Photography Assignment-Self Portraits

The following photographs are from my latest assignment, self portraits. Thankyou to Sophie-Lee for helping my with my self portrait.

Dresden Plate Cushion

Yes, after a few months of work it is finally finished! My first, hopefully not the last, quilting project.



Thanks to Elizabeth at Sew, Mama, Sew! for the awesome tutorial and Mrs Brinkman at SPC for helping me!

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2010/04/dresden-plate-block-sew-along/

The Rock Show and Wirlinga Gymkhana results

Hi all,
At the Rock Show on the 15th, Thomas and  had a first in our handler class and a third in our rider class. At Wirlinga Gymkhana yesterday we had a first in rider, 6th in pairs, 3rd in fours, first in bareback, 3rd in team six bar challenge and 5th in d grade showjumping. I will get some pictures up next weekend and a bit of a summary for both days but for now its off to school!
Kat + Thomas

Culcairn Show Results

Yesterday, my faithful dad drove my horse and I to Culcairn in less-than-perfect weather for the annual show. Thomas and I competed in the Adult Riding Club Ring, ending up with:
5th-Smartest on Parade Level 4
3rd-Ridden Exhibit Level 4
3rd-Rider Level 4
1st-Mount Most Suitable Level 4
See Pic below
Kat

Pictures from Lockhart Show

Hi all,
As mentioned in my previous post, my new horse Thomas and I attended the Lockhart Show on Sunday, and we were quite successful. The first picture is of Thomas and all his regular ribbons for the day and the second is of him with his/our Hi Point Senior champion ribbon!

Kat

Why do I leave it so long between posts?

Wow, the last time I posted was the 21st of April and so much has happened since then. Firstly, as mentioned in the intro for my blog, Millie and and I are no longer partners. She is still a part of the clan at Glen Ayr, but after Coonabarrabran she became naughtier than ever before, and so we parted ways. All the time, since I stopped riding Pixie, the was a horse at school, right under our noses! Introducing Thomas. He is a 16hh, 18 yo bay gentleman. I have been riding him since the second week of this term, and I haven't found anything he doesn't like doing, or isn't good at for that matter! He jumps, dressages', shows, everything I can throw at him, he treats it like its easy-peasy! At our first show, Lockhart Ag, on the 25th of Sep, we placed:

2nd Handler 13 years and under 17

3rd Best Presented Horse and Rider

1st Rider 12 years and under 17

1st Ridden Hack over 15hh

2nd Ridden Black, Brown or Bay Horse

Equal Champion Hi Point Senior (30 points)

I will post some pics tomorrow, and maybe a bit more news!
Yours,
Kat

Easter is upon us...

Yesterday I found these really cute Lindt easter eggs in Big W. Take a look. The big bunny is normal size and the little one is just, well, plain cute :)

Most awesome new hat!

Was in Jay Jays the other day and found the coolest hat :) I've always hated cold ears but now...

P.S Sorry for the dodgy pic :)



How time flies...

It's been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened. Millie and I have been to only one gymkhana this year. She was lame for two of them and then... She started getting a bit naughty and so she went and had a holiday with a trainer in Howlong for 3 weeks. I rode her there Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and then we bought her home on Wednesday. I rode her on Thursday when the Cole kids were here. It wasn't high intensity stuff but she got ridden. Then I rode her yesterday and actually managed to canter some circles without her pinning her ears or pigrooting :) Luckily, i have learnt some more tips and tricks so that we can keep the partnership going. We are planning to attend a large inter-school competition in June, held in Coonabarabran. It is held over four days and is the largest interschool comp in Australia. There is also a smaller lead-up comp in May that is held in Albury by Scots School. 

Apart from all that, we are on school holidays now, which is a good thing! We had exams at the end of the term and I'm happy to say i passed all of them and topped my year in english! We now have two mobs of cows and a bull. one mob is mainly Murray-Greys, and the other is mainly black-Angus. The bull is Murray Grey.

I think that is about all for now, I will try and keep posts more regular from now on.

Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

It's a beautiful day!

