Tuesday, May 6
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
All the rain we are getting. It was very dry around here.
My Sweetie says he was able to find a new bike helmet he likes. Good for him.
I didn't do much before going to see River.
When I got there, R had already brought him into the barn to warm up. He did have a rain sheet on, but they tend to soak through anyhow. To be honest, in a real rain I'm not sure they do any good, but these horses don't seem to bother standing inside their shed, either.
Since I was pretty early and there was a lesson in the arena, I spent extra time just grooming and massaging River. He was likely a bit stiff from the cold/rain.
I think he was pretty happy to be in the barn eating and warming up. Maybe these human things aren't all bad.
My husband stopped by on his way home from work just to say "hi", but didn't stay long.
The rain helps with his breathing issues, it takes down the dust. He had a bit more energy today, though always we have to see this as a relative thing.
What's nice, is that even with the wind and the rain making a lot of noise on the tent-like arena roof, River was pretty calm. I kind of enjoy the sound of rain on a roof when you're nice and dry inside.
We did ride with R for a while, and helped simulate a class for the project horse, Quidley, to get him used to having a horse behind him on the wall, and then in front. He's not very confident about having other horses in his space, or passing beside him yet.
Then we worked on our barrel pattern on the ground and ridden, and River did well with that. Good circles today.
I got home and my Sweetie had food ready (yay!) and we watched "Ghost Rider". My, how my Sweetie loves him some corny movies. I don't mind some of them, but this one is pretty awful. My body tried to protect me by sleeping through most of it. I think I do this every time we watch this movie, because I really don't remember any of it.
The country of Guinea (also referred to as Guinea-Conackry to distinguish it from Guinea-Bissau), is also right beside Guinea Bissau, so you can see that there might be confusion. Once upon a time those two countries were all one region, so that makes sense too.
Guinea was inhabited by tribes and African Empires right up until it was occupied by the French "The land that is now Guinea either bordered or was situated within a series of historic African empires before the French arrived in the 1890s and claimed the terrain as part of colonial French West Africa. Guinea declared independence from France on 2 October 1958. From independence until the presidential election of 2010, Guinea was governed by multiple autocratic rulers".
During the time of colonization, this area was also affected by the practice of slavery.
When France was unable to control it's colonies, it gave them the choice of remaining in a French Community of former colonies, or autonomy, which Guinea chose.
France acted like an angry child over this "The Washington Post observed the "brutal" French tearing down all that they considered their contributions to Guinea: "In reaction, and as a warning to other French-speaking territories, the French pulled out of Guinea over a two-month period, taking everything they could with them. They unscrewed lightbulbs, removed plans for sewage pipelines in Conakry, the capital, and even burned medicines rather than leave them for the Guineans."[30]"
For a while, Guinea associated with Russia, then China, adopting some of the Socialist policies, and relying on them for help with infrastructure and aid as Guinea was removing the French appointed officials bit by bit from their government.
After this, everything just kept on being one political coup after another, lots of conflicts, and turmoil that carries on to current events.
Guinea is a republic with an elected President, but with constant turmoil I'm not sure how well you would say it was going. Human Rights is not going well, with torture and abuse of women, 98% of whom have had genital mutilation, and no rights for LGBTQ people.
The country has coastline on the Atlantic with mangrove swamps, cooler mountainous regions more or less in the middle, and jungle to the South.
The Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River all begin in the highlands of Guinea.
Guinea does have diamonds, iron, some gold, and one of the largest reserves of Bauxite (can be processed to make Aluminum). Agriculture is very important, employing about 75% of the population. Oil exploration is beginning.
There is not much tourism, and one of the famous natural features of Guinea is the Bride's Veil waterfall.
There was an outbreak of Ebola in 2014, and part of why it spread so quickly is that people who died were buried in an unsafe manner that infected more people. The general mistrust of the healthcare system made it very difficult to control the spread of the disease, and also took up medical resources that were used for everyday health care and dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Malnutrition and Malaria are also big problems here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
https://youtu.be/2xc3EP_dJDs?si=yAL3ami1R1AjryUm
All the rain we are getting. It was very dry around here.
