Life in the eyes of Idlewild

Autumn is now in full swing here in colorado. The leaves are all golden, the harvest is on, and there is a noticeable chill in the air as the sun rises in the morning. I love this time of year, but it also makes me sad that summer is over. Why? Because it was just one awesome summer!

My summers officially start with Memorial Day weekend with the reenactment/living history at Fort Garland. Then on Memeorial Day itself we went to the Veterans Center and participated in the ceremony...

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I had a bad feeling somebody would buy these before I had the money too...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280271733701
Somebody got a steal of a deal on those boots!
Gah, they were JUST the perfect size for me. The boot I have now fit, but they aren't perfect. Guess I'll keep looking.

My goal this winter is to upgrade my riding apparel. That means... boots that FIT... WELL!! New full seat breeches... the pair I...

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Ride!! I want to ride Buddy sooooo bad! But he's not in work until we can figure out what is going on with his leg
I just have this incredible itching to ride and to JUMP!! The last time I jumped (aside from at the cav competition) we did a 3'3" course that just felt AMAZING! This horse can jump, the 3'3", it felt like nothing, and that's training level! It made me feel so proud!
But now I can't jump.... Pie doesn't jump anymore, and even if he did, at the moment he's...

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Was just browsing dreamhorse and ran across this ad......
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse...rse_id=1299351

My first thought, was... No way!! That horse is perfect for her!! *exasperated sigh*

Kinda backstory here... the owner, Jerri, bought the mare green broke from my then trainer when she was 5 1/2 years old. She had just had to retire her last horse due to a stifle problem and had been looking at a bunch of greenie WBs so my trainer stuck her on Priscilla...

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The few pictures I snagged with my camera. Hopefully I'll get some soon of me riding! I KNOW pictures were taken of us in the Director's Cup, hopefully some of them turned out


The BEAR!! RUN!!!!!


Can we say bling? This saddle was gorgeous... the display said something...

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