very comfortable, so that was encouraging! </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUaocRjHQPJ_kgwxzCQWw9OuhCSVMc4HoAlxajSREQ8CLUpnMq5cgbk0hDVQl4XcoUIHxc3KBkpVjrpAwuy-GJRR3jBeXJPmTqGvpuhkAoWUN2wtqcd_qBL7ZdTgr4i-cyuJNCOu1Byri2oepaDq7AGrvooCLkQOD13gd7EA6siHr6jzsGtA9iXvE1A/s4080/PXL_20230319_231755344.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUaocRjHQPJ_kgwxzCQWw9OuhCSVMc4HoAlxajSREQ8CLUpnMq5cgbk0hDVQl4XcoUIHxc3KBkpVjrpAwuy-GJRR3jBeXJPmTqGvpuhkAoWUN2wtqcd_qBL7ZdTgr4i-cyuJNCOu1Byri2oepaDq7AGrvooCLkQOD13gd7EA6siHr6jzsGtA9iXvE1A/s320/PXL_20230319_231755344.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of our ride we went for a pasture wander β₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Ruby's dressage saddle is probably a smidge too narrow for her, but she's an odd fit. Very prominent withers, short back, not a lot of real estate. So finding her her own saddle will probably be challenging, but for now, Ruby's isn't atrocious.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3aPEfYW63TQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="3aPEfYW63TQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mu3X0mTvSfo" width="320" youtube-src-id="mu3X0mTvSfo"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V0tWnHQKf64" width="320" youtube-src-id="V0tWnHQKf64"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A5-3Ql671U4" width="320" youtube-src-id="A5-3Ql671U4"></iframe></div><br /><div>I cannot say enough good things about what a kind soul this mare is - actually someone who knew her from her time in AZ sent me a nice message over the weekend and told me how sweet the mare was and that they hoped we had a lot of fun with her β₯οΈ I am DYING to take her out for a lesson/assessment with TrainerB, because she knows wayyyyyy more than me. She cheerfully offered up flying changes and some canter half pass Sunday night, even though I clearly had NO idea what I was doing. We didn't work long, because she's not super fit, but I'm hoping some long slow trail miles over the next few months will lead to a fitter horse I can take some lessons on!</div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599298708593134981.post-12605792832234234882023-03-21T06:00:00.002-07:002023-03-21T06:00:00.168-07:00Lesson Recap: Show Prep<div>Last weekend, of course my lesson was on the coldest day of the week π₯Άπ₯Ά </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobzcBtFFHAXTtZe38GHJQF1vK6S4bfjBkohSlX7QUTfv6jE5UQIOZfWNGgWhfXe78xsOm30ETT_8j9qmXf5Lqa3C3B7I-I0YfEv1gH9Jb6dDa5zy-HSRqrN3b2ZSuYb7UFDjzG-H8535EUdIqM9YBH1IXtTxu8Ou9WaV0RjHDujJDT5KKctnXqDym3w/s4080/PXL_20230318_125711820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobzcBtFFHAXTtZe38GHJQF1vK6S4bfjBkohSlX7QUTfv6jE5UQIOZfWNGgWhfXe78xsOm30ETT_8j9qmXf5Lqa3C3B7I-I0YfEv1gH9Jb6dDa5zy-HSRqrN3b2ZSuYb7UFDjzG-H8535EUdIqM9YBH1IXtTxu8Ou9WaV0RjHDujJDT5KKctnXqDym3w/s320/PXL_20230318_125711820.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklQcGW7nVNVuqvhBLrRGhBCJJzJihXGdqV3evtGmHiw1Qkwwfpw6M0gKDJRRy75u7ESTE33952F83HCpWTaRL0XI9KgpXCq4SdhAr8_NeuT394XB9yhr3utagwZnsqotN9fdm16WaiQstRH8mOIVPaFnyoet-UjzToDOYSOEg_S-HVAWuyJTgyRpSpw/s4080/PXL_20230318_155106087.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklQcGW7nVNVuqvhBLrRGhBCJJzJihXGdqV3evtGmHiw1Qkwwfpw6M0gKDJRRy75u7ESTE33952F83HCpWTaRL0XI9KgpXCq4SdhAr8_NeuT394XB9yhr3utagwZnsqotN9fdm16WaiQstRH8mOIVPaFnyoet-UjzToDOYSOEg_S-HVAWuyJTgyRpSpw/s320/PXL_20230318_155106087.MP.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmYFz_50cKQBeLk2nijomPv9dD43W1NW1MOKZ0mZ_M4RcnVEGaAk-oCK0jbkxsSS8-ttMMjwpk61LQbBrc6uTBCmsl9tDEEDkqUWOzcm-vuXIpe8Lew1g1p8WcsQRX2UeqSBMaPTKELnq--cIWFzSOtHNYAhVz1oEM9Qo_4ezXg11QmN2c4450cqXgg/s4080/PXL_20230318_172927125.