I was riding a quiet country lane yesterday morning, and - trying being a good careful rider, was keeping an eye far up the road. I saw a white plastic bag in a ditch and thought " Better be careful, if a breeze kicks up, that could scare my.......
bike."
I haven't owned a horse in 30 years. (ouch.) Maybe I was time-traveling a little since I had just passed a horse rescue. But it had me smiling at myself all the way home. (And blessings to Comanche in horse-heaven, I hope you remember me kindly.)
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08-04-2006, 07:37 PM #1
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the equestrian types will enjoy this...
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08-04-2006, 07:50 PM #2
"Breathe, Stupid!!" :)
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heeeheeeee! Too funny LLB!
What breed of horse did you used to own? Sounds like you miss horse ownership.
~K"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein
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08-04-2006, 08:20 PM #3
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Oohh, I do the same thing. I see something on the side of the road that my last horse would of spooked at and immediately start preparing for it. It's just a part of me now I guess
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08-04-2006, 08:42 PM #4
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its the little things that some people don't pick up.
every small movement i still brace myself for something bad happening. now though its more of a big animal coming at me than leaving me behind."Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant
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08-05-2006, 12:17 AM #5
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horse at night
Speaking of horses, I had a funny encounter one night off road..
It was dark & I was heading up to meet the guys at the funky pizza joint in Mundaring and saw this light ahead of me. The position of the light and the speed of whomever was using it was going kind of slow. I wondered
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It was an equestrian. I'd never encountered a horse at night but said hello and kept mozying.
It's always a joy to ride through horse doo at night.
I just wish the roos would use lights at night too...
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08-05-2006, 03:23 AM #6
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LOL!
I still can't mount my bike from the "wrong" side.
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08-05-2006, 03:40 AM #7
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Yes, BikeMomma, I would dearly love to have a horse in my life. We have 2 1/2 acres and a 2 stall barn, so hopefully one day, it will happen. Our place needs a lot of work yet, and our crazy careers in the arts barely support us, the cat, & the goats and chickens. When I have a horse, I want to be able to do it right, and have time to spend with her, too.
Comanche was a a very large palamino pony, full of attitude and challenge. Lord knows what had been done to him over the years. I got him for Christmas when I was 9. He cost $250 from a guy that bought him at an auction so he was a total mystery, we kept him for free in an old man's garage (we were a very working class family). It may have looked scrappy, but that pony had the best of everything. It was just me & him through some very tough childhood years. We explored woods and canal paths and abandoned lots. By the time I turned 16, all the land had gone to industrial parks, and Comanche went to another little girl. But he was so scrappy, I always worried that no one else would have the patience to get past his orneriness. So all these years, I've promised Comanche that the next horse I get will be with me to the end of their life, same as all my other animal companions.
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