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/
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/
February 14, 2014
You might have heard of skijoring. There are some awesome photos and videos floating around of it. For those who have not, basically it is a person on skis being pulled by a horse.
We have about 1 1/2 feet of snow right now but I do not have skis, or friends with skis, so we decided to try pony sledding instead.
First we had to lay down a track, and with such deep snow that took some work. Simon was corporative and pulled Rich down the hill. And then back up the hill. Then we switched to sledders going down the hill and Simon pulling them back up the hill.
Simon was into it, and seemed to enjoy being part of the party. But after a while he was done and decided the sled, the purple one in particular, was going to eat him.
Clearly Simon and I will be spending some time dragging the purple sled around. We need to make sure he is fully prepared for our next pony sledding opportunity. Which hopefully will not be until next winter.
Later we switched to porch sledding. This involved piling snow on the front steps and down into the yard. And we put a jump in at the bottom of the steps. No ponies were involved but it was still a lot of fun.
Pulling rich down the hill to cut a path.
Posted by riderofchaos on February 14, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/14/pony-sledding-february-2014/
January 22, 2014
Why oh why didn’t I get snow pads on Simon last week?
We still had some fun this evening.
Posted by riderofchaos on January 22, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/01/22/a-little-fun-in-the-snow/
December 14, 2013
I took these photos on Thursday while attempting to ride Simon on his snowball shoes.
Posted by riderofchaos on December 14, 2013
https://blueridgepony.com/2013/12/14/winter-sunset/
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