Powder’s Progress – Take a Giant Step

October 6, 2010Posted inPowder
Surprise!  I asked Jennifer Vaught if she might want to train Powder for 30 days and the answer is YES! We're talking mid October thru Mid November.  I've also just about talked Jenny into blogging about training Powder. Wouldn't that be something! I think everyone should send Jenny an email and tell her how excited you would be to read a blog about Jenny's thoughts during 30 days of training.  What does she hope to accomplish in the daily sessions? What happens during Powder's training.  When does the first ride happen?  How…

Powder’s Progress – Two Years Old Today!

October 4, 2010Posted inPowder
  She was born two years ago.  Her birthday is today!  But hold on! She's going to be two again in 2011...for showing purposes!  Powder is two, she'll have two birthdays.   Isn't that two cool! Powder was born in October and the rule is...Oct. thru December babies are deemed to attain their age in the following year. In this past few weeks, I'm determined that Powder will have the best horse development ever.  I've been playing with her at home and taking her to Pine Dell. Taking Powder to Pine…

Nova’s Notebook – Gaiting Out on the Trail

October 3, 2010Posted inNOVA
  Hope and I got to ride on the first crisp days of the Fall Weekend.  Hope's husband wondered if 50 degrees was going to be too cold for us to ride. ha! We are cowgirl trail riders (for a while yet..until it gets too cold for us) Here's Hope on Chip, a beautiful silver chocolate Rocky Mountain horse. Today, even the green alge was beautiful on one of the many lakes and ponds we ride by at James A. Reed park. We had a great time in the windy…

Powder’s Progress- Phases of Pressure

September 27, 2010Posted inPowder
Here's my terrible confession.  I am writing this blog just to publish some recent pictures of Powder. Don't worry, I have more from this great Sunday Fall afternoon.  You'll get to see all of them, eventually. Here's our self protrait. It's my blog.  I can do whatever I want!  See how my eyebrows match her hair.  If I want, I can have half my hair match Powder, but I would never admit that to anyone!  Let's just leave it at my eyebrows for now.  I love it when my horse…

Powder’s Progress- Liberty Game

September 26, 2010Posted inPowder
It's a game we love to play. We turn the horses loose in the arena and wait for them to want to come back to us. The rules for the horses are trot or canter, maintain the same direction and don't cut thru the middle.That last rule is important because that's where the humans stand.  Tony called her "sassy"!  Sassy she was indeedy.  In the above picture, her goal was to be the leading horse. She cut the corner to pass Spike and JR. Not only did Powder cut thru…

Mom’s Life

September 24, 2010Posted inMiscellaneous
Check out THE AMERICAN TENORS My son is a singer and I've been gone three wonderful days to watch and hear him sing. Nathan Granner is one of The American Tenors.  This is an awesome wonderful group.  Three of us went down to Hot Springs to hear two concerts at Hot Springs Village.  Ben Gulley and Marcus McConico are the other singers. We heard opera, show tunes, pop tunes and some great Mario Lanza tunes sang by classically trained tenors.  If that doesn't beat all, nothing else will either! Frank McNamara is…