Category: Horse Play

Just finished watching West Wing, which I’ve missed the last few weeks. I was beginning to be afraid the network was pulling it because they were afraid it might cause people to think, which is undesirable in times of war. But it was back tonight. And while blogging about a TV show might seem like… Continue reading Back in the Wednesday Groove

Earlier this week, I mentioned some of the pleasant signs that spring is returning to campus. As certainly as spring flowers attract bees, today I noticed another predictable spring occurrence. As I walked out of the Student Center after lunch, I spotted two (male) members of the Lexington Fayette-County Mounted Police just standing on the… Continue reading They call it PA-Trolling

As I say about this time every year, the only problem with looking forward to spring is that it means the end of hunt season. That’s especially true this year, when so much of the season was lost to weather, and other complications kept me out of the saddle on days when I should have… Continue reading Spring Fever

Today was one of those days with a marginal weather forecast. Last night, the chance of rain was predicted at 70%, with references to showers and scattered strong storms. My brother and I conferred, and decided that unless the forecast improved dramatically overnight, we didn’t want to hunt in probable rain. This morning, the forecast… Continue reading Okay, I guess I’m selfish

Despite earlier gloomy predictions about a premature end of the hunt season, last night it looked like I was actually going to hunt today. There had been no cancellation notice, and everybody I talked to thought we were still in the “no news is good news” mode, although I didn’t find anybody who was actually… Continue reading Weather Sucks ..or.. I\’m a wimp

I finally got a horse fix. It wasn’t tremendously exciting, but at least I managed to get my butt in a saddle for the first time since Groundhog Day (that little SOB really did see his shadow). As I mentioned earlier, hunting was impossible due to the ice storm damage, but today’s warm, sunny, windy… Continue reading I Feel Better Now

I can almost tolerate winter when it’s here, because I know it’s leaving eventually. But leaving it’s mess behind when it leaves is too much. I was looking at a weekend weather forecast that looked ideal for hunting. Temperatures in the 60s Saturday would be perfect for drying out (the ground, not me), then back… Continue reading OK .. Winter Officially Sucks

If that stupid groundhog had gotten his lazy butt out of bed early this morning, when it was still cloudy, maybe he wouldn’t have seen his shadow. But he must have waited until the sunshine burned away the clouds, because our weather outlook seems consistent with him seeing his shadow. Today was absolutely gorgeous, sunny… Continue reading Lazy groundhog

Apologies to the Beatles for butchering their song title. No apologies to the Lexington Herald-Leader for stealing their copyrighted picture. If they had been nice enough to put this picture of my neighbor on their website so I could link to it, I wouldn’t have had to scan the printed copy and put it on… Continue reading Lovely Lisa, Meter Mountie

Sincere apologies to those of you who enjoy the equestrian content here, which has been pretty sparse lately. Old Man Winter has pretty much shut things down for a while. We’re going through one of those spells where the temperature never climbs above freezing for a week or longer, and the end isn’t in sight… Continue reading Deep Freeze