Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share, usually about our horses, sometimes about our dogs, gardens and other stuff we do. :~)
I have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will ping everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list.
So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends.
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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
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New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
They are all over Alabama because I remember seeing them all the places I lived growing up. They just grow out in the edges of undergrowth and are weed/vines. Shirley, our riding buddy, says you wait till the fruit has dried and eat the middle out and they are GOOD. I didn’t know it then and haven’t seen any to try it yet. I always thought they were really pretty.
I thought they were really pretty too:), but funny that I’d never noticed them before.
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Chris and Lindsay on the right crossing the creek
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Lunch break
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Lindsay & Chris on the trail
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Looks like your camera lense fogged when you took it out. The humidity was high that day, but not THAT high! ;o)
It was in my saddle bags next to a frozen bottle of water. I moved it after I realized my camera had condensation on it, but didn’t think to look at the lens since it’s one of those that opens when you turn it on. They are supposed to be insulated, but.............
Ah - it at least looks cool in the shade by the river, wasn’t it? :~)
I’ve been puttering on house projects today. Cleaning nooks and crannies. I hate nooks and crannies. In my next house, I’m not going to have any. :~)
All my crannies are full of cat hair.
I just got back home from a great night ride! All Kari’s old farts decided to quit barking from the porch and get out and run a little. There were 16 of us. We had an almost full moon in a cloudless sky and BOY was it fun! I haven’t done a good night ride in 5 or 6 years. We rode out a little after 7 and got back to the trailer a little after 10. I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow coz I gotta get in bed so I won’t be drag-@$$ing into work tomorrow.
My crannies were full of hair!
Night ride sounds cool, I just don’t know how you see! Even with a full moon. I’ve never been on one. Do you bring flashlights?
Yeah, we had flashlights, but you really only use them for very short periods, like if you need something from a saddle bag, something like that, otherwise they ruin your night vision. Your eyes get adapted to the moonlight pretty quick. By the time it was really dark we were out on the gravel roads and they reflect the light pretty well, even in the shady spots.
I won’t say it was like riding in the daytime, but you could see well enough to stay on and enjoy the ride. The horses can see much better than we can in low light so they weren’t having a problem with it at all. We were racking along at a pretty good clip once we got out on the roads. And it’s kinda cool how quick your body adapts to not having the visual cues that it’s used to to maintain your balance. You start to rely on feel much more, so I’d say it gives you a better seat and hands than riding in daylight.
I think everybody really enjoyed it and we’re planning on doing it again on the full moon next month. It’s definitely better than trying to get out and ride in near 100* heat, although I’ll be doing that too. Our St. Jude ride is this coming weekend. Seems like it’s always the hottest flipping weekend of the year too, but it’s for a good cause and we always have a good time, so I’m going.
Well have fun... I can see how the lack of visual clues would change things... now I’m picturing getting seasick ;~)
There are some nights that seem so bright with the full moon, it wouldn’t be so bad, at least in the open.
There was a bit of a weird, disembodied feeling at times in the shadier spots, especially if you turned your head in certain directions, but it didn't last long. Sometimes I'll close my eyes while I'm riding, or look straight up for several minutes, just to see what it's like. It's weird, but it's fun. Maybe I'm just weird!
Well, I definitely wouldn't rule that out. ;~)
HaveFaith is off today, as she usually is on Wednesdays, but her Mother is visiting so she's not riding. I don't know if she'll have time to upload the pics she took last night or not. I didn't take my camera because I figured it'd be too dark, but Kari had hers and she did get a nice group picture as we were first heading out.
I've got to go out to the farm this evening and drive some markers for the guy who's going to be coming out to assign our E-911 addresses. Seems you've got to have an E-911 address in order to get a water meter installed, even if the meter is only going to be used to water cattle and there will be no house there. I have no idea why, but that's bureaucracy for you. I figured while he was out there I may as well get him to go ahead and give us an address for the place where we're going to build our house too so I've got to mark that spot. Maybe the pigs around here are beginning to sprout a few feathers! ;o)
If you can... show us the spot where the house will be. When are you going to do that?
I’ll e-mail the MapQuest link to you. There’s not much to see there. Just a bunch of big green squares of farm land. I tried to grab a copy of the aerial photo so I could mark it up, but it wouldn’t let me. I’ve got a copy of the photo that I got from the county mapping office. I’ll see if I can scan it this evening and do something with it that way.
You can do a print screen of the mapquest page and then copy that into Paint or something.
I tried that and didn’t have a whole lot of luck with it. It was too small. I did e-mail you the link though. That way I won’t have the whole world knowing exactly where I live.
I look forward to seeing and hearing progress about it!
I’m heading out now to mow pasture. It’s not too hot today, if I can get started soon. ;~\
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Dead horse on side of road covered with lime. Stunk!!!
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Why was there a dead horse on the side of the road covered with lime? :~o
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