tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post1091257576946733722..comments2023-10-09T06:54:04.099-06:00Comments on Past Times and Present Tensions: HeartlandJohn Hooker FSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-40902252521714193572014-09-28T06:54:32.262-06:002014-09-28T06:54:32.262-06:00Thanks Thelma, I thought he would get a chuckle ov...Thanks Thelma, I thought he would get a chuckle over that story. Best of luck with the moving plans!John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-71843262142204785942014-09-28T00:54:34.934-06:002014-09-28T00:54:34.934-06:00Hi John, will tell him, he has just made public on...Hi John, will tell him, he has just made public on the net that he is selling up the stuff in his studio, as we contemplate moving, there is quite a bit of interest but not sure how it will pan out.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-48944648063879615132014-09-27T10:48:31.815-06:002014-09-27T10:48:31.815-06:00Forgot to mention before, here's one to tell P...Forgot to mention before, here's one to tell Paul about conservation. It came from a copy of American Artist about 35 years ago. Someone wrote in to ask ow to clean a black velvet painting. The reply: Place the painting with two live ferrets in a dryer and set to "air-fluff".John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-41431473388517412372014-09-27T07:19:51.204-06:002014-09-27T07:19:51.204-06:00Hi Thelma, the foothills of the Alberta Rockies ma...Hi Thelma, the foothills of the Alberta Rockies make for wonderful riding in beautiful scenery. I'm not so sure about Saskatchewan though -- although there are many areas that are fenceless, it is so flat and lacking trees that they say you can sit on your porch and watch your dog run away for two days.<br /><br />I had the same experience with the pinto. When I first saw it, it was wild-eyed and twitchy and I thought its owners must have just bought it from a local Indian reserve. I wondered whether I should even try to ride it. When we are young, we often ignore those gut feelings.<br /><br />I once had a date with a girl who had a couple of horses boarded just outside of Calgary and we rode them bareback. Rather hard on the thigh muscles, but I suppose it must get easier with practice. At least I stayed on that time!John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-16948751126356426162014-09-27T01:47:33.344-06:002014-09-27T01:47:33.344-06:00Bolting horses! that brought back memories, though...Bolting horses! that brought back memories, though I never broke my arm or fell off. The first was a very lightly schooled gypsy horse, which I should never have got on in the first place as it careered madly down the field. The second time, one evening going for a ride in a small forest with Sue my pony, we got lost on the path, it got darker, I got scared, she spooked and took off with me clutching her neck ;) It makes me laugh the way horses spook themselves but scary when you are on top of them. I'm sure Canada must be a marvellous place for riding.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.com