I had many great horsey experiences in 2019! I am really pleased with how the year went overall; nothing is ever perfect, but both horses are sound, happy, and healthy, which is really what matters to me. Some of my 2019 goals were met easily or with lots of hard work, and a few of them were utter fails haha. C'est la vie! Let's recap! Happy, health, sound Both mares are doing well in this regard! Dreamy will be 29 this year, and while she definitely shows signs of her age at times, she overall looks and acts much younger than she really is! Ellie has really matured this year, filling out as well as mentally becoming more comfortable in her own skin. As she will be eight this year, I feel like we have moved through the baby phase. having this photo shoot was definitely a highlight of 2019! Continue lessons with Beth and Babette This goal was met and then some! I took almost weekly dressage lessons with Beth and monthly jump lessons with Babette. Thanks to the
Owning Ellie sparked me to renew my Maine Morgan and AMHA memberships after a roughly fifteen year hiatus. (This also means that I dropped my US Trotting membership, which was kinda sad, but there is no real reason for me to stay a member any longer.) When I saw a Facebook event for the Maine Morgan banquet and annual meeting, I had a fleeting thought I should attend. After all, it was being held at Pineland Farm , which is just under an hour away (that's close when you live where I do in rural Maine haha) and it is a phenomenal facility. I always think it is important to be social, even though I am naturally not a social person. And, they were honoring Miss Gardiner in a Hall of Fame induction, so I thought it might be nice to be a part of that, considering I now own one of her Kennbec Morgans. Pineland is slightly gorgeous! ;-) (Side note: Pineland is no longer the dressage facility it boasts about on the website. Just last month, they cleaned house and now a Mor