Still Learning

This trip I am not only learning about dressage I am trying to learn a new thing or two about using the computer and cell phone more effectively. So far the dressage learning is progressing more quickly than the computer projects. Have been madly blogging away for days only to find out nothing is posted. So much for my attempt at humorous accounts of my Florida experience.
Went to a Conrad Schumaker clinic with Pati and some of her students the other day and am reminded of how many exercises I use regularly that came from watching a past clinic of his or reading an article he wrote. For those of you that ride with me regularly you know some of the tried and true ones such as a turn on the haunches to a medium trot to turn on the haunches to medium trot repeated, or the 10 meter circle with a walk-canter transition to a 10 meter circle with a canter-walk-transition. Of course there are several new ones that I have written down and can’t wait to try with everyone next time I see you. I often use the phrase ‘hug the horse with your leg’ he took it a step further with ‘cuddle your horse with your leg’. Horses are happy and settled in. Every grocery store has girl scouts madly selling cookies so I too am happy.