Ben and I went to visit the nearby village of Selborne today, famous for being the home of 18th century naturalist, Gilbert White. We didn't actually explore his house (I confess, I know very little about him, and besides - in the spirit of naturalists everywhere, I wanted to explore actual nature instead!), but we DID visit the little tea shop ( Read more... )

Current thoughts on my mule: bbhdsfwerjeot[g ADORABLE. I love him so much I can't talk about him coherently. He's awesome. He's put his nose into the halter two days in a row, now, when I go to catch him. And when I take his halter off at the end of our session, he stays with me ( Read more... )

it is sooo good to have my 'extended lunch breaks' back on Weds-Fri! Yesterday, Ben and Iris came to meet me as I finished work for the morning; we then went home the long way round, along country roads and through the Devil's Punchbowl, making it about 6 miles in total. I learnt that trying to photograph from a bike is much harder than ( Read more... )

If I lived on this hill, maybe I would tire of seeing the view every day; but after three and a half months of traveling up and down this lane at least sixteen times a week, I still adore it. I love the colours and the curve of the road; the way the high banks and thick foliage give the impression of safety; the bold squirrels and the deer I ( Read more... )

More meme.

5 Places I Have Lived1. Cambridgeshire (I lived in the city itself until I was about three-years-old; my only memories are playing with pegs on the kitchen floor, sitting on the swing in the garden and thinking that the trees were all going to fall on me, and finding that my rabbit had died. I then lived in a Cambridgeshire village ( Read more... )

Today was pretty awesome! :) We slept in until 10am, Ben went and sorted the horses while I sorted the washing, and then we went over to our friend Anne's house where Ben gave her and her lovely mare, Heidi, a lesson. On the way home from there we stopped off at Wagoners Wells, a set of 17th century man-made lakes set amidst woodland that I have ( Read more... )

It has been a very good weekend! :) Yesterday we had a really easy, lazy day; a nice lie-in, followed by playing with horses (Ben rode Iris, and I played at being a competent horseman by doing groundwork with Cash) and visiting a friend of ours who Ben was giving a horsemanship lesson to. I actually recorded it for a DITL, so I'll post photos from ( Read more... )

I have discovered a subterranean wall in my garden ( Read more... )

Today, there was snow. Rather a lot of snow (Canadian friends: sssh! This IS a lot of snow!).


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Yay! First ride of 2013 today. I had an (unintentional) month long break from going over to Sussex to ride Bob the Quarter Horse, so it was nice to be out on him again. He's a nice little horse, and I love that he's also a really grumpy old git. :P Ha ( Read more... )