"You hear that Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson." — Agent Smith to Neo, from the 1999 movie, The Matrix The time has co...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/03/sound-of-inevitability.html
O STOP LOOKING IPSHR Stonewall Sport Horse Barn name Daltrey (nee Streaker) Sugarbush Harley's Classic O x Quagga's Ardent Sun (ApHC) Born March 9, 2010 April 2, 2010 July ...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/03/look-whos-turning-2.html
The weather is glorious. We are grateful for enough rain to bring the Boyz home, at least for a week or so. Heather and Jae brought them Friday afternoon (March 2). Much beer and a little pizza c...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-break-2012.html
Just when I thought (again) about possibly shutting down my blog due to a lack of activity, an unwelcome adventure ensued. Although great blog fodder, I could have done without the entire inciden...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/02/cabbage-patch-kidz.html
It has rained just enough to make the arena and pasture at the farm not safe to ride. The temps have been seasonable, but not conducive to short sleeves like we're always bragging about. I haven...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/02/winter-doldrums.html
Texans aren't happy with lawn jockeys, yard gnomes or flamingos.
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/02/doesnt-everyone.html
As you know, we here in Texas have been praying for rain to help assuage 2+ years of drought conditions. Our lake (Lake Ray Roberts) is almost 4.5 ft. low. We were very excited when Mother Nature...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-life-intervenes.html
After a damp, foggy, gray beginning, the day turned out to be warm and gorgeous. It was sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and a high temp of 73°F. And then the wind picked up. No, I mean really pic...
Well, on the wild side of the pasture at Iron Ridge, anyway. Jaz has been bored, bored, bored with riding in the arena. How do I know? When I tack him up, he dances, tosses his head, most nota...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/walk-on-wild-side.html
Packed house, so to speak, today at Iron Ridge. In attendance were Heather (of course), Jae (who didn't ride), Kris and Dr. Erin, who brought young ladies Steph and McKenna, Rachel and Sarah. R...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-ride-of-2012.html
We had planned for the Boyz to be home until this coming weekend, but 'twas not to be. I had been feeding them (a complete pelleted feed) at least twice a day and offering them timothy alfalfa, ...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/abrupt-departure.html
Jazu the Wonder Pony at the honey hole With a high today in the lower 70s, it was perfect for a ride down our old familiar road. Jaz and I haven't done this ride since last spring, but he ...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/rockin-down-road.html
Tuesday afternoon. I'm just beginning to see, Now I'm on my way. It doesn't matter to me, Chasing the clouds away. — "The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon" by the Moody Blues from the...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/forever-afternoon.html
One of my least favorite things to do is lugging tack from my truck to wherever it is I'll be tacking Jaz up, which is usually the chute at the farm . I pull my truck close to it, make multiple t...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-awesome-christmas-present.html
For the first time since May, Jaz and Daltrey are home. Although not anywhere near recovered from the drought, we felt like the land could tolerate them for a week or so. I have the sheer joy of ...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/home-for-holidays.html
a•pol•o•gy | əˈpäləjē| noun 1 a regretful acknowledgment of an offense or failure 2 a very poor or inadequate example of 3 a reasoned argument or writing in justification of somet...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/apology-for-grooming.html
Finally got a ride in today after a 3 week hiatus due to either rain or the arena still being too wet to ride. The arena was tilled deeply but not finely, and the horses were a bit put out that t...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/grey-winters-day.html
It was the day after Thanksgiving 2006 when my adventures with horses officially began. That's the day I brought Poco home. I had purchased him a month earlier, but we had fencing to do be...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/11/marking-milestones.html
Big ol' truck 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide It's a big ol' truck Here she come again man — 'Big Ol' Truck by Toby Keith from his 1994 album 'Boomtown' I got my first horse in 2006, but I ...
Today was the kind of day for which we Texans cling to hope while in the throes of triple-digit summers: beautiful blue skies, friendly, fluffy clouds, a light breeze and temps in the low 80s. Al...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/11/paybacks-for-summer-heat.html
No boat. The weather has been crisp and cool with a enough rain to elicit hope, but that's about all you can say. I will never complain about rain again. I will gratefully accept having any and...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/11/me-upon-my-pony.html
Things always work out in exactly the way they are supposed to. This morning, I was wide awake at 5am and rather than fight it, I just got up. What a perfectly beautiful morning it was! And the g...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/10/it-wasnt-fluke.html
Today, Jaz & I took about a half dozen steps at the canter. Thanks to Heather for tilling the round pen, which always gives me a bit more confidence and sense of security when trying anything. ...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/10/uncharacteristic-brevity.html
I've said it many times and I'll say it once more: without Heather and her family, the good folks at Iron Ridge Sport Horses , I'd have prolly ended up dead in a ditch somewhere long ago. They h...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/10/showing-our-appreciation.html
I decided to vaccinate Daltrey against strangles because of new horses coming and going at the farm. I remember when I first met Heather and her family, they had a bout with strangles and it wasn...
http://barndoortagz.blogspot.com/2011/10/familiarity-breeds-contentment.html