Trails (and Trials)

For: Family. Friends. My SO. A job. Health. House. Major. Thomas the cat. Friends pets and horses. Living in a great beautiful place. Sci-fi...

Where to go...always a dilemma, but we headed towards Granite Bay, through the forest sprouting green grass and yellow fall leaves, onto the...

Major hates the rain, so I had to drag him for a walk. The rainbow was awesome, almost worth missing a day of riding.

Lately, horse time has been a little bit of everything. With the sun already gone after work, I have just enough time to quick ride in the a...

Stuck inside a few days ago, I desperately wanted to bake something. But did not need any more cookies (Halloween candy is still haunting me...

See those ears? They were mighty crabby that we were not headed the other way. Which was towards home. Instead we got this far, turned arou...

Major was already under his shelter. "It isn't even raining yet!" I scolded him. "But it is going to, and I can't ...

I was going to write about my great, fun ride along the lake today. But I came home, checked online, and am devastated by the loss of glorio...

So little time...it runs through my head every minute lately. I hate this end of season, back to dark after work, brief forest forays, weeke...

I spent a long, fun day at work in my gunslinger/cowboy costume, and thought I'd relax and visit Major. When I arrived he had to inspect...

The canal trail is so much fun! I just can't can't stay away! a rockier section, but gorgeous, green and blue (Major loves the ...

Halloween (my favorite holiday) is close enough for the silly title of this post. But truly, it's alive, the canal trail lives! I was ...

Take a fit horse who has had more than a week off. Mix in some nice cool Fall weather. Add in a trail ride with his archenemy. It all adds u...

A real vacation, getting away from it all, but still I saw horses everywhere. I missed Major and a week of riding, but saw lots of great thi...

A quick jaunt out to the lake today to check conditions. I thought it looked lower the other day, but didn't get a chance to check it ou...

It was still dark when I arrived at the bridge. A friend joined me, and a small dedicated group of spectators. Photographers were out in for...

Escaping from work early, I met a friend to ride. Major doesn't like her horse Ziggy, but we like to go out, so Major does not get an op...

Will the 2011 Tevis go down in the record books with an asterisk? This morning it was announced that they are rerouting, and starting from ...

The sky is darkening, I can see the wind blustering through the trees outside, and it is mere moments before the first real rain of the seas...

Every horse owner knows the look of attention, when a horse focuses on a distant element. Some horses look in fear, some in curiosity. Major...

My Dad, every time the talk turns to horses, wonders why Major doesn't eat oats. "But that is what horses are supposed to eat,...

I did a trail ride in photos this spring, pretty amazing difference almost six months later. Fall certainly seems to have arrived... My...