Thacher is definitely telling me it is Spring. Warmer weather with an average of 70 F, there are orange blossoms blooming everywhere and bees flying around them (with the help of our new bee hive at Carp.). Our pool is starting to fill up with people during the weekends, and more people are just simply outside, basking […]
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Coming Together
Gymkhana has made me see my horse, and the riding program in a totally new way. I am nowhere near being a good gymkhana rider, but the season has shown me how many skills I have learned this year. I finished the rescue race. It lended a sense of accomplishment to me. This season is […]
Gymkhana!!
Yesterday my friend and I packed up our cameras and water bottles and jogged out to the Gymkhana field to capture gymkhana in action. As we arrived we waved hi to our friends, freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, who were boarded upon sweating and excited horses. Country music blared from the speakers at the far […]
Spring Break! Wait …
The end of the term is coming up really soon, and spring break starts in a few days. I am definitely looking forward to spring break. Enjoying two weeks off from any schoolwork and resting my recovering hip are definitely on my priority list. But, even though I’m excited for break, the winter term is […]
Riding, Shooting, Singing
Recently, we had Big Gymkhana weekend. Being with Little Jo was fantastic and I am going to miss her so much. At the beginning of the year, I thought I could have practically picked out the gymkhana winners, but you never know until the season starts. There were people who hadn’t ridden before Thacher that […]
My Little Pony (sort of)
At some point in her life, a little girl imagines her perfect pony. Small or big, black or white (or pink if she was like me), long mane or short, everyone had a vision. This spring I got mine. His name was JJ, and he was beautiful. On the smaller side, black-brown, regal and sweet […]
Spring at Thacher
Although only two weeks in, these two weeks have been flying by and I feel like that’s how the rest of this trimester will go. English presentations on Romeo and Juliet, history essays about the Enlightenment period, and even more is happening in a rapid quick fire; it’s amazing how much has happened and how much […]
English
A few weeks ago I took my first English riding lesson. I was plopped onto this unfamiliar saddle with stirrups that are absolutely impossible to keep on your feet—any fantasy of looking as poised as the fancy English riders flew out the window. I tried to remember all the directions the lovely advanced riders had […]