Dressage Pony

Kristian Beverly14 Comments
First off, I love Valegro. He’s a dynamic sculpture and has a pretty face and neck. While I was snowed in, this has made progress. 
Bridle was first.  Ear Bonnet was made by Crystal Creek Farm.
Then I tweaked/made a dressage saddle pattern. I have the KeriOkie dressage book, and started off with the flap and tree pattern. I tweaked it to be what I wanted and then made the underlaps and panels. 
I’m very happy with the saddle. The part I’m happy about the most is the section where the back of the tree, panels, and skirt meet. I tried something different and got it to wrap around/angle more like a real saddle! Will be using the new technique for later saddles. The saddle pad is a Breyer one that I’ve had for years. Last part that needs done is the girth, but my sister seems to have shared whatever she was sick with so, yup. Itchy throat and constant cold fun. 
Also, this blog is almost at 100,000 page views! I can’t say thank you enough to everyone who reads and comments here. Thank you so much for reading this blog! 

Blizzard Jonas

Kristian Beverly2 Comments

The blizzard hit, and it hit hard.

My area got 30+ inches of snow. During the blizzard my sister, Kendall, decided to be social and go find humans.

Since it was white out conditions we went outside to attempt to sled in the street. Didn’t work, but it was a good effort.

Yesterday my mom, Kendall, and I went out to dig ourselves out. There was much to do.
We have a snow blower but the snow was too high for it so Kendall and me kicked it around to manageable levels.

While shoveling Penn State sent a message that campus would be closed today, so the mission to clean off my car was aborted.