Friday, March 29
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Though kind of a crappy start to the day (weird dreams), I felt better later.
I did get a message from R saying that River had a cut below his eye, and that she cleaned it and put stuff on it.
I also finally sold a bareback pad that I have had for sale for a long time.
Not bad weather outside, about -4 but about right for this time of year.
I went to see River, and check out that eye. It's a cut alright, but there's nothing else to be done for it. The eye itself is fine, thankfully. We will watch it, and if it looks like it's getting infected we'll call the vet. Sometimes these things heal up just fine on their own, too.
It didn't seem to be irritating him, so I decided to go ahead and do our usual work. He did just fine.
I would say he was actually fairly in tune today, and I didn't have to repeat myself very much.
We worked on maintaining his rhythm at the trot, draw circles at Liberty, and the turn on hindquarters.
I did ride, and worked on those small trot circles we keep needing for patterns, and ran through a pattern once. He did pretty well.
So, all I could do is put a bit more cream on that cut, and we'll have to see how it goes.
I came home and let the ponies and goats out for a while, and I spent some time with Wonder, just leading her and walking with her, and snuggling with her.
I often forget that Denmark is so far North, and right next to Norway and Sweden. I always used to get it mixed up with being lower, but that's the Netherlands, not Denmark.
Anyhow, the northernmost tip of Denmark is juuust below the bottom of Norway, separated by a straight called the Skagerrak.
The Kingdom of Denmark also includes in it's territory, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, as well as over 1400 islands. It's capital city, Copenhagen, is on the island of Zealand.
Was also home of Vikings. Rawrr.
"The unified Kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 8th century AD as a proficient maritime power amid the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea.[2] In 1397, it joined Norway and Sweden to form the Kalmar Union, which persisted until the latter's secession in 1523. The remaining Kingdom of Denmark–Norway endured a series of wars in the 17th century that resulted in further territorial cessions. A surge of nationalist movements in the 19th century were defeated in the First Schleswig War of 1848. The adoption of the Constitution of Denmark on 5 June 1849 ended the absolute monarchy and introduced the current parliamentary system. An industrialised exporter of agricultural produce in the second half of the 19th century, Denmark introduced social and labour-market reforms in the early 20th century, which formed the basis for the present welfare state model and advanced mixed economy. Denmark remained neutral during World War I; Danish neutrality was violated in World War II by a swift German invasion in April 1940. During occupation, a resistance movement emerged in 1943, while Iceland declared independence in 1944; Denmark was liberated after the end of the war in May 1945. In 1973, Denmark, together with Greenland but not the Faroe Islands, became a member of what is now the European Union, but negotiated certain opt-outs, such as retaining its own currency, the krone."
So, much like Norway, tried to be neutral during the WW s, but in the second war was swiftly conquered by Germany (they surrendered), but they did resist in many ways, like scuttling their navy rather than have it used by Germanyand sending the officers to join the army in Sweden, as well doing their best to evacuate the Jewish people of Denmark before they could be killed by the Germans.
Today Denmark has a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning they still have a monarchy, but also a Prime Minister.
It's a great country with a strong economy and good human rights.
Geographically speaking, this country is also shaped by the last ice age, and is rebounding. It is mostly flat with lots of good farm land. It once was densely forested, but most of the original forests are gone, and some second growth forests are coming back, but most of it is gone. They do grow Norway Spruce for the Christmas tree trade.
They also still kill about 650 whales per year. This is their quota. I'm sure at one time they killed a whole lot more.
Their economy comes from manufacturing (machinery, wind turbines, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals) and the service sector, with some agricultural products.
They have had struggles in terms of the fair treatment of the Inuit people of Greenland: The Inuit have for decades been the subject of discrimination and abuse by the dominant colonisers from Europe, those countries claiming possession of Inuit lands. The Inuit have never been a single community in a single region of Inuit.[238] From the 18th century up to the 1970s, the Danish government (Dano-Norwegian until 1814) tried to assimilate the Indigenous people of Greenland, the Greenlandic Inuit, encouraging them to adopt the majority language, culture and religion. Denmark has been greatly criticised by the Greenlandic community for the politics of Danization (1950s and 1960s) of and discrimination against the Indigenous population of the country. Critical treatment paying non-Inuit workers higher wages than the local people, the relocation of entire families from their traditional lands into settlements, and separating children from their parents and sending them away to Denmark for schooling has been practised.[239][better source needed][240] Nevertheless, Denmark ratified, in 1996, to recognise the ILO-convention 169 on Indigenous people recommended by the UN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark
https://youtu.be/Hp0-YP3lADk?si=wjXg5bE4zgZ9gmqe
Though kind of a crappy start to the day (weird dreams), I felt better later.
