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What do we make of the 3 year-olds?
Nicanor got second in his second race, stalking the pace, faltering at the head of the stretch, and then grinding his way back up the leader's flank before the wire caught them. It's a more exciting effort.
Stardom Bound found some competition from her own gender today, getting the Santa Anita Oaks by only a nose... which of course makes her ( Read more... ) -
Peppers from seed?
I planted 16 little squares of bell peppers about 9 days ago. They say 10-21 days to germinate... so they're not even late yet, but I'm very nervous about them! I'm worried that maybe I should have read the seed packet a little better and not tried peppers - it says they like to germinate at 75-80 degrees! For reference, I keep the house at 65 ( Read more... ) -
The Obamas picked a dog!
How did it take me 4 hours to hear the news? They're going with a Portugese Water Dog. I'm glad they didn't pick something froofy.
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Thaw. Spring mud in February.
The snow melted this week. Yesterday, the horses at TRI saw mud for the first time in over a month, and every one of them rolled in it. It's a good measure of the chiropractic health of the barn at the moment that all of them, down to the 30 year-old Star-pony, was nimble enough to make the full rotation, evenly coating both sides of the body in ( Read more... ) -
He's no Barbaro...
Nicanor didn't win his debut. Sounded like a not-horrible performance off of a slow break and a not-entirely-successful effort to rate; perhaps a learning experience; perhaps he'll go off and be a turf horse now ( Read more... ) -
silly moment...
But I am sitting here with my two glasses of California champagne enjoying every silly moment of this wonderful day.
Love Jill Biden's dress.
Disappointed with Michelle's - I was so sure she'd wear a bold color, like she usually does, and I've never been big on dresses with weird textures and things on them. And she seems to keep needing to adjust ( Read more... ) -
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The snow keeps falling, without any wind. It stands up four inches high along the tops of our chain-link fences. -
*somebody* had a more interesting night than I did.
Caboo caught a flying squirrel. Which begs the question of what it was doing gliding through his kennel... -
Dorky Squee!
Joe @ TB Friends asked for help with horse names a few weeks ago. I've named a horse!
From today's journal:
From a private home in Elverta I found a gorgeous black and white filly, and the owner said there is no money to feed her. The owner wanted $100.00, or he was going to shoot her. The filly jumped into the trailer like I jump into strawberry ( Read more... )
