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Doing Laundry in College

This advice is for my daughter doing laundry in college. Doing laundry in college can be a challenge at times, but it's generally easier than you might think. Anyone can do it successfully. Just remember to read labels and take your time sorting, and you'll be doing your own laundry in no time. I like Tide for whites, together with a 1/4 cup of Clorox bleach. I like Free and Clear for everything else. And Oxyclean works a little better than Spray & Wash for pre-wash treatment on grass or other stains. ________________________ Adapted from https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-do-laundry-in-college-793594 By Kelci Lynn Lucier Preparation Preparing to wash your laundry often takes more time than actually washing your laundry, but it's a simple process that's easy to master. Read the labels on everything, especially anything valuable. Have a fancy dress? Nice button-down shirt? THESE PROBABLY NEED TO BE TAKEN TO THE DRY CLEANERS. New bathing suit? Anything made of a unique material? Clothes that are out of the ordinary tend to require extra care. Thoroughly read the instructions on the tags of all items (usually found by the neck, waist, or bottom inside left of an article of clothing) to avoid potential disasters. Anything that needs a specific water temperature or that necessitates an extra step needs to be removed from the rest of your laundry and washed separately. Sort out anything new. Clothes are most vibrant and pigmented when they're brand new, whether they're mostly dark colors like black, blue, or brown or mostly bright colors like white, pink, or green. New clothes can bleed their colors out and onto the rest of your clothes when they're freshly purchased, which can quickly ruin an entire load of laundry. Wash these separately on their first wash,

By |June 21st, 2022|Categories: Foxhunting, polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Doing Laundry in College

Western Saddles

We almost never ride western, preferring polo, foxhunting or show jumping saddles for various disciplines and for cross country terrain. However, there are times when a western saddle is more suitable or secure for training young horses. And certainly, if you going to rope, rein, cut or do ranch work, you can't do that in an English saddle. But let's face it, Western saddles are not very comfortable (or at least the cheap Circle Y knockoff that we started riding Western in wasn't) but with the help of our friends, we discovered that not all western saddles are alike, in fact there are more options than you can shake a stick at, which makes western saddles confusing to many if not all English riders or other newcomers to the Western seat. Here are the differences. This is the story of our search for the perfect western saddles for our purposes, which are probably radically different than most Western riders, but we are mostly looking for a saddle that rides English but looks Western.  First, you have to decide what type of saddle, as described by saddleupcolorado.net the abbreviated list is as follows: 1. All Around Saddles All-around saddles live up to their name. They are one of the most versatile saddles out there and can be used in just about every discipline. They are designed for anything! You can use an all-around saddle for ranching, roping, barrel racing, trail riding, and more. These saddles have a strong and stout horn so you are able to rope out of them or even drag cows with it. It is also equipped with a sturdy tree, which allows it to handle the pressure of roping. It has a

By |February 4th, 2022|Categories: Foxhunting, Ranching, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Western Saddles

Candy Man a/k/a Snickers

She Had Some Horses BY JOY HARJOI. She Had Some Horses She had some horses.She had horses who were bodies of sand.She had horses who were maps drawn of blood.She had horses who were skins of ocean water.She had horses who were the blue air of sky.She had horses who were fur and teeth.She had horses who were clay and would break.She had horses who were splintered red cliff. She had some horses. She had horses with eyes of trains.She had horses with full, brown thighs.She had horses who laughed too much.She had horses who threw rocks at glass houses.She had horses who licked razor blades. She had some horses. She had horses who danced in their mothers' arms.She had horses who thought they were the sun and theirbodies shone and burned like stars.She had horses who waltzed nightly on the moon.She had horses who were much too shy, and kept quietin stalls of their own making. She had some horses. She had horses who liked Creek Stomp Dance songs.She had horses who cried in their beer.She had horses who spit at male queens who madethem afraid of themselves.She had horses who said they weren't afraid.She had horses who lied.She had horses who told the truth, who were strippedbare of their tongues. She had some horses. She had horses who called themselves, "horse."She had horses who called themselves, "spirit," and kepttheir voices secret and to themselves.She had horses who had no names.She had horses who had books of names. She had some horses. She had horses who whispered in the dark, who were afraid to speak.She had horses who screamed out of fear of the silence, whocarried knives to protect themselves from ghosts.She had horses who

By |October 29th, 2020|Categories: Foxhunting, polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Candy Man a/k/a Snickers

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34630/34630-h/34630-h.htm The Project Gutenberg EBook of Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Author: E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross Release Date: January 15, 2011 [EBook #34630] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. *** Produced by Al Haines SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. by E. OE. SOMERVILLE and MARTIN ROSS THOMAS NELSON & SONS LTDLONDON EDINBURGH PARIS MELBOURNETORONTO AND NEW YORK Reprinted by permission ofMessrs. Longmans Green & Co., Ltd. CONTENTS I.  GREAT-UNCLE MCCARTHYII.  IN THE CURRANHILTY COUNTRYIII.  TRINKET'S COLTIV.  THE WATERS OF STRIFEV.  LISHEEN RACES, SECOND-HANDVI.  PHILIPPA'S FOX-HUNTVII.  A MISDEALVIII.  THE HOLY ISLANDIX.  THE POLICY OF THE CLOSED DOORX.  THE HOUSE OF FAHYXI.  OCCASIONAL LICENSESXII.  "OH LOVE! OH FIRE!" SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. I GREAT-UNCLE McCARTHY A Resident Magistracy in Ireland is not an easy thing to come by nowadays; neither is it a very attractive job; yet on the evening when I first propounded the idea to the young lady who had recently consented to become Mrs. Sinclair Yeates, it seemed glittering with possibilities. There was, on that occasion, a sunset, and a string band playing "The Gondoliers," and there was also an ingenuous belief in the omnipotence of a godfather of Philippa's—(Philippa was the young lady)—who had once been a member of the Government. I was then climbing the steep ascent of the Captains towards my Majority. I have no fault to

