I was watching a movie in the bar the other night and left Oslo in my room. I had a bottle of Melatonin sleeping pills in the room and when I came back Oslo had eaten half the bottle!!! I had to phone my mom and get her to call the vet and

My day started like any other typical morning all Tullstorp. I was busy cleaning the feed bins waiting for Jan to finish riding one of the horses so I could use the saddle on Biggles. Melanie had been walking Briar and then she came ru

We have had really hot weather then, out of nowhere, we have a crashing thunder storm with heavy, heavy rain. The two barn managers had left with Jan to meet one of the stallion owners and the rest of us were all done for the night. The rain was so h

  What is with Mission Control, anyway? The complete absence of press releases on Isabell Werth’s, and now Michael Whitaker’s, drug busts, led me to believe they are all on summer vacation; except Switzerland’s national day isn’t until A

I’m glad I made the long haul east to Montreal this year, even though the weather during the Blainville CDIs is always a grab bag of hot, humid, wet and downright stormy. I got to meet Cees Slings, though I could not have imagined in my wildest dre

It has been really HOT here the past few days. I was reading on the deck on my lunch break and now I am bronzed/red on only one side as I didn’t even think of the sun while reading so now I am two toned. We found a lake 15 min away from Tullstr

Watching the Kyra clinic was fantastic. She got on one of Jan’s Stallions and I couldn’t believe how she used her seat and legs. She has so much power, it is truly inspiring to watch her make everything look so effortless. All t

Just when I thought I was finally going to get a chance to talk about the Blainville CDIs – where I am writing this from, for heaven’s sake – Isabell went and got herself busted. I can already hear the crashing sound of myths shattering around

I had my first Swedish “Mid Summer” celebration. We had a big BBQ and played some “Swedish games”, it was certainly a different experience but a lot of fun! Jan has come back from France so today he did an elval

In DQ land, there is only one topic right now: Edward and Totilas. I’m at the Blainville CDIs and the judges here just can’t shut up about the fabulous 9 year old who has shot like a space shuttle into stratospheric scores. I must confess that un