Archive for September, 2008
September 21, 2008
Clouds are wonderful things. They can be so many shades of white and gray, and pink and blue in the sunset.
I’m always taking pictures of clouds. Here are my favorite.
These pictures actully helped in a huge varity of prjects. They are Art and Science (Weather) for me, and helping Patrick with his Weather beltloop for [...]
Categories: 4H, Art, Nature/Enviroment, Science
Tags: 4H, Art, clouds, enviroment, fun photography, nature, scouts
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September 21, 2008
I won a “Best in Action” Award at the IL State Fair, 2008. Here is the original speech, in all it’s glory!
Hi! My name is Margy Hesser. I’m a 4th year 4-H’er from the Herscher Hustler’ 4-H group in Kankakee County, and today I’m going to talk a little bit about Miniature Horses.
There are [...]
Categories: 4H, English, Equine Science, Horses
Tags: 4H, horse breeds, Horses, kids, Miniature Horses, speeches
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September 18, 2008
I found this – thought you’d all like it!
SO!
How Many Horses DOES It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
Thoroughbred: Who ME?? Do WHAT? I’m scared of light bulbs! I’m outta here!
Arabian: I changed it an hour ago. C’mon you guys – catch up!
Quarter Horse: Put all the bulbs in a pen and tell me which [...]
Categories: Fun, Horses, Me
Tags: Fun, funny, horse breeds, horse jokes, Horses, jokes, silly
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September 15, 2008
Dusty Running
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LOOK MA!! NO RIBS!!!
At least not in this picture. She’ll go day-by-day…sometimes she looks great! Other times…not so much.
The EMPOWER wasn’t working exactly fast enough, so I asked my farrier for a recommendation.
He suggested Calf Manna.
Calf Manna adds protein to Dusty’s diet, helping weight and muscle gain. I feed about 1 1/2 lbs. a [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: calf manna, feeding horses, Horses, ottb, thouroughbreds
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September 15, 2008
“You’re so lucky you’re homeschooled!”
“Why?”
“Oh, you can sleep in all moring, play video games when ever you want, watch TV all day, stay in your PJs all day, spend all day with your horses…”
Or the other half, whispering to my mom -
“Aren’t you worried they won’t be socialzed?”
Or whispering to each other -
“I hear homeschoolers just [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: children, Homeschooling, kids
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September 15, 2008
Okay. Well, I was bored the oher day, so I wrote a little (okay, big!) answer to a question that seems to be quite popular —
“Have you ever galloped on a horse?”
“Yes…”
“What’s it like?”
Here is my answer – enjoy.
As the horse ran smoothly over the rough round, the girl felt the wind rushing into her [...]
Categories: English, Fun, Horses, Me
Tags: fiction, Horses, stories, writing
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September 10, 2008
You all met Sassy, baby number One of 2008.
But we have 3 others that you’ve yet to meet!
First up, baby number 2, Starlight. Everytime I shave her, she changes color, so maybe we’ll call her Oz…
Sassy is on the left (look how big she is!) and Starlight’s on the right. She is about 2 [...]
Categories: Equine Science, Fun, Horses, Miniature Horses
Tags: babies, baby, Horses, mini horses, pictures
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September 10, 2008
I adore playing the piano.
It’s a little known fact about me, but I cannot think of a better way to spend a rainy afternoon than sitting at my piano learning a new song. And the feeling of memorization…when you can put all of your hard work together and play theis new song with out even [...]
Categories: Art, Music
Tags: free, god blessed the broken road, piano, plain white tees, rascal flatts sheet music, sheet music
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September 10, 2008
Yay! I’m teaching a class, I finally get a chance to share my knowlege of horses with the world!
I will be teaching a total of 4 classes, and will cover a large range of topics, from how to lead a horse, to where the ’stifle’ is, to how to fix a fence!
Every participant will get [...]
Categories: Equine Science, Horses, Science
Tags: 4H, classes, Horses, husbandry, kids, kids and horses, learning, Tall Oaks Farm
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