Honest Scrap Award
It seems I’ve been triply honored. Three very kind bloggers have bestowed the Honest Scrap Award on me.
First, we have Once Upon an Equine who after years away from horses has been able to realize her dream of owning her own horses and now has two, Misty a Percheron mare and Marley a Norwegian Fjord gelding. Second is Horse of Course who is Swedish but lives in Norway. She has a beautiful talented mare Fame she is training and has some great stories and interesting rides. Third and last is Marissa whose blog Tucker the Wunderkind is a blog I just started to follow. Her horse is adorable. Check out her blog when you get the chance and see what the two of them are up to these days.
The Honest Scrap award comes with a few fun rules that recipients must follow.
- Recognize your award presenter and link back to their blog in your post.
- List 10 honest things about yourself.
- Present this award to 10 admirable bloggers and link to their blogs.
- Leave a comment on your recipients' blogs to let them know to visit your post to retrieve their award.
Honest Scrap Award
Ten things about me that you most likely don’t know
I’m an optimist. The glass is usually half-full.
I’d rather clean the barn than the house.
I would rather be outside than stuck inside any day.
I like gardening and planting beautiful flowers and enjoying whatever else Mother Nature has to offer in each season of the year. Autumn and Spring are my favorite seasons.
One of my favorite trips included the Grand Canyon, The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, the Southwest deserts and their vibrant colors and rock formations are awesome sights.
A challenging course of jumps in Equitation classes was always one of my favorite parts of riding, especially if you were lucky enough to be called back for the test.
For 15 years, I rode a 17’2 hand Dutch Warmblood and before that, a 16’2 paint. Seems I’ve always had horses on the larger side. Now that I’m riding again and Dusty is my horse of choice because she’s sane and mostly dependable ( I can depend on her to be very opinionated) at 15’1 or 15’2 hands I feel like I am riding the pony I never had as a child. Dusty has been a lot of fun so far, she is still green and we have a lot to learn together, I just have to get used to riding an under-tall horse even if she is a tank.
I’ve been told I drive a little too fast sometimes, usually by intolerant state troopers with little or no sense of humor.
Cooking is one of my least favorite things to do.
Native American Indian history is one of my favorite cultures to study.
Finally, I’ve been known to swear like a pirate, most times while driving. This is more than likely due to men in spandex…on bikes… riding 3 or 4 abreast and refusing to move as if’ Team Testicle’ owns the road. Might I suggest that if you really feel the need to wear tights and a helmet, get a horse at least you’ll be off the roads. Does it sound as if I may need anger management classes?
Now on to passing this award to ten admirable bloggers. This is always hard since there are so many deserving blogs out there. I’ll just try to pick the ones that I think have not received this particular award yet.
Until next time
Quote for Today
Ride a wild horseagainst the sky-
hold tight to his wings
before you die
whatever else you leave undone
once ride a wild horse
into the sun.
15 comments:
Arlene, I loved reading your ten things! (I secretly swear like a pirate sometimes too...:)
I enjoyed reading your list. I don't think I've ever met a state trooper with a sense of humor, must not be in their job description. You sound like a true outdoors woman. I used to ride a tall Thoroughbred and I'm really liking the shorter horses this time around. They are just as wonderful. Happy 4th of July.
Thank you for the special award. I am honored to be listed with so many fine bloggers. What an amazing collection of people write about their lives and, especially, their horses.
Happy 4th of July, GHM!
I laughed when I read your list! (The first three I could have been on mine too). It is so nice to learn a bit more about the person behind the blog. Thanks for sharing!
And also nice to find some new blogs to try out...
I've always gone tall, too - my current riding horse is 16.2 - if I have to get off for some reason on the trail, getting back on can be a challenge - my next horse is going to be 15.2 or under!
Congratulations on your well-deserved award! And thanks for the list of blogs - I always find some interesting new ones on the lists people post.
Congrats on receiving the award....well deserved. I too got a kick out of your list!
No wonder we're friends! Thanks for the award.I feel like everyone knows everything about me already, but I'll try to come up with a few new tidbits.
Oh, and the men in spandex...they ride abreast and refuse to move off the road here too.
As the road into the valley is small and with a lot of curves you have problems to pass with the car. They even refuse to move for the bus, can you imagine?
And some of them like to shout and scare the horses too, when you ride along the road.
So I also turn Captain Barbosa in the car and is very, VERY tempted to run Team Testicle straight down!
well deserved
happy 4th
gp
Thanks for the award. I don't think I know 10 bloggers, especially ones that don't already have this, but I'll see what I can do. :-)
Ann
I love learning more about fellow bloggers! I always have a hard time with these requests because those lists of things people don't know about me are not long, but are things I don't want people to know about me.
Great list! And thanks for pointing your readers to my blog! I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying it.
Congratulations, and ditto to the well deserved! Thank you very much for both your blog, and bestowing the award on TLH. I'm humbled to be in such great company.
Jane
Great scrap!
Thanks for sharing. And thank you for the award! I'd rather clean the barn any day too. I admit I didn't have you pegged as a lady who might use pirate language when driving. Goodness gracious! Hehe :)
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