Photo by Kalinda Livingston These double rainbows visit us once or twice a year. The trick is catching one!
On the Farm
Keep horse vital signs with you
Knowing when to call the vet often depends on knowing horse vital signs, but in an emergency, remembering normal signs can be brutal. One solution is to add normal horse vital signs to your phone contacts where you can quickly find them. Click on the sample image...
Prom night at PRS!
We've had a lot of special-occasion photo-shoots at PRS, and this one comes particularly to mind, but tonight was our first prom night... The Ward herd, background above and below, wondered what, exactly, just happened. Mary Ward did all the...
When life gives you manure..
..make compost! Thanks to Moo Betta, LLC, and owner Aaron Larson for helping with our manure management program. Besides shelter, food and daily care, manure management is at the top of good stable practices. As part of our program, we pay Moo Betta to regularly...
Plowed out at the barn
Pretty proud of our snow work today. All upper lanes, parking areas done! If you ever decide to go into horse boarding in Colorado, make sure you get a good tractor and, among other things, snow equipment. Many thanks to Gregg Doster on his Massey-Ferguson 4707 with...
Overnight, short-term boarding added
Riverside pens now open to overnight, short-term boarding. We ran a little experiment this fall with short-term boarding at our riverside pens, and are now comfortable with welcoming overnight or short-term boarders during warm weather. Thanks for spreading the word!...
Giving thanks: ‘… Sandy stared the train down’
As Thanksgiving rolls around, thinking about things I am hugely grateful for, Sandy comes to mind. Sandy arrived here in May 2017 and this stout little golden girl promptly captured our hearts. Sandy under the old cottonwood, lower pasture, October 2020. Photo: Mary...
‘Did anyone ever tell you that you’re beautiful when you’re angry?’
Hobbes, the sorrel AQHA gelding right, gives Persephone the Mustang a few pointers. Hobbes, age 15, did his best John Wayne when he squired two-year-old Persephone the Mustang around our lanes this weekend. The pair bantered back and forth as Hobbes, the sorrel AQHA...