2009-06-20
Hay truck!
2009-06-19
Safe Trailering
As Fran pointed out, safe trailering is important skill for all horse owners and horses. And Tammy Denault (of Dreamswept Farm) is, IMHO, one of the best. Together we have hauled horses thousands of miles, and I have learned much from her. And this photo is a good example of doing things right.
The importance of good trailering skills, especially in an emergency, can't be under estimated. The farm, where I live, experienced this first hand last January, when our vaulting horse was evacuated during the flood. The last thing you want to do an emergency is spend an hour or more trying to get a horse into a trailer.
The importance of good trailering skills, especially in an emergency, can't be under estimated. The farm, where I live, experienced this first hand last January, when our vaulting horse was evacuated during the flood. The last thing you want to do an emergency is spend an hour or more trying to get a horse into a trailer.
Sorry Hoof Blog, ...
Fran --
Sorry, but your Hoof Blog, is not copyleft compatible. So you may not use my Happy Horses photo or any of my images, until you open up your licensing practices. [I not a big supporter the whole uptight permission based culture.]
If you got with the future and supported the creative commons, you wouldn't have to ask permission.
-- Tom Sayles
Sorry, but your Hoof Blog, is not copyleft compatible. So you may not use my Happy Horses photo or any of my images, until you open up your licensing practices. [I not a big supporter the whole uptight permission based culture.]
If you got with the future and supported the creative commons, you wouldn't have to ask permission.
-- Tom Sayles
Hello, Tom,
I wondered if I could ask permission to download and use your photo called "Happy Horses"...because it is just that!
I am a blogger who specializes in horse health and I need to show some well-cared for horses being transported. One need is for an educational series of articles on how to evacuate horses safely and sanely if a hurricane or forest fire is a threat. The other is what to do if you are already on the road and there is a disease problem, as happened this week to any horse that traveled through Texas or originated there.
You'd think such photos would be easy to find, but they're not. There is usually some little safety glitch or another in the photo, but yours passes all the tests.
We would be so grateful if you'd allow me to use it. It's ok to say no. I don't have a budget for paying for photos but you can know that your image maybe made people stop and read an article that they might have skipped over, otherwise.
And it might just save their horses' lives.
Thanks very much. I have never seen candid photos of vaulters before. Very interesting!
All the best,
Fran Jurga
Wow. Publishing from anyware is getting easier and easier. For example this was sent as an sms from my phone.
2009-05-14
PropEle Marine
One of my colleagues, Joe Grez, is starting up this cool new company called PropEle Marine. Which has developed an exciting light weight electric boat motor that's clean and quiet for your kayak, canoe, dinghy, dink, inflatable, pontoon boat, or other craft. It's works kind of like an outboard engine, but it's portable and powered by a modern battery pack. In early tests the performance is impressive (and getting better with every design flip) and it's even been spotted in and around western Washington waters pushing small vessels at their actual design speeds.
Check it out at http://propelemarine.com/
Check it out at http://propelemarine.com/
2009-04-25
Found on a Blog
I ran across this on a more or less random blog.
How does something like get organized? Was it, as it appears to be, a flash mob? Or did some group rehearse this prior to the preformance?
2009-02-08
Cool Superbowl Commercials
One of the real innovations that the Internet has brought is the ability to find share things like super bowl commercials. Here are some of this year's best, IMHO.
2009-02-06
FW: WA - Horse Farms Bills
For those that haven't heard about this issue, last year there was an administrative ruling in Olympia that reclassified equestrian facilities that didn't breed or sell horses (or some other agricultural product) such that they lost the tax breaks given to other commercial farms.
The current effort in Olympia is aimed at restoring the long held position that horse boarding, training, and riding farms should qualify as Farm & Agriculture land for use and tax purposes.
This issue directly or indirectly effects many of the vaulting clubs in Washington.
Please take a few minutes to call, write or e-mail your representatives in Olympia. Tell them about vaulting and ask them to support HB 1232, SB 5817 & HB 1733 (see below).
Thanks,
Tom Sayles
The current effort in Olympia is aimed at restoring the long held position that horse boarding, training, and riding farms should qualify as Farm & Agriculture land for use and tax purposes.
This issue directly or indirectly effects many of the vaulting clubs in Washington.
Please take a few minutes to call, write or e-mail your representatives in Olympia. Tell them about vaulting and ask them to support HB 1232, SB 5817 & HB 1733 (see below).
Thanks,
Tom Sayles
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WASHINGTON STATE EQUESTRIAN NETWORK
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Horse Farms Bills
Posted by: "Lori Lennox"
Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:03 pm (PST)
It's time to start contacting your elected officials about the following bills that will help ensure that horse boarding, training, and riding farms qualify as Farm & Agriculture land under the Open Space Taxation Act.
Need help finding your Reps? Go to http://www.washingt onvotes.org/ The links below will take you to the full text of the bills and the public hearing dates. And if your representative is one of the sponsors then thank them!
HB 1232 & SB 5817
Defining commercial agricultural purposes to include current farming practices and activities related to the raising, harvesting, feeding, breeding, managing, selling, care, or training of a farm product.
http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ billinfo/ summary.aspx? bill=1232& year=2009 &
http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ billinfo/ summary.aspx? bill=5817& year=2009
HB 1733
Concerning the property tax current use valuation programs. This bill clarifies the eligibility of equine operations
http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ billinfo/ summary.aspx? bill=1733& year=2009
2008-12-28
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