Take Your Time
Cherish what time you have with patience and meaning. Our dear little friends are only here for a snippet of our lifespan and if we rush what time we have, wether it be training, or getting saddle ready, or trying to compete in an event, we’ll be left with so little of it. Take your time and you may surprised with more years than you had ever hoped.
They live but a short while compared to us, but to them we are their lifetime. Give them a full cherished life and be with them until their end, even though they may not be there for ours.
Last night we experienced the loss of a beloved little family critter. Our cat Boots of 21 years.
It may seem silly to most for one to be so affected by the passing of a cat but she was my fluffy little rock I leaned on in some of my toughest times. It’s instilled even more in me to appreciate my animals with what little time they give to our lives.
This loss has wained me and slowed what plans I had set to accomplish this day. Apologies for not completing my project for you all, that being an educational writing of senior horse care in the winter in place of today’s lessons. Of which were cancelled due to Jake being a bit kinked up from this last cold front and storm. As a side note, I’m happy to say he’s doing well in recovering. ❤️🩹
But this is the cycle of life, and life sometimes slows to have a moment to breathe. Which in turn can give us another opportunity of growth and learning.
I will be resuming my projects tomorrow and get them sent out to you all. In fortunate news my health is doing quite well and I’m beyond excited to take on the work season in a more sustainably building approach. I can’t wait to see you all again once this weather begins to clear! 💕
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Love this boy so much. 💕
I have some updates to come soon, just to preface and to not scare anyone, Chief is more than okay. In fact, he is much healthier than me.
Chief and I zooming into the week after a break in the rain. ✨🌧️🌿
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The pages of my books fall out in beautiful detail before me when I am beneath the Pacific Northwest forests with my loyal companion. Horses and nature are a couple of the many things that create the reality that these pages are shaped and inspired from. 🌿🐴
I am beyond lucky and grateful that this is my reality with a horse that inspires stories. I am also thankful I am able to provide others the ability to create their own stories inspired from their ever growing partnership with their companion.
I have seen and experienced many stories in the past few years, and cannot wait to help create more. 🍁✨
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Hello fall, the ponies and I await your ever changing scenery with your crisp calming air. 🍁🍂🐴
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I couldn’t be more thankful for my beautiful work views and to my amazing clients/students. 💕✨🌿It’s every horse persons dream to ride in harmony with their horse, full confidence, communication, trust, etc. Does this take longer for different horses? Riders? Yes, absolutely. But that does not necessarily make you any less of a rider, or devalue the self worth of a horse. If anything, the skills, determination, and everything that goes along with establishing this connection, with your horse, only builds you more as a well rounded horse person, and rounds out your horse as well. It does not break you down by any means to have to take the longer path to achieve this.
Summer is almost here and Spring is in full bloom on the redwood mountains. 🪻🌿✨ Spirit and I went on our fast short ride a couple days ago and his conditioning has been coming along beautifully. 💪🐴 Very excited to get into some endurance rides with him again.
Come Ride With us as we Explore Trail Routes
What is like to go out for a ride with me? What do I train my horse to be capable of doing? And what is one of my biggest specialities as a horsemanship instructor and equine trainer? Come along with us as we ride 16.5 miles of trail exploring on old logging road, skid roads, just plain bushes at some points, and finally reaching the road I’ve been trying to get to for last few months! All in the course of 6 hours.
I’ve been looking at satellite imagery and old maps to find routes on this mountain and my Father logged her 30 years ago. So he’s been telling me about these old routes and helping out. Absolutely love exploring a mountain that’s unknown to me. It’s so exciting and an adventure every time I go out!
I do want to note that I do not offer these advanced trail rides as a regular service on my own equines. For anyone with their own I do however offer training. For my own equines I provide shorter more accessible rides to regular students during their lesson time. For experienced clients I will occasionally invite them to ride with me on my horses to rebuild themselves for their own. In the video, I’m riding with an experienced friend with her very good minded trail horse. I absolutely do not take beginners on a ride like this, that would be a heck of a doozy. Most of the crazy parts are not in the video, as we were too focused. In general I do not offer trail rides to first time riders as I want to build you up as a rider and set you up for success. Being inexperienced on a crazy trail for the first time can take a lot of the fun away. But it also can cause physical discomfort to the rider and equine. Side note done…
I’ve also been working on my tack setup for my trail exploring, bushwacking riding, for the last few months. I have my Mother’s old leather endurance saddle, from back in the day when she rode old man Chief. Turning the old thing into an heirloom but it also preserves my Specialized Endurance Eurolight racing saddle I worked
You can never take Chief’s heart and spirit away. ✨💕
I rencently made a TikTok account for my business, Mary Homicz’s Equine Services, and have made a video about Chief. I have also done an introductory video on myself, and will be doing more on the other ponies. Also, look out for educational content, in video form, that I will be working on here soon. 😉 Feel free to visit my TikTok to learn more about Chief.
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