Sorry it's been so long between posts, but you know what life is like :) Unfortuately, Henty Show was cancelled due to rain, which was a bummer, however Miss Millie is going along nicely and I'm really enjoying spending time with her and ridig her. Hopefully this week is a little drier than last so that we can go to our Pony Club rally on Sunday in Jindera. Steph and I have a One Day Event on on the 6th March, so we will be starting to prepare for that. In farm news, we bought some ewe-lambs and we also aqquired some lambs on agistment, who will hopefully eat some of the feed that is coming out of our ears. I have also started working in the school kitchen so that I can earn some extra cash and have somerhing extra to put on my resume. It is only night a week so far, but it's very tiring :) Anyways, better go start on my HSIE assingment, so as always,
Gotta Gallop,
Luv Kat + Miss Millie

HETIC

Not sure if that's how you spell it but my life is hetic at the moment. just tought i'd let you know i am still a living breathing human and that i'll give you an extended update on the weekend. oh how i live for the weekend!!!

Just Forgot...

Forgot to add on my previous post that in farm news we sold 155 lambs on thursday @ $170 a head!! We have also secured 200+ lambs on 8 weeks agistment @ a dollar a head per week, which is good because we have lucerne coming out our ears at the moment. oh, and I got Skype. My skype name is katnoske96 if you'd like to add me.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat

New year, new gear!!

Hi all, sorry for the gap between posts but youu know what holidays are like. Anyways, I got a new bridle on thursday, and if i might say myself, it's AWESOME!! Millie looks great in it and it's really soft. Allison from horseland is coming to SPC on Tuesday to fit my new SADDLE which looks like this:

Needless to say I'm very excited. I also bought a new pair of beige joddies for competeing and some new boots amongst other things. I also ordered some clothes from the Australian Stock Horse Society the other day which should arrive soon. I'm making myself a hacking cane which I will post pics of later and all this in preparation for Henty Show which is on the 12th Feb so fingers crossed I'm ready :)

Gotta Gallop now but will post again soon,

Kat

P.S Weekly emails will start again soon. I hope :)

Hello again!

Hello again!
Sorry it's been so long but you know what the holiday season is like. Anyways, Millie is basically back in full work now after her break and I'm happy to report everything is going well. We have been shifting quite a few mobs of sheep and yesterday she even went in the water on her own accord! (she usually has to be fought with to get her into water)


In other news the harvest is almost finished, we have a paddock of oats and a tiny bit of barley left to strip. The header is actually brocken down at the moment but dad is working on it as  we speak. We sold 100 lambs yesterday for exactly the same price we got last week; 168.80 each. Anyways,
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

Finally!

I finally got Millie to eat her medicine!!!! I tried putting it in her feed normally, I tried a honey sandwhich, but in the end Phil from school bought out some bran to mix in the chaff and she's eating that now so I'm happy :) I'll probably wash her sometime this week as I'm still not allowed to ride her so yeah...
Kat + Millie

*Sigh*

I'm not allowed to ride Millie for 10 whole days!!!!!!!! She has a cold and it will help her to fight that and to get over her lameness. I have to feed her special powder everyday and i don't know what i'm going to do not riding for a week and a half!! And, Pixie was sold today. I'm sad :( he went to a good home and all but still... anyways,
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + (resting) Millie

This mornings ride!

Had an enjoyable ride this morning... that was until Millie tried to eat Benny for breakfast. He came out unscathed though so thats good. We found some logs for our arena fence as well.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

New arena

Steph and I have started to plan a new arena. It will be in the end of the mill lane, which is near the house. We planted a kurrajong yesterday and a cedar today and we also potted up some walnut tree seedlings. All of these trees are going to go around the edge of the arena.

I haven't ridden for a couple of days because she was a bit sore and the weather hasn't been that good either. I'll post gain when I do though :)
Gotta go check on my seedlings,
Kat + Millie

MISS MILLIE

This is an ok photo of Millie that Steph took of us today :)

Good ride :)

Apart from being dive-bombed by plover, Steph, Millie, Benny and I had a good 'session' this morning. We got some good photos and the horses enjoyed the attention :) Will post some photos when i get a chance to go through them :)
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

Sheep work...

Today, Millie, Benny, Snoopy, Steph and I got a  mob of sheep in all by ourselves!  Snoopy actually listened and did what we asked him to, Benny was steering himself and Millie was responive and attentive :) We are taking photos tomorrow so i'll upload a couple :)
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

Trail ride...

Steph and Benny and Millie and I went on a trail ride this morning down the stock route. All was very peaceful except when Millie tried to bite Benny's ear off... :) Millie is a bit lame again but was very well behaved.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

Miss Millie

Here is a long awaited photo of Millie. I have edited it so it is sepia but i'll put another one of her real colour up later. Enjoy,
Kat + Millie

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas from Kat and her crew! I hope you all have a very merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year,
Love
Kat + Millie + the crew xoxo

Christmas photo shoot...

