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Creativity Has Rewards

This is a doll house that I made for my littlest sister for her birthday. It was supposed to be for Christmas, but it didn’t get done in time. I used house hold items such as soap lids, boxes, foam, yogurt lids, velveeta boxes, tea boxes, a toothpick holder, rubber bands, package sealers  and so

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Pete

Yes, I got to ride Pete. He has to be the most adorable horse that I have ever seen, a darker bay color, not as dark as Duke, the dark bay there, but he is fairly dark. His forelock hangs down in such a cute way, and he has the sweetest, twitchiest little ears. But

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Cantering

YES! I FINALLY cantered! Ah, it was dreamy. Cantering with your horse transforms you into one body, one smooth being in one motion. Gentle waves, up and down, and up and down. You feel the flow and the current. It really was a lot easier to get Buddy to canter than I thought it would

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Riding-Rain-Ropes ‘n Halters

I had yet another riding lesson yesterday. I rode Buddy again, poor guy, he was really wet. It was raining, or misting. It was like this cloud of perpetual mist that never went away. So when we went out to catch our horses we had to walk through like 5-6 inch deep mud and fresh

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Riding Lessons

Yes, I started again. And boy was it nice to be back. I rode Buddy, Mr. Steady and Dependable. But oddly he acted much like Chris usually does this time. At first he was the same, slow, steady, kind of just plodding along. But then when my friend’s horse started trotting up ahead of us,

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