The Heat is Getting to Me...
And the smoke from the wildfires in the North American continent just makes it worse for me. The horses deal with this more easily than I do so at least I have the comfort that I am not asking the horse to do too much as I walk and trot around the ring.
When I got to the stable for my lesson with…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on August 19, 2023 at 1:57pm — No Comments
Sorry I've Been Gone
I have not ridden much lately because I just cannot deal with the heat, the polluted air, and the humidity, all of which affect my ability to write as well as my ability to ride a horse.
There were other reasons I did not get many lessons lately,…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on July 22, 2023 at 12:09pm — No Comments
My Ice Vest Helps Me Get My Butt out of the Saddle
Between doing more two-point, the increasing heat, a few days with a broken central air conditioner, and my son visiting it has been an exhausting few weeks.
No matter how much I practiced my two-point I had problems with getting my butt actually OUT of the saddle. Most of…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on June 19, 2021 at 12:35pm — No Comments
As Summer Nears
It is getting warmer down here. This weekend starts a string of days at 90° F on up. On Wednesday for my lesson I had put on my protective vest, and after grooming and walking to the ring I took it off as I was just getting too warm. I did not even put it on for my ride on Friday. I am hoping to delay…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on May 22, 2021 at 11:50am — No Comments
A Truly Horrible Noise
At least Cider thought so.
Last Sunday I had my usual ride on Cider, and as usual lately Cider was not too eager to move—at all. Shannon told me that Cider had her hooves trimmed a few days before which probably explained a good bit of it, changing hoof angles can magnify pain until everything settles…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on September 5, 2020 at 11:07am — No Comments
The Summer Heat
It is now that time of year, hot and muggy even in the morning, and I have to wear my ice vest.
Darn it.
I am grateful that ice vests exist and that I can afford to own one, but having to breathe the hot humid air seems to keep me so hot…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on July 11, 2020 at 11:06am — No Comments
Sometimes Bingo Uses ANY Excuse to Ignore Me
Since Debbie was putting on a horse show on July 4 I had my lesson on Tuesday. Debbie decided that she needed to give her problem child, the Arab gelding Tercel, a ride, and my lesson was the only chance she would have this week. Years ago when she got Tercel I told her I did not mind her riding him during my lessons since Debbie is quite capable of…
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This Summer Starts off Hot and Muggy
We are not getting a break from these conditions, the lows are in the mid-upper 70'sF and when the sun rises it rapidly gets worse. I am so very grateful that the ladies I ride with are OK with me starting at 8:00 AM, the humidity is high but at least the sun has yet to heat the ground up.…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on June 30, 2018 at 2:00pm — No Comments
The Nineties Have Arrived
Yes, four days of 90ºF+ in a row. Summertime temperatures and it isn't even the middle of May. I guess it makes up for all those lows in the 20's this year.
So after months of…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on May 12, 2018 at 11:36am — No Comments
Pigs, Buzz-Bombers, Heat, Humidity, Oh My!
I had an interesting ride on Cider last Sunday at Shannon's farm. As Shannon saddled Cider I say my first buzz-bomber fly of the year, upsetting Cider, but she calmed down when Shannon put more fly spray on her and then put on her Amigo Fly-Rider exercise sheet and neck covering.…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on August 19, 2017 at 11:39am — No Comments
Rebel Without a Cause
This week we are having a heat wave down here in NC, hot and humid, the type of weather where sweat drips off of my face. Today I did not ride Mia because the dew point was 75° F, and it is supposed to get up to 97° F in the shade. All week I had been…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on July 21, 2017 at 12:40pm — No Comments
I Just Ride at a Walk Until I Get Heat Sick
The past three weeks I have been sick, again. My digestive system has decided it does not like food and that it does not particularly want to digest food. Between constant nausea and diarrhea that will not quit permanently, I have spent most of my time collapsed in my bed. However, after one week in bed I ended up with horrible back spasms, so I have been trying to ride as much as possible, at a walk since I am so darn weak. I am hoping…
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