My Sweetie says he was able to find a new bike helmet he likes. Good for him.
I didn't do much before going to see River.
When I got there, R had already brought him into the barn to warm up. He did have a rain sheet on, but they tend to soak through anyhow. To be honest, in a real rain I'm not sure they do any good, but these horses don't seem to bother standing inside their shed, either.
Since I was pretty early and there was a lesson in the arena, I spent extra time just grooming and massaging River. He was likely a bit stiff from the cold/rain.
I think he was pretty happy to be in the barn eating and warming up. Maybe these human things aren't all bad.
My husband stopped by on his way home from work just to say "hi", but didn't stay long.
The rain helps with his breathing issues, it takes down the dust. He had a bit more energy today, though always we have to see this as a relative thing.
What's nice, is that even with the wind and the rain making a lot of noise on the tent-like arena roof, River was pretty calm. I kind of enjoy the sound of rain on a roof when you're nice and dry inside.
We did ride with R for a while, and helped simulate a class for the project horse, Quidley, to get him used to having a horse behind him on the wall, and then in front. He's not very confident about having other horses in his space, or passing beside him yet.
Then we worked on our barrel pattern on the ground and ridden, and River did well with that. Good circles today.
I got home and my Sweetie had food ready (yay!) and we watched "Ghost Rider". My, how my Sweetie loves him some corny movies. I don't mind some of them, but this one is pretty awful. My body tried to protect me by sleeping through most of it. I think I do this every time we watch this movie, because I really don't remember any of it.
The country of Guinea (also referred to as Guinea-Conackry to distinguish it from Guinea-Bissau), is also right beside Guinea Bissau, so you can see that there might be confusion. Once upon a time those two countries were all one region, so that makes sense too.
Guinea was inhabited by tribes and African Empires right up until it was occupied by the French "The land that is now Guinea either bordered or was situated within a series of historic African empires before the French arrived in the 1890s and claimed the terrain as part of colonial French West Africa. Guinea declared independence from France on 2 October 1958. From independence until the presidential election of 2010, Guinea was governed by multiple autocratic rulers".
During the time of colonization, this area was also affected by the practice of slavery.
When France was unable to control it's colonies, it gave them the choice of remaining in a French Community of former colonies, or autonomy, which Guinea chose.
France acted like an angry child over this "The Washington Post observed the "brutal" French tearing down all that they considered their contributions to Guinea: "In reaction, and as a warning to other French-speaking territories, the French pulled out of Guinea over a two-month period, taking everything they could with them. They unscrewed lightbulbs, removed plans for sewage pipelines in Conakry, the capital, and even burned medicines rather than leave them for the Guineans."[30]"
For a while, Guinea associated with Russia, then China, adopting some of the Socialist policies, and relying on them for help with infrastructure and aid as Guinea was removing the French appointed officials bit by bit from their government.
After this, everything just kept on being one political coup after another, lots of conflicts, and turmoil that carries on to current events.
Guinea is a republic with an elected President, but with constant turmoil I'm not sure how well you would say it was going. Human Rights is not going well, with torture and abuse of women, 98% of whom have had genital mutilation, and no rights for LGBTQ people.
The country has coastline on the Atlantic with mangrove swamps, cooler mountainous regions more or less in the middle, and jungle to the South.
The Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River all begin in the highlands of Guinea.
Guinea does have diamonds, iron, some gold, and one of the largest reserves of Bauxite (can be processed to make Aluminum). Agriculture is very important, employing about 75% of the population. Oil exploration is beginning.
There is not much tourism, and one of the famous natural features of Guinea is the Bride's Veil waterfall.
There was an outbreak of Ebola in 2014, and part of why it spread so quickly is that people who died were buried in an unsafe manner that infected more people. The general mistrust of the healthcare system made it very difficult to control the spread of the disease, and also took up medical resources that were used for everyday health care and dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Malnutrition and Malaria are also big problems here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
https://youtu.be/2xc3EP_dJDs?si=yAL3ami1R1AjryUm
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Date: 2024-05-09 06:41 am (UTC)That said, I am every bit as guilty as he is for finding obscure, weird movies and forcing him to watch them with me. I guess it's our thing.
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