Fizzy

His registered name is Barcardi Nites. Since I am not much of a drinker these days and since that name sounds more like a quarter horse moniker,his pasture name is Cirrus. Half brother, Nimbus, registered name, Midnite TooStep, has the same reason for a name change. One is my little dark cloud and the other [...]

Knock it Off!

I’m serious, you two! Don’t make me come out there!

Sliding Stops

During the night and early morning, it rained a half inch. Norene, my best bud and AZtrek survivor, had scheduled riding for this morning. Since we had not had a chance to ride together all year, I did not want to miss the opportunity.
After getting the horses, it took the best part of an hour [...]

Have You Heard?

Cesar Millan (the Dog Whisperer) and Pat Parelli are doing a television show together?

Kansas City, Parelli Weekend

I am back from my Parelli weekend in Kansas City. Last chance to see the tour this year and I understand next year the format of the tour stops will change and there will be only seven American stops. Luckily, two will be near enough to attend.
I took a ga-zillion photos with the Nikon D-80. [...]

Winner of the ACEO original art give-away is…

N. Faye!
Congratulations!!!
I will have another give-away soon, so keep tuned!

Black Horse ACEO

Cougar or Chupacabra?

Lately, there have been rumors of a cougar being sighted in this part of Iowa, and in particular, just within a mile of where I pasture the horses. A couple of fellows say some of their hunting dogs went missing and were found hanging in the fork of a tree and not in a condition [...]

Dancing Ponies

The Arabian “boys”
Sophie:

Dulci:

ACEO Original Artwork Give-Away

For anyone who does not know what an ACEO is:
ACEO stands for “Art Cards, Editions and Originals”. These cards have one main rule – they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches – the size of a trading card.
The reason for this is, of course, that Art Cards are made to be traded! But while artists [...]

Cat-astrophies

On a quiet early morning last week, I cheerfully let the dogs out the south door and was puttering around, zombie-like as usual before my coffee, when I felt something was amiss. How I managed to not see it right off when I entered the room still bothers me. This is what I found in [...]