#i miss riding

[coffeeismycallsign]

The colder months as an equestrian >

[silentsundown]

Saw the trailer for the horse pack. Curious about the townies. But most importantly ARGH I MISS RIDING SO MUCH.

I just so badly want to get on a horse right now and just ride a trail or have a walk, or simply spend time around horses, smelling them, and hearing the sound of hooves, but I miss riding so much. There's a pony club in my town that I used to attend years ago but first, I'm not sure adults are very welcome there (it's mostly kids who ride), and second, the owners aren't great people. Besides I hate the equestrian world. It's so full of arrogant, vain and mean-spirited people who only care for competition, and my favourite thing about horses is the bond I share with them and going on adventures with them, not the lessons nor jumping or whatever. Unfortunately those who like this side of horse riding seem to be the minority. I also don't have my driving license.

I wish I had the money to share a horse, not sure how it's called in English but basically when you can ride and take care of someone else's horse without being the legal owner. I did use to have a horse kinda, but legally he was my dad's and I haven't been able to see him in years (since I was 16 or so) because my mother hates the ranchers who he was borded at and it's a 60km drive from here, and she hated going there anyway because that would mean having to wait for me while I'm done taking care of him + riding him potentially, really impractical and I felt guilt tripped kinda. I think he was rehomed by my dad anyway. I never got to say goodbye to him and it breaks my heart. I hardly had the chance to have him all to myself already, because he was on a half board in the clubs I rode in and ridden by other riders. Money issues. I wish I had the chance to have a horse for real, with the responsibilities. I was just too young then.

I'd love to actually have a couple horses during my lifetime, for real. One for me and a second one, an old or disabled one, who keeps the other company. The thing is, I'd need the space and the money.

What I love about horses is, when you talk to them, they listen. In every club I've been in, I was the only one to talk to my mount pretty much. I even had instructors tell me to shut up and use my legs instead. But those ears always listened. I'm pretty sure this is partly why in 7 years of riding almost no horse has tried to send me off their back, except for two. One was a pony who generally wasn't fond of being ridden, the second, I suspect she was abused by riders at my then club, because she was entirely normal when she arrived, and then her personality changed and she became the kind of horse to throw riders off her back. Also, I wasn't hard on them. I learned to be just firm enough, and I was always patting them on the neck during the lesson. In short, I think they could feel the love.

I also would take care of them before and after the lesson when possible. Sure, that would get me called weird or even get disliked by fellow riders, but honestly, I'd 100% be the weirdo of the club rather than treating horses like a mere commodity. We may ride them, use them for work, eat them also, but they deserve to be well taken care of regardless.

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: cults

[egophiliac]

bring your son to work day

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

[kathaynesart]

Have a random Peepaw cowboy warmup!

One of my favorite things back in my riding days, was watching the way the rope would burn and smoke around the saddle horns when wranglers would lasso racing cattle. You had to be really careful though because it was an easy way to lose a finger. Leo has fewer fingers already so he has to be extra careful hah!

[randomeggart]

A hat under waters: Subcon seas!

Planning to edit snatcher's design in the future because I'm not that proud of it & already have something in mind, but have this for now :) (...aaand I now realize that most of the text might be hard to read! whoops I'll make it clearer on the next one, apologies)

[benbamboozled]

Bruce Wayne, seeing Dick Grayson: I must help this small child.

Bruce Wayne, seeing Jason Todd: I must help this small child.

Tim Drake, seeing Bruce Wayne: I must help this grown-ass man.

[suspiciousmammal]

Yknow, I do miss it.

[rhythmcrown]

Disassembling SCC!Shadow and putting him through the airport security check before he goes to the multiverse convention because he's 75% metal and 100% problematic

(Context: a gag in one of my Sonic servers got way too out of hand)

[zhouxiangs]

TOPTEN SUPAKORN as Sonic in PIT BABE (2023)

[graff-aganda]

Joodle (Jane doodle) with the squiggly brush

[sleepboysummer]

very very very original jane i love you so much

[chipchopclipclop]

a friend bought me y8 so i sped through gaiden really fast beforehand and it was....... PREDDY GOOD........!

[kristiliqua]

URETHRA !!!

[bi-shop]

i miss them a lot