Category Archives: General

Valentine is a Ninja

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Bill

We’ve written about Valentine’s unique ability to sneak around our pasture (The Invisible Horse). At 16.2 HH he’s the biggest horse we have and a little lanky when he walks (though his TWH gait is beautiful). Well one night he … Continue reading →

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Our first mule

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Bill

Once a month or so, we hook up our flat trailer and head to our local hay supplier to get a month’s worth of round bales. All summer we’ve been greeted in our supplier’s hay yard by the sweetest little … Continue reading →

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So Long to Our First Barn Dog

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Mikki

On Monday, we had to say goodbye to Jack, our loyal Jack Russell terrier.  My parents and I bought him as a birthday gift for Bill in 1998.  He was, as we liked to fondly call him, “the worst birthday … Continue reading →

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My Boots are Back On!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Mikki

Yay!  One step closer to resuming normal life. Bill was out of town and Cash turned up lame (more on that later) so I had to do some horse stuff, and I didn’t want to do it in my tennies. … Continue reading →

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Uses for hay bale twine

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Bill

One of these days I’m going to keep track of the hay twine we go through and weigh it. We put out around two large round bales of hay a week for our four horses and end up with a … Continue reading →

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Horse Trailer Near Miss

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Bill

A friend of ours had a scary near-miss with a horse trailer yesterday. Driving down an interstate highway headed back home from a barrel race, she was suddenly shocked to see a car racing towards her truck at a high … Continue reading →

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