Time Marches On

MaryS — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:45:11 +0000

Thoughts on Aging

The bruise is fading nicely, a yellow-green shadow of its former glory, and thanks to quantities of ibuprofen so are the aches and stiffness. Surprisingly at my age you don’t recover as quickly as you once did! This incident brought to mind a quote I heard years ago (author unknown) and always loved – it’s becoming my mantra now:

“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, bottle of Bourbon in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and shouting
WOO HOO What
a Ride!”

On an age-related roll, here’s another one I love. From Monica Dickens, English writer and Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.

“When I can’t ride anymore,
I shall still keep horses as long as I can hobble about with a bucket and a wheelbarrow.

When I can’t hobble,
I shall roll my wheelchair out to the fence of the field where my horses graze and watch them.”

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Having An ‘Off-Site’ Horse

MaryS — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:24:48 +0000

Living Far From the Barn

While I know many horse owners don’t keep their horse(s) on their own property I’ve always assumed most of the rest live in, or close to, ‘horse country’ where they board.

In a perfect world I’d be able to walk out my backdoor to visit my horse, but alas, city ordinances frown on that. It’s probably a good thing because when I actually got my horse, I found out really quick how much work just housing them is! I once took my horse for a weekend of trail riding where we were required to muck out our horse’s enclosure. Boarding at a my barn I hadn’t realized just how MUCH horses poop!

I’m glad to board my horse with no worries of mucking, feeding and turn out. Due to travel time to the barn I’m only able to get to there three times a week so I want to maximize the time I have by spending it with her and not mucking. But there’s still plenty to worry about when your horse is enjoying the Country life far away and you’re stuck in the City. Is she relaxed and happy?… is she eating OK?… what’s the weather going to be like there – does she need her blanket on/off?… And most importantly if something happens how fast can I get to her?

Fortunately, I board at a wonderful barn with very caring owners and staff. Put’s my mind at ease…mostly.

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