My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I recently discovered the blog of one of my favorite equine photographers: Sarah K. Andrews. Here’s a post well worth looking at: 2008 – A Year in Photos. There are some wonderful equine photos in this collection. Enjoy!
Read MoreAwhile back I wrote a post that stated you should feed your horse a minimum of 1.5% of it’s body weight in forage. It’s also useful to know how much your horse weighs when calculating grain rations and dosages of de-wormers and medications. Under estimating the weight of your horse can cause problems with medications […]
Read MoreIn anticipation of the winter weather expected to hit the Boston area over night, here are some of my favorite examples of snow horses and ice horses. I expect mine will resemble one of these — I’ll have to bring my camera to the barn in the morning!
Read MoreI’m not looking for another horse but I still love to browse the ads. I find it particularly amusing to try to read in-between the lines and figure out what the seller really means. Here are some of the “code” words and how they can be translated! Not all mine, but gleaned from the Internet. […]
Read MoreI spent several days between Christmas and New Year’s in New York City. My father took ill over the holidays and is in the hospital and my daughter and I stayed to visit him. I grew up in New York, a fact that is hard to believe given my more rural pursuits now. There I […]
Read MoreSometimes a small act of kindness from a stranger can make a huge difference. Today I was worrying about my father. He’s been in the hospital since last Saturday and I had to come home yesterday. When I spoke to him this morning, he craved food from outside the hospital (who can blame him?) I […]
Read More2008 was not a good year for me. First I lost my wonderful horse. Then my father suffered health problems which have kept him in the hospital over the holidays. For the past few months economic strains have made us all worried and I’m sure I’m not the only one who is still concerned. However, […]
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