Steph and I are having a christmas photo shoot tomorrow with the ponies and the puppies so after that I will post the finished product here and my weekly email group will also recieve a copy... Enjoy!
Kat + Millie

My pony is at home!!!!

My pony is now at home. Dad took us down to Walla this morning and we picked them up. I think Millie and Pixie will get on but Millie and Pepper both like to be in charge... I will hopefully ride her this afternoon and get some photos :) 
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

WET!!

My pony is now stuck at school because our creek is up and it would be to dangerous to try and go through the paddocks with the float. GRRRRRRRRRRR go away wet!!!

Last Day!

This is mine and Millie's last day at SPC for a couple of months :) It is looking like rain at the moment but i'll keep my fingers crossed!

Cross Country

Cross country was not to bad in the end. Millie was relitively calm and we walked through lots of scary water in the creek... She was well behaved and we only had one 'discussion' about standidng still, so all in all a good ride :)
Kat + Millie

HEHE

Millie and I cantered out in the big paddock today :):):) I am very proud of her as she was very good and didn't shy at anything!! We are going to cross country tomorrrow (enter nail-biting)
Gotta Gallop,
Kat + Millie

Randomness about the wetness

Does anyone else other than me think the drought might have maybe broken? Just a little (enter sarcassam) :)

IT IS WET!!!

It is wet and I do not like wet because it means I cannot ride my beautiful pony and that makes me mad. That is why i do not like wet. My pony does not like wet either because it gets in her ears and makes her cold. GRRR go away wet!!!!!!!

Exciting news!!!

Millie is now unofficially mine!!! Dad rang Nigel just before and said we'd take her :) Hehe, I is excited.
Gotta Gallop coz it's bedtime,
Kat (and Millie)

Hellooo

Hi guys,
Sorry 'bout the gap between posts, dorm life is hetic!! Have ridden Millie 3 times this week and I can say there has not been many hiccups. She is a little lame at the moment and likes here personal space but thats about it. I will try and get some pics of her soon, but they won't do her justice. I have fallen head over heals for her and there's no stopping now!!
Gotta Gallop
Kat (and Millie)

Quick update

Rode Millie bareback for about 10 minutes just before and all went well. For some unknown reason, they decided to tip the trough over yesterday and Pepper has cuts all down his back legs so we had to catch him so I decided to catch Millie as well. Mum is taking her to school tomorrow so I have my fingers crossed that it all works out.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat

Don't ya hate it when...

Don't ya hate it when somehow pictures mysteriously don't end up on the computer and then by the time you've realised they aren't there they've been deleted off the camera as well?? It sucks. I was going to upload a picture of Millie but they grew legs and walked away... Sorry about that, you'll just have to wait a bit longer.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat

Pics

Thought you might all want to see some pictures. This one is of Pixie, which I have edited. I will get some pictures of Millie later. Enjoy,
Gotta Gallop,
Kat

2nd ride!!

I rode Millie abut an hour ago and that feeling is getting stonger. It probably didn't look all that great, but we're still getting used to each other. She was fairt quiet and very responsive to most aids. I brushed her afterwards and talked to her about what things I will buy her if I get her. She actually drank when I offered her water and she didn't kick dust up in my face when I let her go. I will probably put some hoof oil on he hooves tonight and brush her if I can find the hoof oil that is...That's all for now but I'll let you know if I ride her this avro.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat

This may sound weird...

I know I have only known her for less than a week, but the more I think about her the more I get of this good feeling. It just feels right. I don’t know what it is but my gut is feeling good about her. I have only ridden her once, and we did have a disagreement about the canter, but as I said it just feels right. I feel a bit bad for Pixie, but I think he understands that he was a ‘fill-in’ pony. Having said that he was a super fill in pony, the best I’ve ever had! I don’t hate Pepper or anything, we just had a personality clash, and I think that there is someone else out there that will enjoy him a lot more that I ever did or will. It’s not a strong one yet, but I think Millie and I have a connection. All this might be bull but I don’t think it is. I’m not sure if it has anything to do with Him, but I have a feeling (yes, another one) about her. I’m not all that religious but I think that my prayers may just have been answered in the form of the horse standing in the cattle yards at the moment. I’ll stop crapping on now, and I’ll get back to you about that four-legged thingo!

Kat

Intro

This is my new blog for my possibly-soon-to-be horse, Millie and I to record our adventures on and share them with you! If you like it, let me know and I'll get back on soon to let you know how we are going.
Gotta Gallop,
Kat