So the last time I posted I was due to head out for my two back to back trips to Florida. I was leaving on the third and expected to be back at Balsalm Hall with the rest of the gang, hunkered down for the winter schooling season by the eighth of January. Hahaha, silly me! […]
Tomorrow is Christmas 2010 and I was just sitting here at my ‘magnetic can’t move my as* away from it’ fire, thinking that it will be hard to top 2010 for excitement and thrills. There were certainly highs and lows, but mostly highs, so a memorable time. It’s amazing how you can relegate all the […]
The new barn is beginning to feel like home. The wooden stalls came up golden and bright after decobwebbing and a good power washing. With it’s red cobbled brick floor, a head hanging out over every stall waiting for evening feed in the warm light from the setting sun, the barn looks wonderful. We have […]
The horses are in their stalls. Phew! We started shipping horses on Sunday and we finished today. There were so many logistics, not least of which was the laying of the rubber mats which was a huge task. My those mats weigh a lot! But today our genius helpers Pamela and Ron finished the stalls, […]
It’s absolutely frantic here right now. I am only riding one horse a day with all of our babies and our own horses out of work. Colombo is also enjoying being a pig pen in the mud. So why “frantic” I hear you ask…. because the move is a tomorrow-type reality. It’s as though we […]
Other than the all pervading move that is? I have to give it to Selena, when she decides she wants something, she goes all out to get it. First it was the Olympics…. check! Then it was a medal… check! Now it would seem she needs an individual medal, a gold medal and a crack at Badminton. […]
At two pm we were just passing the horse park on our trip home, which took fourteen hours….you do the math. Before we could leave there were SO many things to do. First pack the hotel room which had seen us run in, shower, sleep, muss it up and leave again for ten straight days. […]
One of the first things David O’Connor said to Selena which stuck with her, was, that in order to prevent emotion interfering with her rides, she had to think of her shows, no matter how big as “just another day at the office”. This was said a long time ago, long before the Olympics and […]
Alright CANADA!!!! Now it’s ON. I am so glad I went first thing in the day. I hate that sick feeling you get when you are nervous for cross country. Can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t function really. I walked the course early around 8am. Realized when I got to start I didn’t have my pinny. […]
Oh Canada…… I don’t know if any team has ever had six clear rounds in the history of the WEG. WE ROCKED. Not only that but they made it look easy. Horse after Canadian horse went out and romped around the cross country. It was a joy to watch and a joy to listen to […]
