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Yes, I found one tutorial where the artist added metal just to support the legs, after she built the body. It really only matters if you want your project to stand up (and/or if you want thinner legs). Some people wrap pipe cleaners around the metal to help the wool stick, I’m going to try that next...

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Some people build a frame with wire to felt around, I did not do that with the first two, but I’m trying it with this small one, it will make it more posable, and I should be able to make thbelega thinner, but so far I don’t like how you end up hitting the wire with the felting needle. (You can see ...

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No kit. I had a fiber arts friend show me how to do it, its not difficult, It’s like building a sculpture out of clay. Only you stab the wool with this long needle to mold the parts. You can add little rolled up bits of the wool to build up areas, you want the finished thing to be fairly firm. The f...

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it’s not hard to do - though this one took me awhile, since it was only the second time I’ve tried it. It’s very fun, I haven’t stabbed myself yet (you put your project down on a fat piece of foam and felt into that for the most part, though I had to hold it to do the details. Hardest part was figur...

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Re-learning needlefelting. This is Buddy the mini, I used a lock of hair from his mane for the forelock, mane and tail. I’m going to put some beads and a little nameplate on the string (he’s a hanging ornament). https://s26.postimg.org/8j2lm2xm1/42276567-4_ECB-40_AF-_A899-2958_AA8142_E2.jpg https://...

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A week of riding camp at Golden Green Stables in Urbana, Illinois. Close to 50 years ago. I remember trying to learn to post on a mule named Kate, and going on trail rides on a horse called Sawdust who would pull the reins out of my hands to eat grass. I remember my mom sending me with lunches if bo...

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I have been looking forward to this day. I always feel better when the days start getting longer. Though up here, the forecast gets so much colder! This is next week. Our son comes to visit from Seattle on Wednesday. Hope he has warm clothes! https://s26.postimg.org/96s91sw3t/8_C2_FA43_B-_E333-4172-...

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I loved my Spirograph! I spend hours using it, was always so frustrating when you were almost to the end of the pattern and you pushed your pen a little too hard and the gear it was in slipped out of the teeth and screeched across the paper! I found a small spirograph stocking stuffer a few years ag...

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Oh wow, those stones are so pretty, Kande! There is a really cool app (free) for the ipad called Amaziograph. It hs different configurations, and it’s a super easy and fun way to make repeating patterns and Mandalas. People sometimes use it to design wall paper and fabric. A couple I did: https://s2...

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Spin off from “Where is everybody” and “The Making of a painting” The whole keeping the horses at home and taking care of the farmette has been a little overwhelming. I love it, but I don’t feel like I have a lot of time for other stuff, like art. Here is a little of what I’ve managed since we moved...

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This is really wonderful. Love the palette you’ve picked, and your design. Your thread is motivation for me to get my act together and start painting again. It’s so hard, having the horses at home, to feel like I have the time, but I know I just need to make time. I keep thinking I’ll have time “onc...

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Probably a good plan. I would suggest that you might want to document this as one of the reasons you are resigning in your resignation letter. Also, stating that you personally heard the supervisor discriminating against a fellow employee by assigning them disliked tasks exclusively creating in you...

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Seems wrong to me. No matter what her educational background is, or how old she is. It would bother me.

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I’ve been really happy with Brook Ledge.

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I saw that on facebook this morning, I couldn’t finish watching the footage. So terrifying and tragic.

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One other - loved these stories when I was 12 or 13. Looked for it forever, then found it a few years back at a junk store.

https://www.amazon.com/More-Horse-Stories/dp/B004ZKZ1H8

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Oh man. I *loved* that book.

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Thanks for all the suggestions!

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A friend asked me for book recommendations - 10 y.o. granddaughter just getting interested in horses. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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I have managed several recognized shows and a ton of schooling shows. It’s one of those learn as you go things (and my first one was a recognized, back before there was any kind of scheduling software, holy cow, it was a ton of work to do a two arena schedule, and pretty stressful!!). I did enjoy it...

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How exciting for you! When we lived in Oregon, I rode with a woman who has done that course - Carol McArdle. She was a huge help, transformational for me and Rico - and I use the things I learned in conjunction with many other things I’ve been taught. I’ve got the PK videos. They are good. Solved ma...

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Our mini started growing his winter coat the beginning of August! Rico has just started shedding his summer coat. I sure hope he grows a thick coat this year, he was in a heated barn (50 degrees) last year, and he'd didn't grow much of one, and it got to -24 degrees outside. No heated barn this year!

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Amica.

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Hayburner wrote:Cleaning my baseboards and the trim above the doors!

Wait, you're supposed to do that?!

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Scrubbing the shower. I would rather clean 20 stalls than scrub my shower.

