Too Many Foals
Anniversary!
It’s been nearly a year since Pilar threw me and I broke my arm and dislocated my shoulder. It’s almost healed since then and I have decided on what tattoo I want to celebrate still being alive.
Now I just need to find the monies.
Explaining the Diagonal
Pilar is making great progress over fall. She is not stepping over her own feet nearly as much as she used to, and riding her no longer feels like you have to carry her entire front part on the outer rein.
But the diagonal. Dude, the diagonal.
We probably all remember that first riding instructor yelling at us to change the reins on the diagonal when we change the direction of the circle. Well, Pilar needs a lot more of that. Every time we switch direction she keeps trying to put her weight on the wrong leg, making her flounder and fail to put her shoulder in.
She’s getting better at it. And my riding instructor is laughing her ass off because I keep explaining it to her like she was a first time on horseback five year old while we ride.
On the Subject of Acupuncture
Surprisingly, it works. I’ve had needles jammed into my butt twice now, and a lot of the tension is just gone. Poof, like that.
I’ma catch the backyard hedgehog and sit on it.
Another Batch of Horse Funnies
It’s time for another batch of random pictures that came my way on the interwebs…
Got good ones of your own? Never hesitate to throw ’em my way.