Common Ground Hoofcare

20/08/2024

The cobblers children get…No glue 🤣
I usually like to add a rim of glue and some packing material to an application, but I’m low on materials, and I need to keep this guy in work. So, he got the cheap and quick version. I say cheap, but is never that 🤣 pray for multiple resets 🤞🏽
I also NEVER oil my feet, but this set looked so pretty, I couldn’t resist. Not as a “rule” persay, just because I don’t need to spend more time bent over than I already do. And northeast feet certainly don’t need more moisture.
But they sure do look pretty.

18/08/2024

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15/08/2024

Reggie Bleu and I keeping it super real during his mani/pedi.
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17/07/2024

Obligatory “I exist, and I glue plastic on large herbivores appendages” post.
I do love that I am riding my own horses enough that we've earned some hoof protection.
I also love that these feet are all wildly different sizes.
in order they are a 16.1h warmblood, a 14h connemara pony, and a 12h Shetland X Welsh

30/06/2024

Before and after.
Fell Pony maintained every six weeks by a competent farrier with a different education than myself.

29/06/2024

This video came through my feed in an interesting way, and while the posters commentary was pretty inflammatory, the information shared in the video is Spot On.
One of the red flags for me from a variety of practitioners is the “heel first landing” when assessing the horse at a walk.
Heel first, toe first, or medial/lateral hard landings are indications of imbalance.
I want the horse to land FLAT AT A WALK, only landing harder on the heels in the faster gaits.

Assessing the natural structure (conformation) of the horse plus HOW the horse is ridden (consistently inverted or BTV) is going to tell me a lot about how much I can affect or maintain.

Wonderful information

11/06/2024

Making work fun, one flower pony at a time
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14/12/2023

“B!tch do you even bevel??” To quote a quote by and a previous post from
Because bissshhhhh we beveling for dayyyysssss

05/10/2023

How to access quality hoof care:

If you are having trouble finding a farrier who will come out to trim one horse, you need to consider why. If it is a matter of location, maybe you can haul your horse closer to the farrier. Maybe you can offer to pay double or triple the trim price. Understand that farriers are not paid by the hour, we are not reimbursed for mileage. We do not have paid benefits or a pension. Materials and fuel are expensive. Our cost of doing business often exceeds 50% of our income. It is not reasonable to assume we can afford to NOT raise our prices yearly. We cannot afford to drive out for one trim, because we will lose money. We are not paid while we are driving. Do not ask us to work for free. Do not ask us to give up rest and recovery time because you’re unwilling to take a couple hours off work once every two months. Call your neighbors, talk to other boarders, prepare a group of horses for a farrier to service at the same time. This is how you can keep costs down and keep a farrier coming back, this is how you can get excellent hoof care. Trust me when I say that we exhaust our resources for you and your horses. Do the same, draw on your resources. Consider tipping to show your appreciation. Consider working as hard as we do to create favorable conditions for your appointment. Make a couple changes and I think you’ll be pleased with the results. Ask questions and you may find out how much time and money some of us have devoted to our continuing education, because we care about the quality of service we provide. You play a role in accessing that quality of service.

07/09/2023

05/06/2023

Cracks!
It’s always fun to post about cracks and to reiterate the causes of them. There are only four (4) causes of cracks! Sometimes a combination of those four causes.
1. Imbalance. Inappropriate leverage on the lamina. Whether that’s long toes, excess flare, excess pressure. An unbalanced hoof capsule may result in a crack.
2. Trauma. That can be outward trauma to the hoof or coronary band, or internal trauma like a keratoma or a crena (irregularities of the lamina or coffin bone). This can also be a chicken or egg situation. Chronic leverage cracking can do deep damage to the lamina and bone, and become permanent scarring with a constant risk of cracking.
3. Infection. This can accompany any other cause of cracking, and usually does. It’s usually about opportunity. This can also accompany internal trauma complications, like a chronic crack that contains an unresolved abscess.
4. Nutrition. The hoof pictured has nutrition cracks that have been exacerbated by excess leverage and infection. Triple whammy. We addressed the leverage. The cracks began to diminish. His diet was addressed as well as potential deeper infection, but our progress plateaued. In frustration we went back to the diet factor. It turns out that there was som confusion with the feeding instructions on the balancer he was receiving. The enclosed scoop was not adequate for the recommended dosage, and he was only getting about ¼ the amount of balanced vitamins and minerals.
Once this issue was remedied, we have seen his feet resume their progress, with the cracks diminishing, and new tighter healthier hoof wall begin to grow down from the coronary band.
His owner keeps up with topical treatments to address infection, while the cause of the cracks continues to diminish.