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I am trying to actively compost mine, which means paying attention to the temperature, and turning the pile - it's close to the barn at the moment, then will move the "curing" piles further away. I have the added complication of TONS of snow over the winter, and I may actually put up a she...

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Oh no! I am so sorry to hear this.

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I am in love with this pony. Smart and totally sweet. Rico is completely attached. The perfect companion! https://s26.postimg.org/te2o6hx55/IMG_5758.jpg https://s26.postimg.org/52o9lp3pl/IMG_5757.jpg https://s26.postimg.org/n817zr37t/IMG_5755.jpg https://s26.postimg.org/3owmqe4g9/IMG_5756.jpg

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Awwww! Can't wait to see pictures!

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This is new to me. Haven't figure out a routine yet. First couple of days, I think I spent the entire day in the barn. (Why is so so easy to set my tack up in my designated area at a boarding stable, and so freaking difficult to figure out where to put stuff when I have my own tackroom?) I got to th...

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I feel like I live on the edge of the Universe. Often a foreign country (they speak a lot of french up here) Fort Kent, Maine.

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Oh, and Buddy lunges! I took my homemade flag out (a square of white plastic garbage bag attached to the end of a white carriage whip, which I call my "parsnip stick" :lol: , and as soon as I pointed it at his shoulder, he went out and circled around me - then I was able to get it just wit...

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Yes, that half lusitano bullfighting thing showed up eventually. I love how Buddy just stood there, and turned his head to Rico - like "Dude - you're ok".

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Oh I feel your pain. Northern Maine here, we *just* got rid of the snow, I just got the horse home, and I can't turn out to pasture, it is a swamp! The arena is only barely useable if it's been dry for 2 or 3 days yesterday I hand grazed in the front yard because it's on fill, which drains better, b...

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Second day with some turnout in the pasture (which is *really* wet), he sees the slow moving but rumbly loud train that runs a few times a week just below the church across the street (that Street is Route 1, it starts in Fort Kent and ends in the Florida Keys). You can feel that train in the ground...

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Well, the amount I was feeding him daily was too much, I guess, (he taped bigger when I got back from my trip to Seattle than he did before I left :shock: ). So I've decreased the hay to 4 pounds a day (which may still be too much, we'll see) I also trimmed up his goat beard and neck a little more(t...

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I dunno - cats can be wierd - and sometimes adding another one or two causes some pretty serious behavioral issues - like spraying. We've had many cats. The only time I've had issues with cats spraying is when we've had more than one at the same time. I had a male that sprayed, and my current female...

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I do like the alfalfa buffer - we don't really have much of that around here - hay is difficult up here, the best stuff comes from Canada - a place that bales it, then sticks it in this massive barn with huge fans that blow up from the floor) - so different from out west, where it was irrigated and ...

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Omgosh, Dakota's TAIL! So gorgeous! Best weight estimate for Buddy based on that equation is about 325 pounds. Hard to say if I got accurate measurements, SO much hair. I didn't stick him for height (he was a little afraid of the tape). But he is somewhere between 32 and 36 inches tall. I'm guessing...

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Mainer, that second photo is adorable!!

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Ok, so I initially figured somewhere between 4 and 5 pounds of hay a day, (I'm not feeding any grain) split into multiple feedings. My hay is second cutting grass, fine little pieces, a few leafy things mixed in, which means it hasn't been sprayed, which makes me happy. (Means the compost I get from...

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Thanks for the book suggestion - So what percentage of your mini's body weight do you feed him (hay) each day? What I can't figure out is what his "ideal" weight should be.

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We picked Buddy up on Saturday. He is the friendliest sweetest little equine - though he''s shown me a couple of "pony" moments (when I've headed back to the barn from one of our many walks in the front yard, where I was letting him eat some grass, and he really didn't want to go). He is a...

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Rico has been at a friends - while our barn was being finished (and then the snow fell, and they were doing the siding and all those nails and screws got buried underneath, and luckily my friend has let him stay the winter). My friend also warned me about ponies - talked about how his pony taught hi...

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We haven't brought him home yet, but this will be Rico's little buddy. (His name really is Buddy). No idea how old he is, but he's been out with horses and other minis. Rico will be home the first week of May. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/kjodi/7EE76C86-931C-4CB0-8056-D60FDF6FF6AF_zps2vo2y...

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This is one of my absolute favorites. Got it from a friend who used to have a deli. What I can't remember is baking temp and time - somewhere between 300 and 350 - til they are done like you like them (chewy or crispy) (I'd probably go with 325) Jane's Cinnamon Cookies Cream: 1C white sugar 1C brown...

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Well this is annoying. Photos still appear on Photobucket but their links have vanished. Just those ones in this thread that I uploaded the other day. All my other photos have links. Wtf. Photobucket hasn't been working very well lately.

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