I've been lurking - so sorry about your accident.
I haven't been on my horse since I fell off a couple of months back, not entirely because of the fall but just a busy summer. Today was the first time I've been home on a Sunday in 5 weeks, and I just got home yesterday. I've been babysitting, laying sod, taking a teenager to the beach, went to Tennessee with my sister, painting, doing things for my mom, and tomorrow I'm driving to Texas with my sister for a funeral.
And it seemed like the only time I posted I had some big question and then off I went until the next crisis.
Hannah's horse's baby sister is looking better, though. I can still see her ribs just a bit, but she isn't emaciated anymore. She's filled out in the hip bone area, too, I fed both the mares strategy, and put a little cooking oil in their feed, and it helped.
That little one is rotten though, and rather hard to handle, she paws whenever she doesn't like something.
I've been working a bit on my husband's photography stuff, trying to set up a website to sell some of our pictures, but I'm having trouble understanding the "tree" of the system the particular company we went with uses. I need time - like hours - to talk to them on the phone, and I don't know when I'll have "hours". He's sold a good many on istockphoto.com, but only the files, and we'd like to sell prints.
Oh oh oh - I forgot, I sold my first print!! I got $130 for it - it was of a horse coming around this big oak and looking down at a fox coming out of a hole under the tree - the owner of the horse bought a print.
Gosh - I wrote a book, didn't I? Sorrry...
Hope your leg heals quickly!
Sounds like you've had a productive summer. Glad to hear the new horse is filling out. Sounds like she's just about to get to where she needs to be condition-wise. I like to see just a hint of rib whenever they stretch on out. The pawing thing is just youthful impatience. Tie her for a while every day until she stands quietly and she'll soon quit doing it.
There's a guy I work with who sells photos on some of the sites on the internet. He's been doing it a while, I'll ask him which ones he uses. The picture you sold of the horse looking at the fox sounds really cool! I'd love to see it if you're allowed. Also, I've seen quite a few people do well selling matted prints at some of the arts festivals. I'm sure that'd be a lot of trouble though.
Oh, I saw one of those mulcher things you told me about the other day. It was on the front end of a Bobcat at our St. Jude ride. I imagine they used it to cut some of the trails. Oh what I wouldn't give to have one of those for a day!!
Well, you be careful on you way to Texas. Drop in on us more often, sometimes we DO get tired of hearing our own selves talk. ;o)