04/06/2023

Bestie to save the day!
When the farriers children slip between the cracks call your to get the job done!!

27/03/2023

When you get to shoe a fancy black dragon and then take it for a ride
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23/03/2023

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14/01/2023

The importance of removing the coronary and fetlock hair on foundered horses, especially the wee ones.
There’s So Much hoof under that “little bit” of hair.
Things I learned during my time with
Swipe for the realigned hoof capsule.

28/06/2022

Really excellent write-up about managing horses with EMS.
It’s definitely Worth the long read!

Why do ‘cresty’ necks suddenly go rock hard?

This information is relevant and useful to people who own horses with Equine Metabolic Syndrome and are in danger of laminitis or whose horses are intermittently ‘footy’. Understanding this has helped with rehabilitating, not only all the ponies at Jen Heperi’s Mini-HaHa Rescue Haven but many more horses and ponies all around the world.

We learned from Dr Deb Bennett PhD (who has conducted many dissections), that “the horse's "crest" is made of fibro-fatty sub-cutaneous (adipose) tissue similar in texture to high-density foam”.

Have you ever wondered how it is that the ‘crest’ of the neck can harden so rapidly? Sometimes overnight?

The actual reason is because it goes ‘turgid’ (it fills with fluid). Like foam, the crest tissue can take up water like a sponge; so it swells and hardens because fluid ‘leaks’ into it, filling the interstitial spaces until it is hard as a rock, and ‘softens’ when electrolyte balances are corrected thereby allowing fluid to be resorbed.

When the crest swells with edema, other parts of the horse's body like the abdomen and the hooves (significantly the digital cushion is made of similar material, it is a thick wedge of fibro-fatty subcutaneous tissue) -- are liable to be in trouble, too.

Hardening of the ‘crest’ coincides with not only spring and autumn growth spurts but also potassium and nitrogen spikes in autumn and winter grasses. It coincides with early signs of laminitis which are ‘stiffening’ of gait and being ‘footy’.

It is a sure indication that one cause of ‘pasture related laminitis’ is as much to do with mineral imbalances, (particularly potassium and nitrogen excesses concurrent with salt deficit) as sugars and starches. It explains why short Autumn grass can cause laminitis when analysis shows soluble sugars + starch content is only 7.5% while potassium is 3.4%, sodium only 0.154%, nitrogen 5.8%, nitrates 2290mgs/kg (far too high, in mature grass/hay they are undetectable).
It is one of the many reasons clover is such a ‘no-no’ for EMS/laminitis equines and a likely explanation why there are some insulin resistant/elevated insulin horses that can't tolerate Lucerne (alfalfa) and is why Lucerne can perpetuate laminitis when everything else is being done ‘right’.

People who own horses with EMS are aware they need to pay attention to this vital sign: that just before a horse has a bout of laminitis, the normally soft and spongy crest stands up firm and hard. Then they can immediately reduce potassium/nitrogen intake by eliminating short, green grass replacing it with soaked hay and make sure they add salt to feeds and not rely on a salt lick. If action is taken quickly enough in these early stages, laminitis can be averted, you can ‘dodge a bullet’.

Soaking hay for about an hour not only reduces sugars but also reduces potassium levels by 50%.

Therefore a very important aspect of EMS and laminitis is that identifying and addressing mineral imbalances (particularly high potassium/nitrogen & low salt) are equally as important as sugar and starch content when rehabilitating individuals and assessing suitability of forage for these compromised equines.

08/06/2022

Please read this.
Everyone, please please read this, we’re begging you.

RESPECT THE FARRIER!