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmYFz_50cKQBeLk2nijomPv9dD43W1NW1MOKZ0mZ_M4RcnVEGaAk-oCK0jbkxsSS8-ttMMjwpk61LQbBrc6uTBCmsl9tDEEDkqUWOzcm-vuXIpe8Lew1g1p8WcsQRX2UeqSBMaPTKELnq--cIWFzSOtHNYAhVz1oEM9Qo_4ezXg11QmN2c4450cqXgg/s320/PXL_20230318_172927125.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby: "this is bullshit"<br />Also, she was DISGUSTING and I couldn't really clean her up π₯΄ she had mud castanets in her tail. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIqCBSAYO813Km4eqwdtmMs7RFFutKc7-0ePnOUjZzi4ygjLJr5ABdksNSff1Vu39lQGVpyEUL4IrjTuhfEBD60eZXYjhmSZlB-CQNOo8Fzjvw7RGTUDpSPbjzfrWCch9IHAoev_uWN012NtyiAUuS4ZoRKIzZKM7aUPZ-fFcLIwHR3NuZZkPT0Yj1w/s3280/PXL_20230318_173438866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIqCBSAYO813Km4eqwdtmMs7RFFutKc7-0ePnOUjZzi4ygjLJr5ABdksNSff1Vu39lQGVpyEUL4IrjTuhfEBD60eZXYjhmSZlB-CQNOo8Fzjvw7RGTUDpSPbjzfrWCch9IHAoev_uWN012NtyiAUuS4ZoRKIzZKM7aUPZ-fFcLIwHR3NuZZkPT0Yj1w/s320/PXL_20230318_173438866.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I grumbled a lot, but man it ended up being a good lesson! We're showing in (less than) two weeks and everything is feeling so solid. I hadn't gotten to ride between lessons (weather + too many horses lol) but Ruby always just picks right back wherever we left off the last ride. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOQCCsoRi0kKbihs3PKKVwHL0HkMu1YfA2lfgyJE6JZREgJCxQ5Lw37aFCBDk3wyhdt0kaH2dxYJ5QjpoDkggaNFp3IcMxS4YiGZT15KGgojP8mbzjsDIeL0OQaNKvM2ASJKm-18P2lK-3rCv5ux3So609i77doQ7mfurXZxlewKe43hd5uDY6_3JWw/s4080/PXL_20230318_174707037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOQCCsoRi0kKbihs3PKKVwHL0HkMu1YfA2lfgyJE6JZREgJCxQ5Lw37aFCBDk3wyhdt0kaH2dxYJ5QjpoDkggaNFp3IcMxS4YiGZT15KGgojP8mbzjsDIeL0OQaNKvM2ASJKm-18P2lK-3rCv5ux3So609i77doQ7mfurXZxlewKe43hd5uDY6_3JWw/s320/PXL_20230318_174707037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uRin1ecEl0L75anDnQiCcmNjrv4egqBc3D23S_GuUtu6wiejiTzQfePzvkM9xgGGOvFoRIpmpwSM9-qp_8ec4CeUFOtXqGAorOe_DsP4gGtL2iqIzeBAdnnmYWp1t9B184LICNaUwXkxHjc_ZR0oQULSLz_krowEgTA87KNnCaIj_rQZ-L_sTBtzFw/s1920/PXL_20230318_174708904_exported_140584.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9uRin1ecEl0L75anDnQiCcmNjrv4egqBc3D23S_GuUtu6wiejiTzQfePzvkM9xgGGOvFoRIpmpwSM9-qp_8ec4CeUFOtXqGAorOe_DsP4gGtL2iqIzeBAdnnmYWp1t9B184LICNaUwXkxHjc_ZR0oQULSLz_krowEgTA87KNnCaIj_rQZ-L_sTBtzFw/s320/PXL_20230318_174708904_exported_140584.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being EXTRA AF in the leg yields lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We are getting so much more solid in the cantering quietly without Ruby constantly being like ADD POWER WHEEEEEE. And after figuring out what the issue was with leg yielding off my right leg, now TrainerB likes those better than the other way (same with the canter when we first started lessoning haha). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xKeUDG7nLJI" width="320" youtube-src-id="xKeUDG7nLJI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qH0IRVDrQUE" width="320" youtube-src-id="qH0IRVDrQUE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4R8m57Va6ZE" width="320" youtube-src-id="4R8m57Va6ZE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmxMKp7SIfo" width="320" youtube-src-id="MmxMKp7SIfo"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cpZaMwpWWLM" width="320" youtube-src-id="cpZaMwpWWLM"></iframe></div><br /><div>Now I just... Need to learn my tests π and make sure all my show stuff fits! </div>TrainwreckInTealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557554448624901955noreply@blogger.com6