March 13, 2015
A friend posted this on facebook and after recovering from a minor moment of child-hood-memory induced anxiety (what horse kid did not have anxiety over Atreyu’s loss of Artex in the swamp of sadness?) I laughed my butt off.
Yep, sometime this is how it feels during mud season.
Posted by riderofchaos on March 13, 2015
https://blueridgepony.com/2015/03/13/hello-mud-season/
March 12, 2015
Over the past few weeks I managed to get in a couple road hacks with Simon, and a few *driveway* hacks with Poe. Nothing exciting or all that entertaining to share. I did ride Poe in the snow a few times, and he was nice and steady. Simon was like riding a giraffe wearing roller skates on ice when I took him in the snow.
And now, we are done with snow. Bring on the mud.
Posted by riderofchaos on March 12, 2015
https://blueridgepony.com/2015/03/12/kissing-winter-goodbye/
March 10, 2015
I saw a meme on Facebook this weekend stating something about how spring forward is like Christmas for equestrians. This spring forward we were just coming out of a snow storm with low temperatures and BOOM, we were hit with sunny temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
I had the say off with no plans and spent it mending fences, milling around, playing with the ponies and the dogs and enjoying the weather. I saw for a while and watched the snow in the barnyard practically turning to mud before my eyes.
Monday morning hit and I had a spring forward hang over. My head was tight, my eyes were tired and getting out of bed was like trying to wake from a coma. We still had snow on the ground, but that was sure to melt quickly looking at a week of warm weather and some rain. And to remind me of my Sunday, my arms were a little pink and I felt like I absorbed some vitamin D.
Posted by riderofchaos on March 10, 2015
https://blueridgepony.com/2015/03/10/happy-spring-forward/
March 9, 2015
“-who proudly claimed he was eight years old on the ground and eighteen years old in the saddle-“
I think it is a cool quote, particularly for a non-equestrian book.
I am re-reading a book series by E.E. Knight called Vampire Earth (ironically there are no vampires even remotely like Ann Rice’s or from Twilight. Think Aliens). I read this series quite a few years ago and several more books in the series have come out since. So I decided to start it over rather than just picking up where I left off. I am on, Choice of the Cat: Book Two.
The link to E.E. Knight’s Amazon Author page.
http://www.amazon.com/E.E.-Knight/e/B001IGSW6Y/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Posted by riderofchaos on March 9, 2015
https://blueridgepony.com/2015/03/09/quote-e-e-knight-from-choice-of-the-cat/
February 21, 2015
The snow started at about 7:30 this morning. I moved the ponies into the smaller paddock that has a double run in so there would be plenty of space for them to get out of the weather.
I snapped off these photos around noon.
Posted by riderofchaos on February 21, 2015
https://blueridgepony.com/2015/02/21/ponies-in-the-snow/
Blue Ridge Pony 