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Maybe just a little whining and then some good news!
By Patty Wilber Over the course of the two rounds of chemo that I have been doing since October, 2022, I have held up decently, and no one side effect has been unmanageable, but after all these months of little … Continue reading
A Ride in the Chiricahua National Monument
By Patty Wilber A couple months ago, the Shuert’s and us decided to head to Arizona for five days of mid-winter warmth. Of course, it turned out we had two good days, one cold rainy touristy day where we drove … Continue reading
Farewell 2022
By Patty Wilber Last year has packed up and is heading away, The next won’t be cold-backed, we fervently pray. Here’s a review of a few adventures we had Many were lovely and some were quite sad.
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Merry Christmas (hats) 2022
By Patty Wilber The only big, creative Christmas Hat break through I managed was to cut slits in one of my Santa hats so the horse’s ears could poke out. I had planned to at least cut all four hats … Continue reading
Mills Rim Campground
By Patty Wilber About an hour eastish from Wagon Mound, NM, is a little (6 sites) campground on the rim of Mills Canyon, above the Canadian River. It is about six miles in on a gravel road. It is in … Continue reading
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Back to “Normal”
By Patty Wilber May was a little crazy with our gone every weekend (Delaware, Hawaii, Horse Show, Illinois) schedule. This week, we are getting back to “normal”.
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Back Country Horsemen 101, 2022 Version
By Patty Wilber Back Country Horsemen 101 at the Stanley Cyclone Arena was my entertainment last Saturday! (Friday was judging high school rodeo cow horse with Jordyn!)
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An Afternoon at the Barn
By Patty Wilber After a night of snow, the sun was out and the wind was calm, so the horses took the opportunity to snooze it up in the afternoon (35F).
2021 in Review and Happy New Year
By Patty Wilber Two thousand twenty one was not a bad year. We had 19 head that came through here. Six were colt starts, which I do still like, And eight went a showing, (and Jim brought his bike).
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How to Take Adequate Christmas Hat Pictures of Horses with Your Phone
By Patty Wilber Here are a couple of tips for Christmas Hat pictures, which, as we will see, I apparently don’t follow all that well.