Tag: Horses

  • A cautiously optimistic ‘win’.

    A cautiously optimistic ‘win’.

    Cautious optimism is a very Canadian trait, We often often do not have the courageous optimism that our neighbouts to the South of us have., This week the vet did an ultrasound of Biasin’s injury . He called to tell me that it was not looking as bad as it had at first and healing…

  • Don’t mourn the losses . Celebrate the wins.

    Don’t mourn the losses . Celebrate the wins.

    Yesterday I joined a webinar hosted by Parkinson’s Canada. The webinar focused on caregivers of people living with Parkinson’s There was was one couple married for 39 years. The husband has Parkinson’s and his wife is his caregiver. The other speaker was a Social Worker who has worked with people living with Parkinson’s for 15…

  • Biasini Speaks :I’ve moved!

    Biasini Speaks :I’ve moved!

    Hello Dear Humans , I am in a different barn. But I think I am only here temporarily. I am at the vet’s barn. Why you ask? Well somehow I injured myself. I was not running or bucking or anything in my paddock. The Humans think maybe I did it stomping the flies. Anyway…Doktor Al…

  • CWWC :Signs

    CWWC :Signs

    Cee had asked us to show signs for her Which Way Challenge. Here’s my repsonse. All of my signs come from the Winter Equestrian Festival showgrounds in Wellington Florida.

  • LAPC #268 Tell Us Why

    LAPC #268 Tell Us Why

    This week Tina of Travels and Trifles has given us the challenge of posting some of our favorite photos and telling us why they are favorites.Here are mine and all of these photos are from the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon NC . The photo above is of Carl Hester when he had…

  • He looks after me!

    He looks after me!

    Biasini is the only horse safe enough for me to ride at the moment. He looks after me.

  • Biasini Speaks: I’m trotting now!

    Biasini Speaks: I’m trotting now!

    Hello Dear Humans . As Ma Leueen has told you the vet had cleared me for moving up to a little bit of trotting . At first Trainer Lynsey got on and did a bit of trot with me after she had given Ma Leueen a lesson with me walking. But now Ma Leueen does…

  • Book Review: Stable Relation by Anna Blake.

    Book Review: Stable Relation by Anna Blake.

    I have read Anna Blakes’ poetry and have enjoyed it very much. I have previously reviewed her poetry books Horse Prayers and Horse Woman. But Stable Relation is the first time I have read her autobiogaphical prose. And I have to say I relished reading this book. Anna Blake is a very accomplished horse person…

  • Interview: Mother and Daughter Team. Evi Strasser and Tanya Strasser-Shostak

    Interview: Mother and Daughter Team. Evi Strasser and Tanya Strasser-Shostak

    If Evi and Tanya ride on the Canadian Team in the Pan Am Games they would be the first ever Mother/Daughter teammates.

  • Biasini Speaks: About his Life

    Biasini Speaks: About his Life

    Hello Dear Humans! I told Ma Leueen I wanted to post something on the blob about my life. Ma Leueen told me I always do that. But today i want to tell you about a part of my life you may not know about. Night check is that part. Now when the daylight is fading…

  • Horses rescued from  the wildfires !

    Horses rescued from the wildfires !

    This is a real life very dramatic story.

  • Lens artists challenge #263 Faces in the crowd.

    Lens artists challenge #263 Faces in the crowd.

    This week Johnbo gives us the challenge of faces in the crowd. I don’t often take photos of people but I have a few that might do for this challenge. This was taken in London 2012 at the Olympic dressage in Greenwich. Below Toronto the Royal Winter Fair horse show. CSI 3* prize giving .…