No, I’m not talking to your horse, I’m talking to YOU.

Recently, I’ve seen posts empathizing with horses who struggle with the farrier, and holding farriers accountable, but I didn’t see any empathizing with farriers, and holding us owners and trainers accountable, so here I am.

I also trimmed today, so I’m feelin’ it.

Sure, I’ve seen the typical posts that talk about disrespectful horses, but I think it’s high time to stop deflecting and blaming our horses for what is actually OUR disrespect and lack of responsibility.

We don’t just have a responsibility to our horses, but to our farriers.

I made a living trimming professionally for about a dozen years, I blew my shoulders out on it, got burned out on it, I know how demanding it is, so I’m a stickler for being appreciative of our farriers and setting them up for success.

If things don’t go well, we don’t get to blame our farrier for what is OUR lack of preparation.

Blaming our ‘disrespectful’ horses is pretty lame as well, no pun intended.

Trimming is physically hard work, it’s dangerous work, and it’s technical work.

First of all, we don’t get to complain about the quality of work if our horses can’t stand still.

Second, our farrier has every right to get firm or use restraints if they are concerned for their safety and we insist they continue.

If we aren’t comfortable with that, yes, we do have EVERY right to stop the session at ANY time and reschedule, but our farrier should be compensated for the missed appointment, and it will be our responsibility to prepare our horse for the next appointment, whether we do it ourselves, or pay a trainer, or plan on sedation, or schedule enough time for our farrier to give breaks or train, IF they agree to that and will be compensated for their time.

We should always compensate our farrier a training fee if they do agree to train on our horse, or reschedule if they don’t have the time or inclination to do so.

We should not complain that our farrier just didn’t have enough patience with poor Fluffy.

It is OUR responsibility to prepare Fluffy to be patient and comfortable with the poor farrier.

We should not blame farrier impatience for what is actually frustration when we expect our farrier to train on our horse without compensation, or without their agreement when they don’t have the time or inclination.

If our horse needs to put their foot down more often than normal for some reason, and doesn’t have good duration, it’s our responsibility to make sure that can happen without our farrier getting torqued on, and compensate monetarily for that extended time.

It’s amazing how patient a farrier can be when they aren’t getting tossed around, and are actually getting compensated for overtime like any other professional.

Our horse’s bad joints are not an excuse to contribute to the deterioration of our farrier’s joints.
If we have an arthritic horse, we should visit with our vet about using some pain relief before the appointment, for the sake of both horse and professional.
If the horse simply needs trimmed with the foot lower, we might consider giving a tip; the farrier will probably need a masseuse, unless they’re fortunate enough to be as short as me.

Farriers love their job, they love our horses, or they wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing, but it’s really difficult for them to love their job and love our horses if we aren’t pulling our weight.

That means doing what is necessary to get our horses comfortable physically, and having them used to getting their feet picked up, handled, tapped on, rasped on, held between legs, with the same duration that will be expected by our farrier, BEFORE our farrier shows up.

But it isn’t always about foot handling.

If our horse can’t confidently and patiently stand on their own for the same duration that it takes to get their feet worked on, adding a stranger who’s asking them to do it on three legs isn’t going to improve the situation.

Our horses should be comfortable standing, whether it’s tied or with us holding them, for the same duration it takes to get their feet done; we can use a hay net to facilitate some patience and peace of mind initially.

Finally, we should never, EVER expect our farrier to put up with herd bound issues. If our horse can’t stand still, we should bring in a buddy so our farrier can do their job.
Separation anxiety should be addressed on our own time, not our farrier’s.

Being respectful of the hard work that a professional puts in not only physically, but intellectually, and skill-wise, doesn’t mean we have to get harder on our horses, it means we have to get harder on ourselves, and show a little more appreciation.

“A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.”

05/06/2022

Just gonna leave this here forever and ever.

04/04/2022

This this this THIS THIS!!!
I am beyond tired of hearing “but there’s nothing to eat out in that field, it’s all grazed down” as an excuse not to muzzle or drylot your metabolic or at-risk horse.
Tough love, people, and better field maintenance!
Stressed grass is SUGARY GRASS!

