1. What's New?

We have been busy! We have been working horses, teaching lessons and showing, even with all the rain. There has been some big things happening around the barn. There is a new bench ...

2. Ohio weather

You just have to be ready for everything to survive an Ohio winter. Kali is such a good dog for allowing me to pose her in some fun outfits. On a day where the weather was below freezing ...

3. Wait! It's almost June!?

We definitely have not been sleeping around here! Well, with the exception of 5 Toe. Flowers are blooming, the hay is ready to be cut and many projects are underway. And it all started ...

4. New Stall

Most everybody probably knows by now that we got a new pony.  What that means for me is that I spent the last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the barn building a new stall.  I built the entire ...

5. In which Carl gets clocked by his drill

Have you ever done something you knew deep down you shouldn't?  Cross the road even though the signal said DON'T WALK (there's nobody coming, right)?  Drink expired milk (it smells okay, must ...

6. What happened to June?

...  Christina and Xander show off Having a little fun without a saddle One big project around here is the construction of my very own tack room. Soon I will have a place to put my saddles, ...

7. SPRING!!!!!

OK, OK, I have been a little busy now that the weather has decided to work with us (well at least it is warmer out). So to make to for the pictures of the snow that have been up here ya go  ...

8. Leaping News

There are big things happening around here lately! The jumps have arrived and look great. My tack lockers and grooming boxes are better than expected and work perfectly. Thanks to a green thumbed in-law, ...

9. Still Busy

Even though all of the big stuff is done, there is still plenty to do. This past labor day weekend, Carl and I spent our time building jump components. We managed to create two sets of flower boxes, two ...

10. Ring

Earning its own DONE stamp is the ring!!! In one crazy week the fence guys were able to fence off the ring and paddock. It seems as if over night a real horse farm appeared on top of the hayfields. Now ...

11. STALLS

After many long hours I can finally announce that the stalls are now..... DONE!!!! We now have five horse stalls and one pony stall AND a wash stall.

12. Shout Out To My Family

With the arrival of the stall doors, a beautiful weekend and some family members that I managed to talk into spending several hours sweating, it is starting to look like a real barn around here. On behalf ...

13. Best In-Laws Ever

The end of June is proving to be extra crazy busy. Lucky for me, I have wonderful In-laws that drove down from the far northeast corner of Ohio to help clean up this place. They arrived Friday night and ...

14. POOF!!

Here is before And with a blink of an eye..... WOW, it is amazing what two weeks and paid labor can accomplish. With the wonderful help of our across the street neighbor we ...

15. Silly Boys

One of the other small changes was have made was to construct a fence across the driveway. Being close to a main road I have often worried what would happen if the horses got loose. One lazy evening ...

16. First Entry

Welcome to Shallow Hill   We are under construction and hope to have lots of exciting news in the near future. Hopefully we will dry out from all the rain (and snow) and de-hair ...