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hoffywhf
Jul 28, 20111 min read
Screaming Like a Girl
Today I finally made myself tackle one of my least favorite jobs; collecting all of the dirty horse blankets and getting them ready to be...
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hoffywhf
Jul 26, 20111 min read
Videos and Pictures
In addition to some pictures I also remembered to take several videos recently. Enjoy the sights and scenes from the last few days. I...
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hoffywhf
Jul 24, 20116 min read
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
This blog post was inspired by a recent post by Kate at A Year With Horses. Kate has a wonderful blog and is always very eloquent in...
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hoffywhf
Jul 21, 20112 min read
Spiderman Pillow and More Hay
Jason has put in more than his fair share of hours on the tractor the last few days. He was complaining about the uncomfortable seat on...
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hoffywhf
Jul 19, 20111 min read
2nd Cut and Fun with Hay Tarps
We’re in the middle of our second cutting of hay right now. Today was just shy of a sixteen hour day. Yesterday was an “easy” day at...
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hoffywhf
Jul 17, 20114 min read
Making and Feeding Hay
(post by Jason) In a lot of ways we run a pretty unique horse boarding operation. Unlike most barns, we make much of our own hay and we...
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hoffywhf
Jul 14, 20112 min read
Debating Horse Barns
(post by Jason) Melissa and I have been doing a bunch of thinking about what the next barn at the new farm needs to look like and be able...
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hoffywhf
Jul 12, 20111 min read
Technical Help Needed
I am putting out a call for some technical help. I want to back up this blog. Google/Blogger can be quirky and unreliable sometimes and I...
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hoffywhf
Jul 10, 20111 min read
Life with Jason and Tortured Eggs
As I was sitting here uploading pictures and wondering what I would write for this blog post, my thoughts wandered in a very non-horse...
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hoffywhf
Jul 7, 20112 min read
Serenity Prayer
I have found myself repeating the Serenity Prayer often during the years I have had a retirement farm. On one hand this is a wonderful...
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hoffywhf
Jul 5, 20113 min read
Construction Progress Report and Farm Tour
The new farm continues to be a construction zone. I look forward to the day that this ends, however at this point that feels like it is a...
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hoffywhf
Jul 3, 20113 min read
But the grass is free… (!) (?)
(post by Jason) Actually, no, not so much. If there is one statement that we regularly run across in our business that is likely to set...
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hoffywhf
Jun 30, 20113 min read
Long Week
I have to admit I’ll be glad to see this week come to a close. There have been a lot of lows but it has not felt like there have been...
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hoffywhf
Jun 28, 20115 min read
Thoughts on Weight
The topic of weight has come up in my conversations with people a lot lately in a variety of contexts. Weight is a subject where everyone...
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hoffywhf
Jun 26, 20113 min read
In Memory of Regis
Yesterday we said goodbye to Regal and Royale, better known as Regis. He was young, only sixteen years old, which makes his entire story...
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hoffywhf
Jun 23, 20112 min read
Truck Waving
I was driving along in the truck the other day, waving back at the other truck drivers I passed on the road who were waving at me....
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hoffywhf
Jun 21, 20113 min read
Jason 0 Raccoon 3
Some of you will remember that Bear got badly damaged a few weeks ago by a raccoon. You’ll be pleased to know that Bear is healing well,...
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hoffywhf
Jun 19, 20112 min read
Cyclists and Stock Trailers
Last weekend seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was in middle Tennessee leading the Harpeth River Ride. The route for this...
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hoffywhf
Jun 16, 20113 min read
Friendly Reminder
On occasion we all get the reminder that we are living on borrowed time. I had mine yesterday. One of the horses here is a bit of a head...
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hoffywhf
Jun 14, 20111 min read
Construction Continues
I thought I would share some pictures of our latest construction ventures. Honestly I’m not sure why since the pictures of our...
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