Healing Hearts, Hooves and Paws

08/08/2025

08/08/2025

The answer is always no if you don't ask....

We really need a bunch more Adirondack chairs on the farm and a bigger grill! Checking to see if anyone has some to donate? Or sees a really good sale?

We need about 20 more chairs for events and larger volunteer gatherings and a bigger grill to cook for larger groups!

08/08/2025

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08/08/2025

Ahhhhh.... the warm glow of a summer sunset ....over your mower sitting right where it ran out of gas.

So much for trying to get some property work done after a long day downtown at the office! 😂

07/08/2025

💔 What No One Tells You About Life When You Stop Riding the Horse That Was Your Whole World 💔

One day, I was tacking up Banksy like it was just another weekend, another show, another training ride.

And then… I wasn’t.

It didn’t happen all at once. First, it was little things. A lameness we hoped would pass. Time off that turned into longer than expected. Vet visits. Adjustments. Hope, frustration, hope again. Then slowly, painfully, the realisation settled in — we might not go back to how things were.

No one really talks about what happens after.

When the saddle gathers dust in the tack room.
When you walk past the trailer and feel a little hollow.
When your body still aches in all the places it learned to move with his.
When you drive past the turning to the stables.
When you wonder if you’ve lost the version of yourself that existed only when you were flying over fences together.

Here’s what I’ve come to learn:

You grieve. You absolutely do.

You miss that powerful surge beneath you when he locked onto a jump.
You miss the way he felt untouchable in gallop but still listened like you shared a secret.
You miss the partnership that took years to build — not just the horse, but the teammate, the confidant, the reflection of your soul.

You feel lost. A bit like you’re on the outside of something you once lived and breathed.

But slowly — quietly — you find your way again.

You learn that you can still be part of his world, even if it looks different now.
You find joy in the slower moments — hand-grazing in the sun, the way he still meets you at the gate, the cheeky spark in his eyes.
You realise that your bond was never just about riding. It was about knowing him. Loving him. Showing up every damn day, rain or shine.

You were never “just a rider.”

You were his person. His safe place. His constant.

And that doesn’t end just because the saddle stays on the hook.

So here’s to those of us in the in-between — the ones adjusting, aching, reflecting.

Whether or not I ever sit on him again, Banksy made me who I am today.
And once you’ve loved a horse like that, you’re never not a rider.

Not really.

You’re one of us. Always. ❤️🐴

07/08/2025

It's more the cats are staring at me, tapping their paws and wanting to know why breakfast is late. 😂 good morning!!

06/08/2025

Come back everyweek for financial advice!! 😂😂😂😂😂

05/08/2025

Someone (Eli) got his first photo shoot with his mama. ❤️ Handsome devil!

05/08/2025

Farm owners will get this post.

We feel like we "re-organize" the barn and hay barn twice a year. We lack storage and fight that while also trying to make things better and more efficient every year.

We had shelves in our hay barn on that left side that were here when we moved in - just never moved them- heck some of the stuff on them was there when we bought!!!

Our hay guy hated how he had to come in at an angle bc of the shelves. And then Mike built us an awesome work bench that needed its own organized space.

So yesterday we had some extra hands (thanks Alex and Pierce!) and cleaned out the hay barn and moved around our shelving and stuff to create a "work area" and a straight shot for hay. We can bring hay in a different angle around the work area so hoping we made things better today!!

It's not exciting but it makes life on the farm easier!

Now for a hay delivery this week!

04/08/2025

Let some of the littles free roam for a 1/2 hour to get huge space to do the zoomies, hang with the goats and explore the property.

04/08/2025

Jazzy and Rowdy! Loving life. Two former homeless and dumped mini's now living it up, as it should be, bc they were given a second chance!

Rescue saves lives.