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...
A newscaster pointed out this morning that Colorado’s Front Range endured 88 hours of snow and cold. My, where does the time go? If you have a horse stable, it goes into preparation before the storm and snow-response during and after the storm. After months without...
Sandy spies her horse friends having fun. It takes a certain amount of determination to get out on the horses after two snowstorms, even though the temperatures hovered in the mid-30’s here. I forgot to factor in horsey cabin fever, which made for a spirited ride on...
Cayla Stone's lesson group tries a jumping exercise that required lots of transitions and tight turns. Yours truly on Sandy, my older palomino Morgan mare, aka: Poudre River Stable's Chief Executive Mental Health Professional. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day...
https://youtu.be/UtvjejtYTZs Progress report: Stardust now has all of her gaits! Great advances since she arrived in April 2017, not very happy about interacting with humans (below). Sandy is the one trying to get in the way of the camera. The little black bonnets are...
No wonder they're singin' the blues. Stardust has to carry the tools. Sandy carries me. Read more about Stardust and Sandy.
This from the horse that takes dirt "baths" every morning at turnout.
It's a whole different ballgame when the groom turns into a monster and wears their hooded, lime-green raincoat.