A couple of jockeys working. Check out the style of the second guy.
Andrea Fappani
Craig got pretty pissed that someone was filming his presentation. The guy set up a tripod and was right up front. As Craig put it, "Monday morning the guy will be selling his "Craig Cameron" video on ebay for $29.99". I'm sure Andrea doesn't mind my 23 second clip.
Training a horse can be a challenge. Follow along as I train Jessie using Natural Horsemanship principles. Jessie is a Foundation Quarter Horse born in 2000. Most of the what I learned about horses and horsemanship has come from studying Clinton Anderson's Downunder Horsemanship although I've taken several clinics, studied other trainers, and worked with other horses. Follow along and share our experiences.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A Couple of Short Videos
And Even MORE Pictures
I was trying to figure out a way to use that Lytebox thing on the No Worries site on Blogger to post these pictures, but I couldn't even figure it out there, so what chance did I have?
These are the last of the photos. I have a couple of short videos to get up soon.
These are some of the foothills near Pomona.

Some action shots of the jockeys working in the morning (I think this was Saturday morning)




Andrea Fappani did a reining clinic. This was a really nice horse.

This is a Fell Pony. We have friends named Fell so I took it as a joke. Nice horse though.

Chris Cox. It was on an earlier demonstration that as he mounted his horse, the horse shied or something and he came right off. I didn't see it, but, of course he blamed himself for not paying attention to where he was in the arena and checking out the horse a little beforehand.


There was a fire on the Grapevine on the way back. If you look closely you can see the firefighters' line.

These are some pictures from this morning right outside our store. Max and I just got back from our walk and we were on our way to the tennis courts. It's pretty windy and the weatherman predicted a storm coming in (it's raining now at 1:30 PM). It was just before sunrise and the light was pretty spectacular. Since I had your attention I thought I would toss them in. I think if you click on them they get bigger.

These are the last of the photos. I have a couple of short videos to get up soon.
These are some of the foothills near Pomona.
Some action shots of the jockeys working in the morning (I think this was Saturday morning)
Andrea Fappani did a reining clinic. This was a really nice horse.
This is a Fell Pony. We have friends named Fell so I took it as a joke. Nice horse though.
Chris Cox. It was on an earlier demonstration that as he mounted his horse, the horse shied or something and he came right off. I didn't see it, but, of course he blamed himself for not paying attention to where he was in the arena and checking out the horse a little beforehand.
There was a fire on the Grapevine on the way back. If you look closely you can see the firefighters' line.
These are some pictures from this morning right outside our store. Max and I just got back from our walk and we were on our way to the tennis courts. It's pretty windy and the weatherman predicted a storm coming in (it's raining now at 1:30 PM). It was just before sunrise and the light was pretty spectacular. Since I had your attention I thought I would toss them in. I think if you click on them they get bigger.
Some pictures from the Good Camera
So Blogger loves to mess with the pictures. These are in reverse order. There is a mountain pass called the Grapevine between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Aptly named because the old road winded like a grapevine and there are grapes grown on our side of the mountains. On my way down on Friday I took some shots through the windshield and side windows. The morning light was very interesting as was trying to drive and adjust the camera.
This is a lake called Pyramid Lake, a reservoir for the Los Angeles valley.

Just before sunrise. Note the amount of traffic.

My "artistic" rear-view-mirror shot.

Nearing the summit.

Notice the "snow" still on the ground.
This is a lake called Pyramid Lake, a reservoir for the Los Angeles valley.
Just before sunrise. Note the amount of traffic.
My "artistic" rear-view-mirror shot.
Nearing the summit.
Notice the "snow" still on the ground.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Here are some more pictures
I think these were taken on Friday. (All the days are blurring together)
This is the Outdoor Arena

The Barns


The Fresian Barn


The Warm-up Arena




A Couple of Gypsies

The Throughbred Barn


This is the Outdoor Arena
The Barns
The Fresian Barn
The Warm-up Arena
A Couple of Gypsies
The Throughbred Barn
Monday, February 2, 2009
we're back
And there's a lot to catch up on. I thought I would post this:
You can see what the prelim round was at the ECR. I was in the back left corner, too far to see clearly. This Haf did pretty good. In the second jump her snaps popped on her top and that's why she's a little slow to finish :>).
I be back when I get caught up from my week away.
You can see what the prelim round was at the ECR. I was in the back left corner, too far to see clearly. This Haf did pretty good. In the second jump her snaps popped on her top and that's why she's a little slow to finish :>).
I be back when I get caught up from my week away.
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