Last Thursday our vet came out to do Lady's exam and spring shots. I knew she was doing pretty okay, but considering she's going to be 22 this year and has had 5 years almost completely off of any real work, I wanted the chance to chat with him about what she needs. Overall, he…
Ride Journaling 3.3
March 28th... 45 minutes total, approximately 20 minutes in the saddle. This was basically just an okay day. Not really great, but not bad either. Just very much in the okay spectrum. This was the first time she didn't try to wander off when I went into the shed to get her saddle, so that…
Ride Journal 3/25
March 25th, 2020 I didn't do a lot of warmup this time around, or even really try to do anything in the mud. Just not worth it. Lol. After she was finished eating and I had brushed ANOTHER layer of muddy gross winter hair off of her, I tacked up. I played around with some…
Ride Journal 3/4-3/23
Wednesday, March 4th. Today wasn’t a riding day. It was a rainy day and I got out to the farm to feed and groom. Once I was out there though, it wasn’t actually raining so I decided to get her out and go for a walk. We explored the edges of the property out by…
End of February – Rides and Thoughts
For various personal reasons, I didn't really get out as much with the horses this last week. But, it didn't really rain!! So that was great. Since I decided to pick up some extra feed for Lady, I felt a bit more motivated to actually get out there to feed her a few times. So…
Feeding & Conditioning
So... I have an older horse and it's winter in Texas. So that's fun. She's been in decent shape this particular winter, especially compared to previous ones, but she's still not really in the place I want her to be now that I want to actually ride. All three ponies have free choice hay, plus…
weather struggles!
Honestly, when I originally put this post on my calendar to write it was labelled "the struggle of staying warm"... And now suddenly it's the middle, almost the end of February and I haven't even had to worry about it. Any time it's been super cold, it's also been raining so I haven't been outside…
Feelin’ Like a Weekend Warrior
Ride recap from February 15th - total time, 1 hour. riding time 15 minutes. Because of the rain.... good grief has it rained in Texas recently!! These past few weeks, the weekends have been quite lovely, but during the week it rains like we're in a drought or something. At this point, not only am…
In My Feelings
This whole last week felt like such a wash. I can't be all that upset, considering that I know exactly how Texas can be this time of year and trying to get on a consistent riding schedule in the middle of it was never going to go according to plan. The one nice weather day,…
Ready and…. Go!
Yup, that's right! I finally made it out to the farm and actually rode my own horse! For the first time since.... I'm not even quite sure. Summer sometime, I think, and that doesn't even count because I was super pregnant and only sat there for a minute or two I believe. Anyways... on to…
Dreaming of Hoofbeats 