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Howie and Blue Boy
This is Howie (his real name is Decameron). He is one of the newest additions to the barn. He's a yearling Hanoverian that Patience is trying (kind of like test driving a car, but on a horse). He's...
Perry's First Day
Today was Perry's first day of work and I think he found it pretty easy. After all, we've been playing games like "walk and stop with me" for quite a while now. The differences this time were that h...
New Schedule
Tomorrow is the first day of my new schedule. I've left my morning work, at least for the fall...probably at least until the spring and I wouldn't be surprised if it's longer than that before I get b...
Toad Invasion
This is one of the many toads who finds his way into the barn. He's not particularly special in that he's beautiful or anything...he's the one that was there when I had the camera. They burrow into ...
Deer
Tony's been borrowing one of his friend's lenses (he borrowed it for the beach...check out our pictures!) and I've been taking it to work with me. I also borrowed Dad's camera (Tony wrote about that ...
Luke (New News)
Well, several things have happened in Luke's life since I last wrote. He's no longer being rushed to find a new home. His owner has agreed to find him a nice home, rather than trying to rush his dea...
Luke
Luke has been at the barn for the last year due to an injury "on the job." The lady who rode him was a working student of Patience's and thought that he'd have a good life there to begin his recovery...
Foggy Morning
Yesterday I wrote about the mornings at the barn that are just cloudy enough to be beautiful. The other day (I forget now, which day it was), it was really foggy. It seemed kind of dangerous for dri...
Sunrise
One of many gorgeous views I have the pleasure of seeing most mornings at work. Sure, there are the dark, dull, rainy days (though one can't complain about a chance of rain, lately), but they are not...
Work for the Spring
I'm not working as much over the spring semester. I'm going to be taking more classes and I want to be able to focus on them. I told Patience that I wanted to see if Miranda was willing to take my T...
Thanksgiving Break?
That's right. This week (a whole week) was Thanksgiving Break at school. The problem with that is, I had lots of homework and an invitation to work every day this week. Of course, I took the offer ...
Six Hours
Six hours can be a long time or a short time. I'm sure you know that. The horses were left in last night, so I had nine stalls to muck. As it is right before the weekend, I had some stalls I needed...
"He Likes You"
No, it's not as girly as it sounds. Sorry. Well, not really. Whatever. The point is not to argue how girly the post is. The point, when I get to it, is about riding today.Anna said I could ride t...
Three Weeks of Testing
Patience is leaving tomorrow for a trip to California with her husband. For three weeks, Anna and I are going to be taking care of the barn ourselves and for a couple days I'm going to be taking care...
Riding the Silly Horse
Today I stayed at work pretty late because I was going to watch Anna ride Moo. Patience was working on the tractor and she'd said something about teaching me to drive the tractor. So once she got th...
Olympic Vet
When Patience told me the vet that works with the horses that compete in the Olympics was coming, I didn't really know what to expect. She said he was a busy man and that pretty much everything gets ...
Rion's Dilemma
Today was just another Wednesday until I went back to work for my afternoon "shift." I was getting ready to put Rion out, but I noticed he had a really hard time walking as his left hind leg was stuc...
Smelling Fly Spray
Patience tries to control the flies in the barn with a timed-release fly spray. There are little boxes you put a can of fly spray in and every 15 minutes, somehow, the thing knows to spray the can an...
Outdoor Websites
I'm working on a project over at the Blue Ridge Outdoors Campground that involves reviewing outdoor websites (especially those that focus on the Blue Ridge Area). I don't really look at outdoorsy web...
Riding
I talked to Patience today and asked if the offer she made when she first hired me of riding time was still open. She said it was and asked if I'd like to ride. I said yes and she asked if I had any...
One Smart Cookie
Horses are smart. I know, you probably already know that. Sometimes, it's irritating how smart they can be. Bam and Dakini get put in the Far Field at night and in the morning, I go to get them. P...
Notes on the Horses
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for.... I now present to you, the horses of the barn at Keswick. Well, minus Perry and Dewey, of whom I have no pictures currently. Eventually I will and...
Silly Horse (Or is it Silly Me?)
I'm working at a dressage barn for right now (I'm on a two week trial period). There is a Quarter Horse/Morgan cross there named Moo. For the first couple of days, we got along just fine. One day, ...
Re: Job News
This morning (10 am), I had an appointment with Student Moving Services about a job. Paul, the man I talked to, was very nice, but almost seemed as if he thought I didn't know what I was getting myse...
New Priorities
Right now, I need to completely focus on finding a job, so the Arizona posts are going to have to wait. It takes a lot of time to rewrite the stuff I have in my journal, so I'm going to put that off ...
News from Last Few Days
There are a couple of things I failed to mention. Last Friday, Tony, David, and I went kayaking. David had quiet an adventure and wrote about it.Monday, I had went to talk to one of my uncle's frien...
Things on Silver Platters
Life isn't going to be handed to you on a silver platter.I know that.You have to work for things every once in a while, you know.I know, but it would be nice if something came out of my work, you know...
Job Updates
I got a phone call this morning from a lady at the SPCA about the application that I turned in yesterday. As I didn't recognize the number, I didn't answer the phone, but Sue Mantz (sp?) left me a me...
The Circularity of Money
You have to have money to get money. You have to get money to have money. Example: You go to an interview. You have to wear a suit. Imagine you don't have a suit. Where are you going to get the ...
Thoughts about Jobs
So I said I have thoughts. What are these thoughts about? Lots of things. Jobs for instance. I've applied to two jobs now, and I'm working on two more applications. There is also a job that Dad r...