tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post4764043609470265216..comments2024-03-07T12:27:37.632+02:00Comments on Food & Family: Horses in MayKithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-75996962041970108402013-07-16T19:53:55.160+02:002013-07-16T19:53:55.160+02:00You're extremely welcome, Rachel. We love all ...You're extremely welcome, Rachel. We love all your drawings and paintings.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-22522300004637420852013-07-16T19:12:10.971+02:002013-07-16T19:12:10.971+02:00Oh how terrible, flattered is not the right word, ...Oh how terrible, flattered is not the right word, humbled is much more appropriate. Thank you again, RachelRipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323861942605811109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-64914950177286352692012-06-26T22:18:33.341+02:002012-06-26T22:18:33.341+02:00Kit, Thank you, I am so flattered by your comments...Kit, Thank you, I am so flattered by your comments on my work. It was so good that you were able to visit and see the work in real life. Delighted to hear that the girls love the painting too. All the best, RachelRachelhttp://www.racheldubber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-45639005598876410042012-06-24T16:23:11.610+02:002012-06-24T16:23:11.610+02:00Kit - regarding riding for "fun"... here...Kit - regarding riding for "fun"... here on Long Island, riding lessons and even just trail riding are fairly expensive propositions. I was going every week, and the strain on my family's budget must have just been too high. I think the stable owner was telling my mom that I had reached the highest level of lessons that they had at the school, and unless I was going to buy a horse and show it, I'd just be going around in the same ring doing the same thing... which would have been fine with me, of course, but my mom decided to keep on with the piano lessons instead, as I think she harbored secret hopes of me being a concert pianist later in life. Sorry, Mom!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-89528241415938555882012-06-07T12:36:52.803+02:002012-06-07T12:36:52.803+02:00My girls will be thrilled that my blog has readers...My girls will be thrilled that my blog has readers also passionate about horses!<br />The Schleich horses are a German make - you can look at them on Amazon if you want. They have families of horses in practically every breed known to a nine year old, so of course you have to collect mare, stallion and foal...! Very canny marketing strategy!<br />Can't believe that your instructors said there was no point if you're not going to show, Marcheline. What about just riding for fun?!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-68626902349533177382012-06-06T16:34:30.239+02:002012-06-06T16:34:30.239+02:00Oh, Kit - you've hit on my earliest passion! ...Oh, Kit - you've hit on my earliest passion! I was so horse crazy my mom had to seriously consider which stores she could take me into, for fear of me falling in love with ANY item that depicted a horse! I've never heard of Schleich horses... for us the "gold standard" was always Breyer. I had an entire stable full of those, plus some off-brand, crazy sized ones. Tiny china ones, and enormous plastic horses that were supposed to go along with action figures. Regardless of size or provenance, they were all included in the dramas played out on our bedroom floor. <br /><br />I also took lessons and rode, but here on L.I. owning a horse is much too expensive for the likes of us, so after a while the lessons dwindled off, as the instructors said there was no point going on if I was not going to "show".<br /><br />Still, the memories of those years bring back a smile. Thanks for sharing your wee horse fiends with us!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-11077402867837509872012-06-04T21:21:41.736+02:002012-06-04T21:21:41.736+02:00Loved this post, horses were my life for so many y...Loved this post, horses were my life for so many years. I miss them a lot now but we have stables near by if I really feel the longing. Take care.<br />See http://aboutmebeforecharente.blogspot.fr/ DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.com