I know you’re probably expecting a show report… because the show did happen. However, I’m a) still processing things and b) sick. So hopefully tonight I’ll get a chance to get my thoughts together and write everything down, but until then here is a fabulous start to the return of the OTTB Spotlight! Today’s OTTB showcase has one of the most unique names I’ve heard for a mare… Bacon! I secretly want her to get a barn mate called Pancake. 😉…
I believe it was Ainsley Carter who first brought the phrase, “Monogram is a lifestyle” to my attention – and I certainly love it! There are lots of great vinyl monogram companies out there for the equestrian world (sneak peek – we may be visiting one later this holiday season), but Swanky Saddle first caught my attention on instagram with an entirely different kind of monogram. Check out this saddle plate folks. Have you ever seen a saddle plate as cool…
When my mom was visiting most recently, we headed out for a day of wine tasting and shopping in Texas hill country. While we played the “let’s see which white is the least sweet on this tasting menu,” a glorious idea happened. It’s the fall Thoroughbred season at Retama Park! My mom had never been to a horse race before, and going to the races in Texas was on my 30 under 30 list… so we headed out to the…
I’m out gallavanting with my mom today during her annual Texas visit. Mostly, we’re trying to stay warm because it’s COLD here for November. I haven’t taken a ton of new pictures lately, so here is a “Photography Friday” of horses I have owned, leased, or ridden in the past… no including Elvis since there are a zillion pictures of him on this blog already. Obviously, I’m not the one riding since I’ve taken these 😉 There are many more,…
A while ago, I wrote a post called the Makings of a Great Blog. I still like that post,and I still agree with what I wrote two years ago now. Now I know a lot more of the blogging community than I did back then. Though I’ve always followed a lot of horse blogs, I feel more a part of the community now. I talk to lots of bloggers on a daily basis, and if I’m being honest I’m being…
Last time on the Rat Race series, we talked about how easy it is to get caught in the trend of buying tack for trends instead of function. I loved reading and responding to so many comments on how people feel about this subject, and hope today’s blog post can insight just as much discussion. I very well may eat my words here in a year or so if/when I move up divisions, but the rat race aspect I’d like…
Life is really one big compromise, am I right? This doesn’t exclude the horse world, but sometimes I think people forget that… myself included. In every aspect of my little bubble of equestriandom, I compromise. Some are instinctive and easy, while others are harder to swallow. The most prominent example of my ‘not so favorite’ compromise is my lovely, eight year old horse with hock arthritis of a 20 year old Grand Prix jumper. That was a compromise I accepted…
Once upon a time I made my living entirely from graphic design. This is shocking, because I’m a mediocre designer at best. These days I do more project management/content UI/writing than design, but for a brief point in my career there was a magical time where I was paid to draw ponies on the computer for a living. Draw ponies. On the computer. For a living. Squee! Recently I stumbled across a lot of these assets, some I did for…