Can you smell the excitement?! I suspect the primary thing Kim and Jen can smell right now is the 5 months of dust coming off of all of our show supplies as they are brought out of storage at the Main Barn. Thank goodness for Swiffers and air compressors. All the show supplies – both…
Apparently King Winter took issue with my cheek yesterday and here on the second day of the new season delivered a parting shot of his own. In the normal course of things a spring storm is something which we would have taken in stride. Alas, I was in a slightly awkward position at the time…
This is the second part of an article which originally appeared in the fall 2006 issue of the Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles newsletter. The post below has been updated, revised, and edited to bring it in line with current practices and show rules. I also changed some wording which I found annoying. The original author will…
My apologies for not posting anything these past few days: I wanted to make sure I got this behemoth right. So I really hadn’t planned on things lining up this way but as it turns out this year-in-review/show results tittle-tattle has the trivial distinction of being the new CCNF Chronicles’ 100th post since its inception in…
Maybe it’s because I’m still a child at heart but I find that I get as giddy as my kids do whenever school gets called off. This morning the three of us made celebratory pancakes. All snow days are made better by an early morning sugar high after all! Of course some of my happiness…
Random thoughts that percolated while driving home last night from the Empire Extravaganza… 1. Many thanks to all the amazing folks who made this past weekend possible. Empire Board members, volunteer gate keepers and ring stewards, and of course one super efficient (and yes, justifiably testy) show super: Melissa Young-Crozet. We worship the ground she walks…
