Wednesday, July 13
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
A hot, sunny day. The mud is drying up, though the pony/goat pen is still awful. Most of our yard is walk-able again with normal shoes.
A good lesson at the barn with River. I am again working to stay in that productive/positive mindset that problem-solves instead of nay says, and it is not easy for me. I felt like it was easier today than it has been on other recent days.
We worked on the obstacles at Liberty in a fairly low-pressure way, which was good. We identified a few key things that will make for better results, like I was making too much energy with one end of the whip when asking for the side pass, meaning he was moving his hind end faster than his front end. A lot of the work with Liberty is mastering your own body position relative to the horse, and added challenge is that it can change a bit from one day to the next, depending on where the horse is that day mentally/physically.
One thing R said today, that helps to keep my challenges in perspective, is that most of the kids that are making huge progress, also have their horses being trained by R, not doing the training in their personal lessons. So, they are still learning how to hold their body etc., but by the time they are learning it, their horse already knows the cues because R has taught them.
Or, they are working with one of R's horses that are also trained by R.
I am more or less training River myself, with R's guidance. So, in some ways I am learning the process from a deeper perspective, though I may not appear on the surface to be having as easy a time moving ahead as some of the other students.
I have to keep that in mind.
Anyhow, I am grateful that my mindset was better today, that we were able to "ask" without over-loading River (he stayed with us today, meaning he was not overwhelmed), and ended on good notes. I have homework, but felt positive about today's work.
After the lesson, I rode him with no training goals, just to mosey, around the pasture. I try to end with low-key riding if we've done a lot of ground work to relax us both, and give us some happy time together.
What also made me feel a little better about the show deadline, is that if we are not able to get a good video of the obstacles (as in not really ready), then we have another opportunity at a second show for the same Liberty Association later this summer.
I came home and let everyone out for a while. The mosquitoes were incredibly awful.
I was able to mow a part of the yard that was very over grown. It was finally dry enough, though it was damp at the bottom. It had to be done. I almost could have made hay, it was so high.
Today I learned about Monte Testaccio in Rome. It is a large mound, made very deliberately in ancient times, built from broken pottery. A lot of it is olive oil jars. The mound is located near the port at the Tiber River and it's associated warehouses, and a fair bit of the pottery would have been jars damaged during shipping. it is estimated that it is built from the remains of over 80 million vessels.
It became overgrown and was no longer a dumping site, just another hill. It became a place for festivals and races, Easter celebrations and revelry.
Excavations began in the '90's, and a lot has been learned about trade at that time from markings on the pottery about where the jars originated. There have been jars dates to Before Current Era (now used instead of B.C.) and is one of the best preserved dumps known.
The area is now a public space.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monte-testaccio?utm_source=reddit.com
A hot, sunny day. The mud is drying up, though the pony/goat pen is still awful. Most of our yard is walk-able again with normal shoes.
A good lesson at the barn with River. I am again working to stay in that productive/positive mindset that problem-solves instead of nay says, and it is not easy for me. I felt like it was easier today than it has been on other recent days.
We worked on the obstacles at Liberty in a fairly low-pressure way, which was good. We identified a few key things that will make for better results, like I was making too much energy with one end of the whip when asking for the side pass, meaning he was moving his hind end faster than his front end. A lot of the work with Liberty is mastering your own body position relative to the horse, and added challenge is that it can change a bit from one day to the next, depending on where the horse is that day mentally/physically.
One thing R said today, that helps to keep my challenges in perspective, is that most of the kids that are making huge progress, also have their horses being trained by R, not doing the training in their personal lessons. So, they are still learning how to hold their body etc., but by the time they are learning it, their horse already knows the cues because R has taught them.
Or, they are working with one of R's horses that are also trained by R.
I am more or less training River myself, with R's guidance. So, in some ways I am learning the process from a deeper perspective, though I may not appear on the surface to be having as easy a time moving ahead as some of the other students.
I have to keep that in mind.
Anyhow, I am grateful that my mindset was better today, that we were able to "ask" without over-loading River (he stayed with us today, meaning he was not overwhelmed), and ended on good notes. I have homework, but felt positive about today's work.
After the lesson, I rode him with no training goals, just to mosey, around the pasture. I try to end with low-key riding if we've done a lot of ground work to relax us both, and give us some happy time together.
What also made me feel a little better about the show deadline, is that if we are not able to get a good video of the obstacles (as in not really ready), then we have another opportunity at a second show for the same Liberty Association later this summer.
I came home and let everyone out for a while. The mosquitoes were incredibly awful.
I was able to mow a part of the yard that was very over grown. It was finally dry enough, though it was damp at the bottom. It had to be done. I almost could have made hay, it was so high.
Today I learned about Monte Testaccio in Rome. It is a large mound, made very deliberately in ancient times, built from broken pottery. A lot of it is olive oil jars. The mound is located near the port at the Tiber River and it's associated warehouses, and a fair bit of the pottery would have been jars damaged during shipping. it is estimated that it is built from the remains of over 80 million vessels.
It became overgrown and was no longer a dumping site, just another hill. It became a place for festivals and races, Easter celebrations and revelry.
Excavations began in the '90's, and a lot has been learned about trade at that time from markings on the pottery about where the jars originated. There have been jars dates to Before Current Era (now used instead of B.C.) and is one of the best preserved dumps known.
The area is now a public space.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monte-testaccio?utm_source=reddit.com
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Date: 2022-07-15 03:09 am (UTC)