December 7 Blog How Do You Tell the Time at Black Mountain Ranch? I could end this blog post right now by answering the above question with two words. You're hungry. I will explain, but first, I need to crow a little. I have known for days what I was going to write about today. No panic, no stumbling about the internets trying to find something good to write about. I was prepared and ready to write this. Every teacher and professor I ever had would be not so much proud as they would be stunned and amazed. Now back to the explaining. Ivan Pavlov ...
December 5 Blog Wranglin' Wednesdays - Go Against The Grain! horses, colorado dude ranch, horsemanship, western riding, equestrian, horse, wranglin' wednesdays How's it going, audience? Good? Good. Me, I'm sitting here on my living room couch, procrastinating on packing my room up until the last minute, as usual. As I sat, I thought of something: hey, wouldn't my blog readers like to read about how to catch a difficult horse in the pasture? I don't know, do you? Too late! Right about now, y'all are probably going "Katie, you don't know anything about horses, do you? All you need is some grain!", but everybody knows I like to do ...
December 4 Blog Pony Club and Life Lessons horseback riding, horsemanship, equestrian, pony club Hello! This week marks the start of finals for me, so kind thoughts and prayers would be much appreciated! I considered writing more about managing time and finding ways to ride, but I think this week's focus will be on something from my past, for some of you may have children who are involved in this organization, or may have been part of it yourself. As you can see from my title, I am speaking of Pony Club. Now, my parents (read: my mother) encouraged my brother and me to be ...
December 4 Blog Cowgirl Bling: Triple Heart Bling Buckles Cyndy May shared these photos with me today and I was so excited that I had to share with all of our fans! Cyndy, who runs our horse health program at Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch, finds herself at a barrel race (or 17) when she can get away from the ranch during the season to compete. Her and her daughter, Avery May, are two kick butt cowgirls with great attitude and hearts! (More on that to come in another blog post later....) These belt buckles couldn't be any better ...
December 3 Blog Meet Hilary Tandy horse riding holiday, horseback riding, equestrian My name is Hilary Tandy and I am a Junior Pre-med Neuroscience major at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The road to Medical School is long and rough, but my frequent visits home to our farm in Magnolia, Texas to show my hunter and jumper makes the struggle more than worth it. Check out my blog for insight into how I manage to balance these responsibilities while maintaining my sanity, and I hope you also enjoy my anecdotes about growing up around horses and trying all sorts of ...