1. Jack is Back!

... She is a wonderful teacher. I know Mia can be a bit lazy at times, but she is one of the kindest horses I have ever worked with.      Issy with his owner and Rio and I went ...

2. Boarding Beware! Avoiding Horse Scams

...  This most perfect horse has no name? Typically a registered horse has a longer registered name and a short barn name. Example: I have a quarter horse who is registered as Sweet Scenario but we call ...

3. Round One

... (red blanket) playing in the snow. It was fun watching the two thoroughbreds race each other. If you are wondering, Snickers won! Rio had major drifts in his turnout. It took him a while to ...

4. Dog, er Horse Pile!

At various points many of my friends at work have rather enjoyed stacking our promotional stress toy horses in arrangements of varying precariousness.  I came into work today to find a new arrangement ...

5. Ohio weather

... and warm on those really cold nights. Even though he has a really fuzzy coat, it is difficult for Tar to keep warm because of his old age. The heat lamp has made a huge difference. Even Rio (Tar's neighboring ...

6. So here are a bunch of pictures

Rio in his first hunter division. I have gotten a few requests to see what was happening around the barn.  So here ya go... Mark is on vacation at a friend's house to keep ...

7. Heeza Gummy Bear

...  Gummy meets Rio This was taken shortly after Gummy's arrival. He and Rio became insta-friends! They spent the day running and playing, then grooming each other.   Can I keep it? ...

8. The Best of Times

... that rides her. After being a western horse, I think Mia enjoys her new English career teaching students everything from learning how to post to jumping a course.     Rio, a.k.a. Sweet ...

9. Say Cheese!!

... wait for the right moment. Hey, it beats doing housework!!! If I am lucky I can get a picture like this......     I wonder if Rio is actually trying to catch snowflakes ...

10. To catch up....

... us that hosts several small shows a year. We had so much fun I look forward to returning. Standing: Jeff and Carl Sitting: Jillian, Erin, Barb, Staysha and Cassie This was also Rio's ...

11. Barn Show

... braiding and preparing for our little show. Jillian on Mia and Cassie on Heiress. Don't they look fabulous! Snickers and his little groom Cameron. Barb and Rio. This was Rio's first ...

12. What happened to June?

... bridles, pads, towels, boots........You get the idea! We are now in the final stages of the interior walls and hope to have the tack room completed shortly. An overview of the construction. I want ...

13. Blizzard of 2008

Wow! Holy crap did we get a massive amount of snow!!! In about a 36 hour time period the city of Columbus and surrounding areas received a record breaking 20 inches of snow. Way to go Columbus!!! You broke ...

14. Fall Has Arrived

... pictures of Xander would have been great except that his mane was standing straight up in the air thanks to a strong wind. Even Rio, who was spying in on the photo shoot, takes a moment in the wind.  ...

15. Leaping News

... just need his tail to fill in. The biggest news around here is that Rio is now broke!! We are working on steering and breaks, but he likes the challenge and has been a dream to work with. The ...

16. A Visitor

... come for a visit. Flat Stanly got to meet all the horses. He met Tar, Rio, Mark and Jack. Rio loves attention and Flat Stanly enjoyed petting his soft brown muzzle. After Meeting the horses, ...

17. Still Busy

... small standards, a gate and a coop (the triangular thing). Now all I have to do is wait for my polls and standards to be delivered and I will be jumping again. As a challenge I walked Rio up to the gate ...

18. Shout Out To My Family

... three more that need front walls, grills and doors. Tar and Rio love their new home, both think the small door in which they can hang their heads out is really groovy..   ...

19. Silly Boys

... I gather the boys, horses, to feed. The weather man said that we would get storms that night so I decided to leave the boys in for the night. Rio often chases Mark out of the run in. I think Rio likes ...

20. The HeliOS Project

Nothing really horsie here. These guys give computers to underprivileged kids by getting machines people and companies don't want anymore and installing Linux on them. Linux is amazing people. Seriously. ...