At the moment it seems like every time the arena dries out enough for me to ride, we get more rain! Sure, it certainly beats living in drought conditions, but I need to ride a little bit before the last competition of the year!
Hopefully tomorrow afternoon I'll be able to get back into it.
At least it's given me a chance to do some Christmas shopping and catch up with people! I'm so tired now, I might write a proper entry in here tomorrow. *Yawn*
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday mornings are a great time to relax and reflect... and get horsey jobs done!
It's a beautiful Sunday morning in this part of the world. I'm just eating my breakfast before I go out and feed the horses and give their feet a bit of a tidy up where needed. It's been very wet here lately, and today looks like a great day to catch up on a bit of hoof maintenance.
I have been trimming my horses' feet for several years now using the "wild horse" style of barefoot trimming that can be seen on sites such as Barefoot for Soundness.
That site is an excellent place to get started if you're interested in learning about an increasingly popular method of hoof care. To put it simply, people have studied the way the hooves of Mustangs and other wild horses wear naturally and have developed a very successful triming method based on their findings.
Another site that is great to visit is Iron Free Hoof.
I visit these sites regularly to 'keep my eye in', and refresh the theory of what I'm doing in my head.
Learning to trim has been one of the major turning points in my life with horses. I'll share the story of my hoof trimming journey at a later date when I've got a bit more time up my sleeve!
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday too :)
I have been trimming my horses' feet for several years now using the "wild horse" style of barefoot trimming that can be seen on sites such as Barefoot for Soundness.
That site is an excellent place to get started if you're interested in learning about an increasingly popular method of hoof care. To put it simply, people have studied the way the hooves of Mustangs and other wild horses wear naturally and have developed a very successful triming method based on their findings.
Another site that is great to visit is Iron Free Hoof.
I visit these sites regularly to 'keep my eye in', and refresh the theory of what I'm doing in my head.
Learning to trim has been one of the major turning points in my life with horses. I'll share the story of my hoof trimming journey at a later date when I've got a bit more time up my sleeve!
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday too :)
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Equine Inspiration Zazzle Store has been launched!
I've been playing with Zazzle this afternoon, and I'm glad to report that it's great fun creating things on there!
I've created three things with one of my favourite photos, and I've even found out how to insert them in the sidebar --->>>
Pretty cool, huh? My favourite is the bag.
In future I'll be creating images with inspirational quotes, cartoons and other cool things.
Right now though I have to get off the computer and go feed the horses! :-)
I've created three things with one of my favourite photos, and I've even found out how to insert them in the sidebar --->>>
Pretty cool, huh? My favourite is the bag.
In future I'll be creating images with inspirational quotes, cartoons and other cool things.
Right now though I have to get off the computer and go feed the horses! :-)
Welcome to the Equine Inspiration Blog!
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things... of horses, blogs and inspiration, of cabbages and kings!
Ok, perhaps not cabbages and kings... I'm not sure why I suddenly thought of that poem from Through the Looking Glass (it's from The Walrus and the Carpenter, in case you're wondering). I love Alice in Wonderland! The density of nonsense in his writings is very appealing indeed!
Anyway, let's get down to it. I've been creating bits and pieces of things around the internet under the name 'Equine Inspiration' for a little while now. I haven't had much time for it lately because I've been very busy, but now the wet weather has made it impossible for me to ride, so I'm indoors in front of the computer this weekend!
Amongst my web projects I have created several 'lenses' on Squidoo, which can be seen here. I am also in the process of starting a Zazzle store, which I find very exciting! My designs could one day be on t-shirts, mugs, cards, mouse mats and all sorts of other items! Even shoes! I'll start playing with Zazzle again once I've finished this blog. There's a lot I still have to figure out over there, and setting things up will take some time!
I've started this blog because... I wanted to! That's a good enough reason isn't it?
I wonder if anyone will read it :)
Ok, perhaps not cabbages and kings... I'm not sure why I suddenly thought of that poem from Through the Looking Glass (it's from The Walrus and the Carpenter, in case you're wondering). I love Alice in Wonderland! The density of nonsense in his writings is very appealing indeed!
Anyway, let's get down to it. I've been creating bits and pieces of things around the internet under the name 'Equine Inspiration' for a little while now. I haven't had much time for it lately because I've been very busy, but now the wet weather has made it impossible for me to ride, so I'm indoors in front of the computer this weekend!
Amongst my web projects I have created several 'lenses' on Squidoo, which can be seen here. I am also in the process of starting a Zazzle store, which I find very exciting! My designs could one day be on t-shirts, mugs, cards, mouse mats and all sorts of other items! Even shoes! I'll start playing with Zazzle again once I've finished this blog. There's a lot I still have to figure out over there, and setting things up will take some time!
I've started this blog because... I wanted to! That's a good enough reason isn't it?
I wonder if anyone will read it :)
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