One of my favorite shows right now is House Hunters, where they follow people around as they look at 3 different houses and then they buy one. David and I turn it into a game and whoever correctly guesses which house they buy, wins.
When you're in the market for a new horse you look at way more than three horses. I'm sure it is the same with houses, too, but I don't have any experience in that area. But being in the market for a new horse is exciting, frustrating, and exhausting.
This weekend I was supposed to go see a gorgeous gray mare in northern Virginia but their riding ring was frozen - for non-horsey people, it's really just what it sounds like, the ground was too hard to ride on because of the weather. But the plan had been to go with a friend to see horses for her as well, anyway, and that still worked out. The one pictured above is the one we really liked for her. He's a two year old and really fancy.
Anyway I'm ready to pitch my pilot to animal planet. "Horse Hunters." They can follow me around on the weekends with cameras (because the camera loves me. Well really, I love attention.) as I look at horses for sale and finally find one - who knows how long that'll take!
Although over spring break I am going to see a horse that I am really excited about, who lives in Florida. I got to meet his "family" this weekend, coincidentally - he has pretty famous lines in the show hunter ring, and the stallions happen to live in VA, and we just happened to go ride at that barn on our trip. It was really cool. I met his grandsire, Art Deco, and his sire, State of the Art, as well as his uncle Hall of Fame who is also pretty famous! They are all gorgeous pinto warmbloods who are awesome movers and have excellent jumping form.
It was 100 times cooler than meeting people celebrities, because when most pre-teens were reading fashion magazines I was reading Practical Horseman and looking at pictures of these stallions and wishing I could have one of their babies. It was so awesome to see them in person.
Here is SOTA, the sire of the horse that I am most excited to meet in two weeks:
So cool. It was a really awesome weekend - and just what I needed after an incredibly obnoxious week on campus.
3 comments:
State of the Art needs to learn photography rules!
He needs to move away from the light source, and let you have the light behind you!
Otherwise, how else will he be properly captured on film?
He looks handsome!
maye! i love your blog - i actually check it daily :) also, you asked for the link to my blog:
www.mydamnwedding.blogspot.com
i hope you can come in october! (with david, obvi)
David - I tried and tried to get him to move but he would have none of that. His girlfriend was outside in the pasture and he wanted to keep looking out the window - that is what the owner said.
Mare - Oh my gosh I miss you! I hope I can make it also, I would hate to miss your wedding!! We really need to get together sometime soon. I mean it!
And thanks for reading my blog - I am on my way to go check out yours!
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