Moved 3 of the pwnies from the Ponderaia to their new home last weekend. I led out on Ofeigur because I know the trails better than anyone else. (Not bragging, but I personally entered 95% of the trails in the 3500 acre Harold Parker State Forest into OpenStreetMap myself.) Not that the route was complicated - go to the parking lot, cross the ( Read more... )

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The past 5 days have been mostly about the horse, starting with a call at 7am Thursday from the morning feeder, saying she had kind of staggered sideways up to the barn, and was currently stumbling around in circles in her stall. (The horses are turned out 24/7, and only come in for their grain ( Read more... )

This has been the week of dental work ( Read more... )

(Gawd, I've been doing a lot of these lately. Maybe I should make a running icon, but I really like PirateBot ( Read more... )

Damn, it was cold today, but I went riding anyway. After not riding most of the fall, for no good reason, I'm trying to get Gemi back into work, and muscle her up again ( Read more... )

- The day began with getting trod on (and nearly trampled) by a bitch-mare named Chloe. My foot isn't broken, but is bruised and a bit swollen.

+ Under the malign influence of xthread, I tracked down a local source of Greylock Gin, but instead came away with their Ethereal Gin. It's Batch 4, not the Batch 5 they're currently advertising, but it's still " ( Read more... )

Here's a house we looked at on Sunday. ( after trying for two months )

Ljufur is shedding out, although none of the other horses are.

I saw my first mosquito of the season.

I also saw my first tick of the season (on mah belleh).

First, big thanks to those who responded to my pathetic attempts at fund-raising. You guys rock! (Let me know if you want to be identified publicly, or you can identify yourselves in comments.)

Second, huge thanks to goddessfarmer for the loan of her truck and trailer. Seriously, I couldn't have done this ride without you. Any other day of the year, I could ( Read more... )