Nova’s Notebook – Trail Riding is on Trails

November 28, 2010Posted inNOVA, Velvet
My friend Ken loves to rode.  He is a rider. That's the highest compliment I can bestow on a person. Hope on Velvet and I on Nova decided to double grace Ken's life and let him ride with us at Lake Perry again.  My last post was a statement of the rules.  Let me repeat my rules: Two hours Flat places for going fast This ride Ken followed the rules.  He found long stretches of flat land for us to go fast.  Ah...sigh... Then he lead us into the forest where…

Trail Rules – Everyone has rules!

November 20, 2010Posted inNOVA, Velvet
Ken, Hope and I rode a small portion of Lake Perry. Kansas, trails today.  I gave Ken my rules about trail riding.  It's gotta be 2 hours, It's got to be in the high 40's and There's gotta be flat land on which to go fast. He had great success with rules one and two.  We didn't have much flat land upon which to go fast. Oh well.  Other than the last part where we couldn't find a trail back to our trailers and we were lost for seemingly, hours - It was…

Friday thru Monday Happiness

November 15, 2010Posted inNOVA, Powder, Velvet
Just singing my happiness living my life with horses. Friday was wonderful.  Powder came home from her 30 days of training with Tony and Jennifer Vaught.  It was good to have her back in the pasture again.  Powder and Velvet had never met.  Powder didn't move fast enough to suit Velvet, so Powder lost some hair. She's very aware of Velvet now. Friday was lesson night.  I have my winter goals for  with Nova.  We are to trail walk with head down until she is really relaxed.  You remember that…

Nova’s Notebook – Trailride with Velvet and Nathan

October 30, 2010Posted inNOVA, Velvet
It's not often that I get to go trail riding with my son.  For a long long time early in my beginning adult riderhood, I realized that I didn't have a safe horse for a beginner to ride.  I now think I underestimated Nathan's riding ability, but you just never know. So, I have been-there-done -that horses now and safe for my son to ride!Nathan came out to James A Reed and rode with Hope and I. Velvet and Nathan led the way around the park.  Occasionally Velvet and Nathan…

Nova’s Notebook – Whinny!

October 20, 2010Posted inNOVA
Nova's best friend and half sister left in the trailer last Saturday.  It's now Wednesday and again Nova is still yelling in the pasture for Powder. POWDER! WHERE ARE YOU??? Nova and Goldie are pastured together right  now. But because Goldie has a bad leg and is crippled, she doesn't run around like Nova likes.  I believe Powder and Nova went all over the pasture and Goldie was able to keep them in sight.  Goldie must have been a herd of one in Nova's opinion. Nova misses her half sister.

Nova’s Notebook – Liberty Obstacle Course

October 18, 2010Posted inNOVA
It was called "Follow the Leader". We couldn't believe it. An obstacle course at liberty.  I was fairly confident that Nova and I would do well.  Were we going to start, run around a barrel and come home? That's all I could imagine. Imagine my surprise when the facility put up a real obstacle course, including a tipping bridge.  1.  Deer head mounted on one long arena rail and you needed to go close to it. 2. Scary stack of haybales with a scary Scarecrow stuck in the top of the bales with…