Jumat, 25 Juni 2010

I Love a Parade ... Don't You?

I Love a Parade ... Don't You?

If everything goes as planned, I'll be riding in a parade within the next few days in Wisconsin. A Wild West group has invited me to join them for a small-town festival parade.

In May, I had the privilege of participating in the Pegasus Parade in Louisville, Kentucky - as part of the festivities for Kentucky Derby Week.

I Love a Parade!
(Have you ever been in a

Kamis, 24 Juni 2010

Hearing Heavy Horses

Hearing Heavy Horses

A friend wore a neat and nostalgic tee shirt (bearing this old Jethro Tull "Heavy Horses" album cover) to the barn yesterday - on a hot and muggy summer afternoon.

The thunder rumbled in the distance, as we watched a dark curtain of clouds coming in from the West. The young horses romped and ran in the far pasture, awaiting the wild weather to come.

Although most of the

Rabu, 23 Juni 2010

OK, So a Horse Walks into a Bar, and . . .

OK, So a Horse Walks into a Bar, and . . . 

This actually happened.

In Tampa, Florida, mounted police are allowed to walk through certain shops and even bars.

This video shows a police horse (and his police officer rider) taking a stroll through Habibi's Hookah Bar (located on 7th Avenue in Ybor City). This bar, a tobacco cafe, has a joint covered promenade with Phat Katz Tattoo Parlor.

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Minggu, 20 Juni 2010

Cat-tle Roundup

Cat-tle Roundup

Cowboyby Charles Edwin Fripp circa 2906
 Here's a scene you don't see often, out on the range ...
... but it surely must make the fur fly.


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This sort of gives "Git along, little dogies" a whole new meaning. What sort of roundup is this, anyway?