Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Going back in time I added this photo to a compilation of UK horses who won the Triple Crown. There was a space at the top of the piece of paper and I needed to fill it. I am standing on the July Course where the 2000 Guineas is run. I was working near there at the time riding and taking care of race horses. Here is the copleted compilation now for sale on ebay.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Husband Doug and I and our neighbors went to see a football game at the Rosebowl in Pasadena. Cal versus UCLA, Cal won. It was the first time that I had experienced this. It was a long game we were sitting with brief breaks for 4 hours. They stopped the game every now and again for commercial breaks for live television, so that made it longer than it should have been !!
Monday, November 18, 2019
I am going through the old VHS tapes I have and putting them on DVD. Here is one of me filmed by my daughter Heather in 1995. I am riding in an English Pleasure Walk Trot class on my daughters Arabian gelding MM Trespass. I won the class and it took us both by surprise. We had bought "Pooka" several years before with 30 days training, from the woman who bred him. It took us about two years of training him ourselves every day to get to this point. What a journey it was.
https://youtu.be/hwASrg3i89A
https://youtu.be/hwASrg3i89A
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
https://youtu.be/akgvHOkeLuc
Here is a video of me and Morgan mare Coco on a trail ride. Husband Doug came along on the quad bike and then we swapped half way. We have one ride able horse at the moment, so we share. Coco is an amazing trail horse. I rode the whole way with loose reins. My left side and back did not feel too good after I held up my cell phone the whole way to take the video.
or if the link does not work go to youtube picturepedigree Coco's Ride
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
It finally happened. We had a wildfire out at where we keep the horses. We could not get in the way we usually do because that was where the worst of the fire was and the roads were closed.
But years ago I had decided on a plan B for just such a situation. So Doug and I drove as far as we could and then set off on foot. We had to wade through the Arroyo and walked about a mile on trails, before we were met by fellow horse owners with a Quad and trailer and got a ride for the rest of the way. All was fine at the Ranch, our horses had been put in a pen away from the trees. It was spectacular watching the planes drop fire retardant right next to us.The fire is out now and the very high winds have stopped.
But years ago I had decided on a plan B for just such a situation. So Doug and I drove as far as we could and then set off on foot. We had to wade through the Arroyo and walked about a mile on trails, before we were met by fellow horse owners with a Quad and trailer and got a ride for the rest of the way. All was fine at the Ranch, our horses had been put in a pen away from the trees. It was spectacular watching the planes drop fire retardant right next to us.The fire is out now and the very high winds have stopped.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
So I am now a new grand ma to baby girl Audrey. She is in New York state and I am in California. But there is Instagram, Skype and texting. Today my son sent pictures of Audrey lying on the baby blanket that I took with me when I visited several months ago. It was knitted by hand by my mother for my babies over 40 years ago.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Me and my step sons girl friend. We went out to celebrate our birthdays which are close to each other. Step son and my husband and my step grand son were also in attendance. Just before we left to go out my son texted to say he and his wife were at the hospital. As we were at the restaurant my first grand child was born, a little girl.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
My husband Doug heads out with Coco |
Almost home |
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Me sitting on an old western saddle pad so that my skin does not stick to the vinyl seat which gets very hot in the sun |
I have a certain pattern that I do around the outside and then up the middle Zamboni style |
Looking towards the hills and Simi Valley where we live. That is the N to S Amtrak train in the lower background |
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Me and Morgan Horse Coco out trail riding. Husband Doug took a movie when I asked him to do stills. So I had to figure out how to get a still shot. I was shouting at him the whole time to tell him that Coco's bridle was not on properly. Her ear was out of the part that fits over her ear and around behind her head. The bridle kept slipping back. I needed him to hold her and put her ear back in which he did. He was riding the Quad bike and he rode on the way out and I rode back . We have only one ride able horse at the moment. A beautiful day as always in Southern California.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
A visit to a B29 at the Van Nuys airport. This was Doug's idea. But I spotted the plane flying over us out at the horses, otherwise we would not have know about it. There are only two left that can still fly. Hot 94 F and humid and we had to wait an hour to get to see the inside. We are having a quite humid summer this year. Maybe because we had a very wet winter for So Cal.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
I had a pretty good ride on Coco today. I was worried because it was hot on the 80's with fairly high humidity. That horses will overheat if the the temperature and the humidity add up to more than 150 or more. I knew that the humidity would not be above 40 or 50 per cent. I could only see the temperature
on my cell phone. I was borderline over heating, because I wore long pants and a shirt to stop my shoulders from getting sunburned. Thankfully when we went down the hill and into the valley that runs by the Arroyo a cool breeze came up.
Taken from Coco's back |
Friday, August 30, 2019
Here are some pictures taken from one of the VHS movies from the 1990's of me
in the show ring riding M M Trespass a purebred Arabian gelding and
this was his very first show. We were attempting to do a Horsemanship
class. He saw a shade umbrella in the bleachers. Long story short I
asked the judge to excuse me from the class. He got a lot better later
in his show career, but it took a while..
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
I am busy at the moment with transferring all the VHS tapes I
have to DVD and or memory stick. It is all absorbing. Memories from my
life in the 1990's. I was in my early 40's then and the videos are of me
and a horse called MM Trespass. He is 31 years old now. a pure bred
Arabian grand son of the great Muscat,
and on the bottom line are Shiko Ibn Sheik, Fadjur and Exceljor all icons of the Arabian breed. My daughter and I bought Trespass as a youngster with 30 days training. We trained him to be a show horse and what a journey it was.
and on the bottom line are Shiko Ibn Sheik, Fadjur and Exceljor all icons of the Arabian breed. My daughter and I bought Trespass as a youngster with 30 days training. We trained him to be a show horse and what a journey it was.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Today we went to see where the movie Once Upon a Time In Hollywood was filmed
At Corrieganville Park just a short distance from home. It takes about 8 minutes to drive there. We took my step son Jonathan and his girl friend Dasha, who is from Russia with us. First we had lunch at the Santa Susana Cafe. We met another couple at Corrieganville who thought that there would be actual buildings standing. Everything was removed and the original condition of the park was restored. Click the pictures to make them bigger. Dasha was exited to be walking where Brad Pitt had walked.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Thursday, August 8, 2019
I am exited to have the idea to offer my custom pedigrees on Etsy fo $125 Why did I not think of this before . Here is the link .https://www.etsy.com/listing/713677700/custom-horse-pedigree?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Friday, July 26, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
It was overcast and humid today, a perfect day for riding. My husband Doug enjoys riding mare Coco who belongs to his daughter, but we take care of her, as well as our other two horses who can not be ridden. She is ridden twice a week and I go with him on my Quad bike. We are so lucky to be able to ride right from the horse pens for quite some distance with no roads or usually no other horse spooking obstacles. It is a 700 acre private ranch. Today we did meet two pickup trucks on the dirt roads. They are checking the main water line that runs through the ranch. They are always super courteous and stop and wait. The other day we saw a deer jumping around in the bushes. Coco is a super trail horse and never spooks,
a true Morgan horse.
a true Morgan horse.
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