It was my first day at a new barn with a perfect indoor arena! Before lessons began, I asked the owner where the bathroom was. She pointed to a roll of tissue on the tack room wall and told me to use any stall. I picked the one with the sleepiest looking gelding. I think he had visitors like me before.
Disclaimer: I grew up on a farm. We got…
ContinueAdded by Anna Blake on March 30, 2012 at 7:43am — 5 Comments
When the autumn time change happens, I always feel like my house gets smaller- by a few acres. The outside is my favorite room and I resent winter for taking it from me.
And is it just me- or is every winter somehow a bit more twisted and confused than the one before?
In the dark months, everything on the prairie seems the very definition of the dead of winter. It’s a monotone landscape, flat-cold, with not many trees to distract my sullen gaze.
And just when…
ContinueAdded by Anna Blake on March 9, 2012 at 8:22am — 1 Comment
The Marlboro Man isn’t for me. He’s the strong and silent type- it might be a romantic image on film, but it doesn’t look like much fun in real life. He probably eats an unhealthy amount of meat, that’s a given. A legendary smoker- no way would I let him in my barn. I doubt we would share the same taste in horses, (or anything else.) A hug from the Marlboro Man would feel like carrying an arm load of sticks and cans- way too boney for my taste.
And wouldn’t the Marlboro Man be…
ContinueAdded by Anna Blake on February 10, 2012 at 8:15am — 2 Comments
I have been blogging along for a couple of years now and I notice that no one is asking me for beauty tips. I wonder why that is?
It couldn’t be that I offended with last week’s rant about non-helmet wearing riders who have more concern about their hair than their brains.
It can’t be a grudge about the blog where I referred to my truck as The Perfect Purse, that was…
ContinueAdded by Anna Blake on January 13, 2012 at 8:25am — 2 Comments
I got an advertisement in the mail from a local tack store this week. It was printed to look like a Christmas wish list, personalized with my name at the top. Surprisingly, there was nothing on that alleged list that I actually wanted. Disbelief still hangs heavy in the air.
What would be on my Christmas wish list? Let me think…
The way lessons are canceling for weather this winter, I suppose I could ask Santa for an indoor arena. But really, does this countryside need…
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“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate and wine in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!”
The first time I saw this quote it was on a…
ContinueAdded by Anna Blake on April 8, 2011 at 8:18am — 1 Comment
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