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Went to drop off supplements and visit Miss Fi today in a real feel of -5°F and she was happily rolling in the snow and playing with her friends 🥹

Rainbow fragmented light reflecting on a dark blue wall with white trim

The winter sun low in the sky and casting long shadows over a snowy backyard. There are a few bare trees, a pine tree, and houses in the distance and a fire pit with Adirondack chairs in the yard

The moon and a streetlamp casting a warm glow on a snowy street

A candle with a cartoon dachshund wearing a winter hat and sweater illuminating a lazy susan containing spices in a dark kitchen

It's been a cozy day

Obsessed with your cottage! It's so lovely!

Happy birthday!!! 🥳

OH MY GODDD CONGRATS I'm obsessed w this 😍

It rly chaps my ass when someone gets on their horse and then is just immediately trottting

The student who jogged and lunged her was like "this horse loves you and thinks I'm a joke" lmao

After 4.5 years Fi needed another round of back injections. The lameness specialist vet has seen her a number of times over the years and it was so gratifying to hear him call her "a success story" today 😭 He was super happy with her hind end/overall condition and she flexed sound, too!

My local election results were pretty much as bad as can be, but so excited to be celebrating Mamdani, Spanberger, Sherrill, and Prop 50 tonight!

A chestnut mare looking over a wood gate with a strand of electric on the top. Outside of the frame, her paddock mate is being ridden in an outdoor arena and she is watching. A folded blue blanket is on the gate and some trees with mixed green and orange foliage are in the background

A chestnut mare standing up a hill in front of a run-in shelter with her left hind cocked. Her head is turned with ears alert to look down at me. The sky is overcast in the background

Happy to finally see my lady today 🧡

Close up of a black cat with gold eyes and a large gold tag on her collar. Her jaw is still a bit swollen making her lips turn down into the appearance of a frown

My poor Bea had to have 14 teeth pulled due to resorptive lesions last week. She is doing great but tonight at night check I got to tell Fiona that for once she isn't the animal who is actively stressing me out 🥲

I hope you can get a copy! I got Fiona's JC papers out of the blue 2 years ago (I thought they'd been lost) and while I'm not a fan of racing as an institution it's super cool to have them

A man and a woman petting a chestnut TB mare and a black Percheron mare in a fly mask over a wooden fence. The evening light is golden

Brought some friends to meet Fi yesterday! She and Bella soaked up the extra pats

Muted someone on my business insta who gives me thee worst comparisonitis. Not ready to unfollow bc we were friends for years but this little step will help me stop fixating and focus on my unique approach and talents 😮‍💨

Never taking my mobility for granted ever again 🥰

Scheduled back injections for Fi and immediately hurt my own back. Just wanted to match with my girl 🥰

I'm so happy for you 😭

I love my pets and I love my vets but dang are they costing me a lot of money this fall

Me sitting in front of a window with my brown hair up in a messy bun and a very bubbly sheet mask on my face. My eyes are wide

A grey tabby with big green eyes staring up at me from my lap. Her ears are pulled back almost in "airplane ear" position and they look tiny from this angle

What Willow sees / What I see

A chestnut horse's hind end standing square and not camped out or under. She is in an enclosed tacking up area with some rubber mats

Forever unraveling the ball of disfunction that is Fiona but little moments of good posture make me so happy

Kinda!!

Today Fi's bodyworker said she is "very in tune with her own body" which is not a way I ever thought I would hear my horse described 🥹 I'm so happy she can comfortably exist in her own skin and enjoy new sensations without always shutting down or running away

Fi was pretty easy on her clothes last winter but one neck cover has rodent damage and both her fly sheets are shredded lol

Every year I am so grateful to have a local-ish horse laundry and blanket repair service (that even does pick-up and drop-off). I hate thinking ahead to blanket szn but it's so nice knowing I'll be prepared with clean, rewaterproofed, patched blankets!

That was a hard no lol. I ordered a Thorowgood T8 GP for us which is presently shipping from FL and the fitter will be back next month to look at it. I have heard very mixed things about Thorowgoods but it was affordable and I'm kinda looking forward to the ease of a synthetic saddle

My mom brought me a CWD saddle from a friend (who lost her horse a few years back) to try on Fi. I'm not usually a French saddle fan and at first glance I think the back panels are the wrong shape for Fi's loooong back but I do think it'll fit me and it's so nicely broken in!

Fiona from the front wearing a halter and blue shoofly leggins. She is standing in a sand ourdoor arena directly after rolling so her muzzle is dusty. The rest of her head is less in focus but her tufty forelock is splayed in several directions

I have to tell some people no and quit a few commitments (like a networking group, nothing dire) this month and I'm ughhhhh about it

Long story short we did not get to try the Thorowgood but otherwise the appt went great! Fitter is confident she can get a good price for my Zaldi and took it away which is a relief. Fi was well behaved, her new tracings show she's gained some good muscle, and we will get saddle recs soon!

I feel like you are raising him to be a well-adjusted gentleman and I bet he will love the attention!