I did get a message from R saying that River had a cut below his eye, and that she cleaned it and put stuff on it.
I also finally sold a bareback pad that I have had for sale for a long time.
Not bad weather outside, about -4 but about right for this time of year.
I went to see River, and check out that eye. It's a cut alright, but there's nothing else to be done for it. The eye itself is fine, thankfully. We will watch it, and if it looks like it's getting infected we'll call the vet. Sometimes these things heal up just fine on their own, too.
It didn't seem to be irritating him, so I decided to go ahead and do our usual work. He did just fine.
I would say he was actually fairly in tune today, and I didn't have to repeat myself very much.
We worked on maintaining his rhythm at the trot, draw circles at Liberty, and the turn on hindquarters.
I did ride, and worked on those small trot circles we keep needing for patterns, and ran through a pattern once. He did pretty well.
So, all I could do is put a bit more cream on that cut, and we'll have to see how it goes.
I came home and let the ponies and goats out for a while, and I spent some time with Wonder, just leading her and walking with her, and snuggling with her.
I often forget that Denmark is so far North, and right next to Norway and Sweden. I always used to get it mixed up with being lower, but that's the Netherlands, not Denmark.
Anyhow, the northernmost tip of Denmark is juuust below the bottom of Norway, separated by a straight called the Skagerrak.
The Kingdom of Denmark also includes in it's territory, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, as well as over 1400 islands. It's capital city, Copenhagen, is on the island of Zealand.
Was also home of Vikings. Rawrr.
"The unified Kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 8th century AD as a proficient maritime power amid the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea.[2] In 1397, it joined Norway and Sweden to form the Kalmar Union, which persisted until the latter's secession in 1523. The remaining Kingdom of Denmark–Norway endured a series of wars in the 17th century that resulted in further territorial cessions. A surge of nationalist movements in the 19th century were defeated in the First Schleswig War of 1848. The adoption of the Constitution of Denmark on 5 June 1849 ended the absolute monarchy and introduced the current parliamentary system. An industrialised exporter of agricultural produce in the second half of the 19th century, Denmark introduced social and labour-market reforms in the early 20th century, which formed the basis for the present welfare state model and advanced mixed economy. Denmark remained neutral during World War I; Danish neutrality was violated in World War II by a swift German invasion in April 1940. During occupation, a resistance movement emerged in 1943, while Iceland declared independence in 1944; Denmark was liberated after the end of the war in May 1945. In 1973, Denmark, together with Greenland but not the Faroe Islands, became a member of what is now the European Union, but negotiated certain opt-outs, such as retaining its own currency, the krone."
So, much like Norway, tried to be neutral during the WW s, but in the second war was swiftly conquered by Germany (they surrendered), but they did resist in many ways, like scuttling their navy rather than have it used by Germanyand sending the officers to join the army in Sweden, as well doing their best to evacuate the Jewish people of Denmark before they could be killed by the Germans.
Today Denmark has a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning they still have a monarchy, but also a Prime Minister.
It's a great country with a strong economy and good human rights.
Geographically speaking, this country is also shaped by the last ice age, and is rebounding. It is mostly flat with lots of good farm land. It once was densely forested, but most of the original forests are gone, and some second growth forests are coming back, but most of it is gone. They do grow Norway Spruce for the Christmas tree trade.
They also still kill about 650 whales per year. This is their quota. I'm sure at one time they killed a whole lot more.
Their economy comes from manufacturing (machinery, wind turbines, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals) and the service sector, with some agricultural products.
They have had struggles in terms of the fair treatment of the Inuit people of Greenland: The Inuit have for decades been the subject of discrimination and abuse by the dominant colonisers from Europe, those countries claiming possession of Inuit lands. The Inuit have never been a single community in a single region of Inuit.[238] From the 18th century up to the 1970s, the Danish government (Dano-Norwegian until 1814) tried to assimilate the Indigenous people of Greenland, the Greenlandic Inuit, encouraging them to adopt the majority language, culture and religion. Denmark has been greatly criticised by the Greenlandic community for the politics of Danization (1950s and 1960s) of and discrimination against the Indigenous population of the country. Critical treatment paying non-Inuit workers higher wages than the local people, the relocation of entire families from their traditional lands into settlements, and separating children from their parents and sending them away to Denmark for schooling has been practised.[239][better source needed][240] Nevertheless, Denmark ratified, in 1996, to recognise the ILO-convention 169 on Indigenous people recommended by the UN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark
https://youtu.be/Hp0-YP3lADk?si=wjXg5bE4zgZ9gmqe
