Culpeper Finals Candids

Big thank you to Manfriend for using my camera to sneak some super sweet shots of Francis and I at the show! The pro pics are nice and all, but it was awesome having my own paparazzi.

Course walk with Trainer. That’s right, my trainer is actually a jump standard. You caught me.

Faces like this are the reason I have no nice pictures

Dat tail doe

Tee hee oh I didn’t even know you were taking my picture LOL

I don’t know what I love most: the porta-potties in the back, Frankie’s total apathy, my distinct lack of eye contact, the list just goes on and on

UGH WARMING UP STINKS MAHM

MAHM WASSTHAT OVER THERE

MAHM THAT STRANGE MAN IS TAKING MY PICTURE MAHM WHY DO NOT WANT UGH

On cloud nine after a double clear round

Frankie was more thinking, “Probs just gonna nibble her boot for a bit, feels like the right thing to do”

Holding together the excitement

Starting to lose control a little…

HOLY FRICK DO YOU SEE THIS RIBBON I HAVE

Kali Spera from Santorini!

Greetings! I’m still in Santorini (and then Milos) for a few more days, but I couldn’t resist taking advantage of wifi and sharing some pics so far. Can’t wait to share stories when I get back!

Yasou ❤

Fish pedicure in Santorini

Momma looking over our balcony in Santorini

One of the incredibly gorgeous beaches on Naxos

I made dis!

One of the tiny coastal villages on Naxos

My mom can’t escape my love

My happy mug

True story: my sister looks like an actual movie star

Everyone needs a big hat

Getting creative with the local foliage to create pretty tablescapes

View over the island from our villa on Naxos, featuring the amphitheater we used to perform dramatic readings

Wordless Wednesday- High Alert

  

The closest I’ve ever seen Addy come to spooking on the ties. AKA she looked awake. She then received tons of nose smooshes for being so darn cute.

 PS- my internet has been wonky for a few days so I’m a little behind, but I’ll be rejoining you as soon as it’s fixed! 

Wordless Wednesday- Little Monkey

Those big eyes! And such long fingers! My niece is too perfect for words.

Pretty Girl Photo Dump

The promised photos! All taken by an extremely talented junior at our barn- you should totally check out her Instagram @hgielloh, she posts awesome pics of her and her hunky gelding doing the big eq and super cool shows.

I know I should do what Lauren at She Moved to Texas does and use these photos in my blog posts….but I have absolutely no self control and must share them with you all at once.

face wut

oh wow such majestic

looking really not pleased about the whole “no-stirrup” thing

cute trot!

are pics when you’re in the “up” of your positing trot always awkward, or is it just me?

continued majesty.

holy crap she’s massive

seriously what a beefcake

oh wow leg looking SUPER effective here

gonna go sit on my horse couch for a little bit

ohmygosh her face is the cutest little pony face!!!!

just look at it!

by my expression, it seems that someone just told me that my mother died. y u in such pain, self?

human derping at no stirrups. horse super photogenic.

Pretty Girl being super Pretty.

those floppy donkey ears!

another sweet flop. lawlz elbowz.

taking a breather to admire how cute and relaxed and easy this pony is

LOLOLOLOL DRAGONMARE IS HERE HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE

Talented photog had to run at this point, but I promise it got better from there. Read my lesson recap if you don’t believe me.

Hope you enjoyed seeing more of the majestic unicorn that is the DragonMare!

Wordless Wednesday- Rollback of Death

I should’ve put this in my post yesterday! I’m clearly a little slow. But this is the turn we were trying yesterday: jump in the first one, then tight rollback right to the rail in front of some standards that were in the way (represented by the white X). We fiddled with our track quite a bit, so these arrows really just give the gist of what direction we were generally aiming to go.

How would you have approached this exercise, both pace and track-wise? What skills would you want in your toolbox to tackle this?

Wordless Wednesday- Perfect Baby

Katherine Elizabeth, also known as She of the Chubby Cheeks

Wordless Wednesday- Tail Braiding

Not perfect, but not too shabby for my second time trying! Having trouble with starting it at the top and keeping it straight mostly. Would love any tips you might have!

Wordless Wednesday- Faces

Y’all need more of our smiling faces in your Wednesday.

PS: Guys I’m on Twitter now and pretty confused about how it’s supposed to work. But if you want to see me fumble my way through a new social media channel, then find me @hellomylivia!

Almost Wordless Wednesday- Stall Swag

Addy got the icing on her stall door that she really wanted. She also told me that we need to get another champion ribbon to make it symmetric. What Pretty Girl wants, Pretty Girl gets.