My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I’m sure you’ve all noticed that your horses prefer some horses to others . . . Zelda and Curly, for example, started mutually grooming each other very soon after they were introduced — instant BFFs. Zelda’s previous owner told me she’d never really bonded with other horses, and although Curly “gets along” with every horse […]
Read MoreMuch has been made about the value of creating the perfect mousetrap. Well, I’m ready to collect my royalties. And guess what? The perfect mousetrap is a simple creation, one that I guarantee you will already have in your barn. At home we’ve tried any number of traps and bait. We even have three cats. […]
Read MoreThe Northeast is finally starting the great thaw and the promise of Spring is in the warmth of the sun, the welcome site of pavement on my driveway, and the massive amounts of horse hair coming off Freedom and Zelda in clumps. I’ve never been so glad to experience shedding! Yesterday the temperatures here in […]
Read MoreZelda loves meals on wheels. She’s never met a food delivery vehicle that she didn’t like! Today my husband took his snow blower over to the barn to create a path wide enough to drive food to the red barn. I don’t think that we’ll be getting a hay delivery truck down there any time […]
Read MoreYup, 100 inches. According to the news yesterday, we’ve had that much snow so far in Boston this year. 100 inches of snow is 8’3″. Sure, much of it has compacted down to a manageable 3′ or so, but it’s still a heck of a lot of snow. What things are 100 inches? Here are […]
Read MoreEveryone knows that here in New England we’ve had too much snow. But unless you’ve lived through this kind of weather, you may not think about the consequences beyond the inconvenience of slogging through three or four feet of compressed snow, bone chilling temperatures and roads barely wide enough for a car to pass through. […]
Read MoreAfter another foot of snow fell last night, adding insult to injury. The snow is now so deep that it’s almost subsumed our fencing at the barn. You can still see the wooden post fencing, but the internal tape fencing? It’s pretty much underwater. The good news is that there’s so much snow that even […]
Read MoreJust when we’d almost dug out from the last storm, we’ve been hit by another. This one came with less fanfare, very few ominous warnings in the media, and no driving ban but it dumped almost as much snow on us and left the roads nearly impassible. Thankfully, I didn’t need to walk to the […]
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