trail notes, mmxvii-viii-xxvii

We thought we had a dry band opening up but it turned into more of a steady drizzle. Cú liked it better and better the wetter we got. (We don't know where the parakeet came from - we saw a bright flash of yellow flying among some sparrows and followed it into the trees.)

snippets, 8-27-2017

On Tom Dorrance:
More than a horseman, Tom Dorrance, a most extraordinary horseman, Part I, Tom Dorrance, a most extraordinary horseman, Part II.

critter notes, mmxvii-viii-xxvi

trail notes, mmxvii-viii-xxvi

We had a blustery dry band at noon so Ondine and I walked to the park. She was as supercharged as the atmosphere - loved it. 

horse notes, mmxviii-viii-xxiv

Sunny, the pretty palomino mare, just arrived, and there are a couple more gelding boarders on the way - full house at the ranch! Hot Shot seems to be doing better - he still has a little swelling around his hind fetlocks but he's not limping. It was raining when I left the house but dry at the ranch, and it turned into a really nice morning - got to chat with Kelly while the Natural Lifesmanship folks were doing some videography in one of the round pens. Those guys are doing some real cutting-edge connection/relationship work - I might have to look into taking their "fundamentals" course.  Glad I had a chance to get out today in case Saturday is wet; sounds like the coast might be in for a beating this weekend.

critter notes, mmxvii-viii-xxiii

trail notes, mmxvii-viii-xxiii

partial eclipse, august 2017

A fortuitous cloud swung by at the peak. :)

It was fun to see everyone all excited.

lesson notes, mmxvii-viii-xix

Hot Shot fetched up lame this morning so we did some care-taking - a cold water soak and a bath, then some quiet grazing while he dried.

horse notes, mmxvii-viii-xvi

snippets, 8-16-2017

The Guardian's caption for this painting, Kōnosu Station by Eisen, says that "the traveller on the left is a mendicant monk wearing a tengai – a conical straw hat that obscured the wearer’s identity and symbolised detachment from a worldly life." I gotta get me one of those.

Oh, this is great - check out this visualization (Dressage Today).

morning trail notes, mmxvii-viii-xiii