Pam's Pony Place: January 2013

A Note About This Blog

I used to be a writer. Unpublished, but a writer just the same. I have several 100,000 word novels sitting on my hard drive. Then I fell off a horse and got a concussion that scrambled my brains really good (yes, I was wearing a helmet.) After that forming a written sentence was very difficult for quite some time. It's still difficult, but at least now generally the sentence structure isn't egregiously flawed. Verbally and written wrong words pop in, I switch words around, and sometimes I make no sense at all. It isn't because I don't have knowledge of grammar and punctuation, but my brain simply can't do it sometimes. Reading this blog you're accepting that there's going to be things that look like typos or make no sense. It's not because I don't proofread, it's because my damaged brain doesn't see what's wrong. I try my best, but things will slip through. I don't need them pointed out, I know they're there, but if I continued to worry about them I wouldn't write at all. I didn't for quite some time. It's painful as a past master of words to use them so badly, but fortunately the words don't seem to mind.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Cuteness

Monday, January 21, 2013

Banana and Meatball

Banana likes to pace her pen, one of her less endearing qualities. I guess yesterday she was just pacing and pacing and pacing. So, today we decided we had to find her a friend to get turned out with. She and Meatball have gotten along pretty well over the fence, so we cautiously gave it a try.

No drama. Not even pinned ears.

After a bit they figured out they both like to run around, so they did. Meatball gave a couple of little kicks in her direction at one point, and pinned his ears a bit, but it wasn't even real dislike.

I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Check another one off the bucket list

I have wanted to ride sidesaddle for forever. Today, thanks to our awesome favorite saddle fitter, who brought down her sidesaddles, I got to. Bean was unconcerned. When I got on though she didn't want to move off, convinced I wasn't all the way on yet :D

Friday, January 11, 2013

Energetic Banana

Somehow, Banana has never worn a blanket in her life and she grew almost no fur this year. Therefore, now she has a blankie. I hate blankets and think the majority of horses wearing them don't need them. I will cave to the more naked or elderly though, hence her blanket. And blanketing Condi, even though he gives me a dirty look every time I put one on him.

She has some energy, my Banana. With Meatball and Bean if they're energetic it's harnessed in their obedience to their rider. I love riding them when they're full of it. Because Banana is so green her forward is a bit scary right now. It's nice that she has it and she'll have some serious XC speed, but oh I can't wait till she's more trained.