03.05.08
winter sucks
Pretty sure I mentioned this already… JDTP4E sent us this photo in agreement!
he he he
02.24.08
watch videos to help charities
The website Whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com allocates money to autism research, Save the Children, and other charities for every video viewed, and is described as legit by snopes.com. Details of How This Works are found on the site.
John Ondraski and the pop group, Five for Fighting, are donating $0.40 to Autism Speaks research for “each time” this video, Change her world, is viewed. There are over 8,000 comments on this video alone, and there are currently 205 videos on the World site.
Tell the WORLD “What Kind of World You Want” and raise money for charity!
02.22.08
Nature photographer pictures horses in fog
Our three stooges were photographed by neighboring Gilford photographer John Gill. He dropped by on a foggy morning recently and spent a while with them as they munched their breakfast in the snow.
John’s website features outstanding nature photography, especially lots of wonderful birds, and scenes from New England and around the country. They are available as fine art prints; please visit johngillphoto.com
Youngster Glendale on left with momma Willy mare
Gilford, who is four and a half already!
In my next life…
I want to live my next life backwards:
You start out dead and get that out of the way.
Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day.
Then you get kicked out for being too healthy.
You enjoy your retirement and collect your pension.
Then when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day.
You work 40 years until you’re too young to work.
You get ready for High School: drink alcohol, party, and you’re generally promiscuous.
Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, and you have no responsibilities.
Then you become a baby, and then… You spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in Spa-like conditions - central heating, room service on tap, and then…
You finish off as an act of love.
I rest my case.
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jdtp4e sent me this, I couldn’t resist sharing it!
02.21.08
Wakeboarding on Lake Winnipesaukee
Last summer, son Ezra on his new wakeboard behind dad’s 1935 GarWood… about this time of year I find myself thinking a lot about summer and long hot days and being on the water!
AAAHHHHH, summer!
Ez is an excellent snow boarder– and he wakeboarded a little before this about 3 years ago. As yet I haven’t tried the wakeboard, was a bit chicken this day. My concern is I can’t ride switch very well (IE., with the other foot in front,) and I’m sure that your legs will get real tired going the same way the whole time. And to switch, you have to turn the wakeboard in the water… and his boots will be 5 sizes too large for my feet…
But this does look pretty close to snowboarding, I think I could try it!!! How about it Ez? It’s probably the only way I’ll ever get onto one “ski,” since I never learned to slalom.
Snowboarding grays on trays
This would be me practicing carves on my K2 Push, as videoed by Hubby at nearby picturesque Gunstock Ski Resort… yes I do know what goofy and fakey mean, and I ride pretty goofy as you can see.
But if it looks like I’m going slow, of course it’s only because Hubby is riding too and videoing at the same time (how does he DO that?). I try at all times to keep my board ON the snow, no air for me thank U! (So I have very little idea what ollies and things like that are, though I did get to see Joonatan riding rails.)
And before you say I’m not exactly shredding, fellow riders, this could be your own mother! Or even someone’s grandmom. HA HA!
There really is a site called Grays On Trays, Snowboarding for Grown-ups. I love the name! Nice logo T-shirts too, support forum for learners of all ages, resort listings… ride on over!
Go Grays on Trays!!!
02.18.08
Take me back to the sixties
Interesting flashback movie of a decade unlike any other…
Back to the sixties - (there are pause and play buttons if it moves too fast for you to read.)
Thanks to jdtp4e for this!
02.17.08
Welcome Fiore to the Moses Family!
Our new lovely Rotary Foreign Exchange student is Fiorella Botta Serrano, coming all the way to NH from Colombia. Fio has been challenged to adjust to the cold snowy North, but is game enough to try snowboarding! She enjoys dance classes, comes to exercise classes with me, loves arts and crafts, and can cook plantains in really special South American ways!
Of couse we have gotten her on a horse and also in a carriage a couple of times. Fiore is in Gilford for a school year and will stay with three different families while here.
Here is FIO showing off her modeling talents! Visit Fio’s Facebook!
Fio with Peaches…
02.08.08
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well hot diggity dog!! We’re actually No. 1 on the list! I’ll mention that… although there are only 26 entries listed in that category. Hmmm… there have GOT to be more Horseback Riding blogs than THAT…
02.07.08
Whales 2, government 0
Court rejects President Bush sonar waiver, defends whales
Back in federal court, the environmentally-concerned public scored
another big victory for whales — this time over the President
of the United States!
Last night, a federal judge struck down a waiver issued by the
White House that would have exempted the U.S. Navy from obeying
a key environmental law during sonar training exercises that
endanger whales.
In doing so, the court affirmed the bedrock principle that we do
NOT live under an imperial presidency. Both the White House and
the military must obey and uphold our environmental laws.
Here’s a great segment about our victory from today’s “Morning
Edition” on National Public Radio — Judge: Navy Not Exempt from Sonar Ban. Whether Navy sonar training exercises are harmful to marine animals has long been a point of conflict.
President Bush’s waiver was a last-ditch attempt to let the Navy
unleash an onslaught of military sonar off the coast of southern
California — home to five endangered species of whales –
without taking precautions to protect marine mammals from a
lethal bombardment of sound.
Last month, the same judge — U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie
Cooper — ordered the Navy to put safeguards in place during the
sonar maneuvers in order to protect marine mammals from needless
injury and death. Shortly after that ruling, President Bush
issued his “emergency” waiver, attempting to override the
court’s order.
In last night’s ruling, Judge Cooper called the Navy’s so-called
emergency “a creature of its own making,” and reaffirmed that
the military can train effectively without needlessly harming
whales.
The Navy’s maneuvers would take place near the Channel Islands
– one of the world’s most sensitive marine environments. The
Navy itself estimates that the booming sonar would harass or
harm marine mammals some 170,000 times — and cause permanent
injury in more than 400 cases.
The far-reaching precautions imposed on the Navy by Judge Cooper
include a ban on mid-frequency sonar within 12 miles of the
California coast — a zone that is heavily used by migrating
whales and dolphins — and between the Channel Islands.
Make no mistake: we must be fully prepared to keep fighting for
those humane restrictions — especially if the White House or
Navy appeals this decision to a higher court.
Support and activism including that of NRDC have taken us this far. Let’s
continue standing up in the courtroom battles ahead –
until that day when whales no longer need to die for the sake of
military practice.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
Communication from The NRDC Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) affiliate of the Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Feb. 5, 2008.