Not a joke...

Have you ever wondered why you can have a 15 acre field and part of it is chewed down to nubs and the other part has grass a hand high, But your horse is constantly grazing in the chewed down part?

Grass 6 inches and taller has less sugars than grass under 6 inches.

For every inch drop below 6 inches, the fructan (sugar) content rises.

Grass under 6 inches is stressed like it's a Monday morning with a project deadline. It uses sugar to repair itself.

Stop mowing your fields short.

Stop grazing your chubbys on chewed down grass. (this is why grazing muzzles are so touted...they keep the horse from being able to get much short grass)

(We aren't saying let your fields be 3 feet tall, by the way. The optimal thing to do is keep them 6-8 inches tall and graze them in small areas there)

23/11/2021

Working in Sanctuary.
Means incredible landscape, towering mountain, so many kisses, and WHO INVITED THE GOATS??? 🤪
Everyone has a voice, even the darn goats who just want to be the center.

11/11/2021

Call me crazy, but not every day is the day for stretching comfort zones.
Sometimes operating within comfort zones is Perfectly Fine, and produce Fantastic Results.
I’m thrilled with the progress that this talented dressage horse is making with his not-so-great feet.
After a long toe and broken back HPA compromised his heel structures, “Bob” is happy to have some greater support for the back of his feet. His comfort and performance under saddle speak to the improvement in his feet.
Composite shoes for the win!

30/09/2021

A pedi and some jimmy choos for My Queen the other night.

08/09/2021

💥 ‼️ Attention Clients ‼️ 💥
Me and my car were in a single vehicle accident the other day.
I’m fine, but my trusty Jeep is NOT.
I’m waiting on an assessment by the body shop for my insurance company to determine if she is fixable.
I’m hoping to get into a rental soon, but for now, I’m house-bound.
Thank you all for your patience while I get my vehicle issues sorted out and back on the road to help your horses!

30/08/2021

Kestrel seems to appreciate having her needs met in domestic life.
Apparently that includes getting her hair and nails did

06/08/2021

It is a massive privilege to watch over the early development of young horses.
This was Inigo’s first trim at 5 weeks old. Nippers and everything! Symmetry and balance, in the foot and the rest of the baby…balance being the hardest part on those noodles-for-legs!

04/08/2021

I routinely promote this product to my clients.
If ever I’ve told you I’d send you the link to this, and forgotten (first, I’m sorry 😫) here it is!!

Artimud is non-toxic, safe and easy to use. Artimud is a great product for putting under Sole Support Impression Material to help maintain a healthy environment.

01/08/2021

I’ve had all these ideas for social media posts rolling around in my head lately but finding the energy to actually be still and write something thought-provoking and educational has been elusive.
Here’s a nice couple of hind feet.

19/06/2021

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫
𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙, 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙿𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚍, 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍.
𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐.

“𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎” 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 - 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝟷,𝟸𝟶𝟶𝚕𝚋 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠.

𝙹𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.
𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 “𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢” 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜.
𝚄𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜.

𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎.

𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 - 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗. 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 - 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎. 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 - 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 - 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 - 𝙱𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚕 - 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 - 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙳𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 - 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚔. 𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎.

“𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜.

𝙴𝚢𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝? 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝙳𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞? 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙳𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚅𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜... “𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎.”

𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝙽𝚘 - 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞? 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌.

𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜.

𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚔-𝚢𝚘𝚞-𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐-𝚘𝚗-𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛-𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜.

𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙵𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚜. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚒𝚛.

𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝟹𝟹. 𝙽𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜.

𝙷𝚎’𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 - 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 - 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙰 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎.

𝙰 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 - “𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗.”

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.

𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚋.

𝚁𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢. 𝚂𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎. 𝙶𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.

𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙, 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐...

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📸 Stephanie Spur - Equine Photographer

13/06/2021

The face you make when your dear friend makes you a (homegrown) tomato sandwich mid trim: RawwwrMONCH
Seriously. I don’t know where I’d be without the amazing people supporting me.

30/05/2021

A set of itty-bitty tippy-tappers to finish out a hell of a month and start a much-needed break.
See ya later alligators!!