By |June 11th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Foxhunting|Comments Off on Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross

Throw Your Hat Over the Wall

Frank O’Connor, the Irish writer, tells in one of his books how, as a boy, he and his friends would make their way across the countryside, and when they came to an orchard wall that seemed too high and too doubtful to try and too difficult to permit their voyage to continue, they took off their hats and tossed them over the wall–and then they had no choice but to follow them. ----John F. Kennedy in his speech at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center, San Antonio, Texas, November 21, 1963.  It all starts with commitment: When you throw your hat over the wall you are committing to getting it back. Sometimes, people can be stuck for several reasons. Often, this can be fear; fear of change, fear of the unknown, fear of failure, etc. When you are fully committed to getting your hat back and you throw it over the wall you start a momentum. Now, it is about finding out how to get the hat back. Or how to get oneself over the wall to the hat. Equestrians have adapted this saying to, "Throw your heart over the fence before you approach it." So whether it's your hat or your heart, be committed before you jump and don't let fear hold you back, trust your horse. _________________________________________ On Being A Field Master Others have said, "The Field Master’s job has five simple rules: first, have a great pack of hounds; second, have a great huntsman; third, have a great horse; fourth―getting serious now―know your country; and fifth, make it fun." -Foxhunting Life

By |February 28th, 2019|Categories: Foxhunting|Comments Off on Throw Your Hat Over the Wall

Washing Wool Coats

Just looking at ordering a new wool jacket for Thanksgiving hunting.  Found these great archery and bush coats from Fred Asbell, who is a legendary archery instinctive shooter, whose books were recommended to me 20 years ago by Buz Fawcett, our instinctive shotgunning instructor.  All of his books are well worth reading for any archer.  Anyway, back to wool, Fred's wife recommends the following method for washing wool, which is very similar to what English and Irish hunt staff do for their wool foxhunting coats.  They just use cold water in a feed trough and a stiff coat brush to scrub out mud or stains, then putting between towels and walking on it, then stretching a little while drying flat. WASHING WOOL By: Teresa Asbell There hasn’t been a lot written about caring for wool. One of the things you often see on labels is, Do not wash, Dry Clean only. Dry cleaning will certainly clean wool, but it fills it with chemicals that smell bad and removes the lanolin and oil. And if you are an outdoorsman, you don’t want to do that. All wool can be washed. How you go about doing it is important…but it is simple. Forget the wash machine and dryer. All wool should be hand-washed in cold water with a gentle soap. We use Charlie’s Soap, which is totally biodegradable and unscented and works particularly well on wool and silk. Woolite has been around for a long time and works well, but it has a fragrance in it, and I’d as soon not have that on my hunting clothes. A big container, like a bathtub, that will hold lots of water is best. Dissolve the soap in the water

By |October 30th, 2018|Categories: Archery, Foxhunting, Survival|Comments Off on Washing Wool Coats

The Truth about Bran

The Truth About Bran Dr. Jessica Dunbar, Littleton Large Animal Clinic, as previously featured in the Arapahoe Hunt Hunting Horn Some horse owners commonly use bran mashes (wheat bran) as a supplement feed for their horses.  Bran is known for its high fiber content, but most of it is indigestible plant fiber including cell-wall lignan, cellulose and hemicellulose.[1]  Used indiscriminately, wheat bran may cause mineral imbalances contributing to orthopedic problems, as well as digestive upset.  Horses require more calcium in their diet than phosphorous.  Bran provides approximately ten times the amount of phosphorus over calcium. [2][3] If used regulars, the excessive phosphorus will cause the body to take calcium from the bones, weakening the bone structure.  This may lead to Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism or “Big Head Disease”.[4][5]  Bran Ingested at less than 10% of the diet is safe.3 Some horse owners believe a bran mash can have a laxative effect or offers a way to rehydrate your horse after a trailer ride or long workout.  In truth, bran fed infrequently represents a sudden change in the diet for gut microbes and may lead to mild gastrointestinal upset resulting and watery manure (diarrhea).1 Bran may be a way to encourage finicky eaters to eat and horses certainly enjoy the occasional mash, but simply be aware of the side effects of what bran fed at more than 10% of the diet.  Smaller individual pre-packaged bran mashes are available so that owners need not buy bran in bulk.4  A healthy alternative to a wheat bran mash is Equine Senior.  Warm water can be added to “senior” feed pellets to make a mash. [1]  Kreitler, Bonnie. Rich, Ginger. Feeding Bran.  www.animalnetwork.com. 2006. [2]  Ralston, Sarah L. Nutrition of Horses

By |June 19th, 2018|Categories: Foxhunting|Comments Off on The Truth about Bran