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The Mirador
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By Month

2013

January
Too Much Excitement
Back on Barka

2012

September
Mynta the Fjordhorse
August
A Big Deal
May
Horse Reports?

2011

November
From Myth to Reality
July
Thinking Back a Bit
May
A Horse Report
March
A Year
Back to February
February
Riding Recap
January
Back Again

2010

November
Ups and Downs Indeed
Small Steps
Back. Owwie.
October
Missed Opportunities
Hit and Miss
September
Two for One
Jumping, Part 1
White Pony Week
August
Cornered and Straightened Out
First One Down
June
Last One
Dangerous Logs Ahead!
A Confusion of Canters
Just Do It
May
Short and Shorter
Onwards with Heddvig
More Canter, More Improvements
April
In-Between Week
The Little Tank Jumps
Stirrups? What Stirrups?
Substitutes
March
Going On
Murphy
Delayed
Goodbye
Inside Secrets
Trading Ponies
Snow, Olympics & Horse Shows
February
On the Right Track
Progress
Ramblings and a Lesson
January
The Little Tank, Again
Clever Little Girl
Cold New Beginnings

2009

December
Look, No Saddle!
Eights Again
Trying to Stay Positive
November
Less Than Stellar
Multi Tasking
Bad Habits
Flowing Along
October
Dizzy Me
Wishing For Last Week
Wrong Way, But Right
Clever Girl
September
We Have Lift-Off
Naughty Nelson
Mellow Murphy
Topic Drift
August
Moving in Circles
A Quickie
Back in the Saddle, and Sore
July
A Bit of Extra Riding
June
Finishing Up
The Verdict
No Falling This Time
May
A Walk in the Woods
Irish Lightning
Straight Ahead
A Bit More of Fleur
Frozen on Fleur
April
Now Starring Nelson
Weird Things
Hotheaded Hedvig
Striving Upwards
Different Approaches
March
A Mellow Murphy
Coordination? What Coordination?
A Non-Riding Lesson
Introducing Hedvig
February
Late, on Lateness
My One-Track Mind
Back to Basics
January
Feeling Feisty
A Late New Year

2008

December
Finishing Up
Cornered
Foiled by Sore Feet
November
A Change for the Better
Less Confused
So Confused
New Theme, New Task
October
Countermeasures
Explanations
Jealousy (And Good Jumping)
A Bit of Jumping
September
Resting While Riding
Galloping on Gamir

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Events

A Levade Evening
Cold, Wet and Competitive
Horse Show: Friday
Horse Show: Sunday
Irish Lightning
Levade Noble Horse Gala
Snow, Olympics & Horse Shows

Insights

A Balancing Act
A Matter of Anatomy
A Year
Horse Thoughts
Positive Reinforcement

Lessons

A Big Deal
A Bit More of Fleur
A Bit of Extra Riding
A Bit of Jumping
A Change for the Better
A Change of Plans
A Confusion of Canters
A Cooking Lesson
A Curvy Class
A Double Dose of Riding
A Faulty Approach
A Horse Report
A Lack of Shoes and of Efficiency
A Late New Year
A Little Yellow Tank
A Loopy Lesson
A Mellow Murphy
A Murphy Marathon
A Murphy Monday
A New Perspective
A New Semester
A New Semester Begins
A Non-Riding Lesson
A Quickie
A Speedy Lesson
A Summery Finale
A Testing Time
A Walk in the Woods
Adventures to Left and Right
All About Legs
An Exercise in Problem Solving
Another Round of Murphy
Apparent Contradictions
Auto-Dressage Pony
Back Again
Back Down to Earth
Back in the Saddle
Back in the Saddle, and Sore
Back on Barka
Back to Basics
Back to February
Back. Owwie.
Bad Habits
Bah, I Say
Bendy Lateral Work
Bendy Stuff in Theory
Canter Torture
Catching up Decisively
Circles in the Sand
Clever Girl
Clever Little Girl
Clever Murphy
Co-ordination
Cold New Beginnings
Continued Counter Cantering
Coordination? What Coordination?
Cornered
Cornered and Straightened Out
Counter Cantering
Countermeasures
Dangerous Logs Ahead!
Delayed
Different Approaches
Dizzy Me
Doing Less
Down Heels, Down
Effectivity
Eights Again
Explanations
Fear & Fleur
Feeling Feisty
Finding My Seatbones
Finishing Up
Finishing Up
Finishing up the Year
First One Down
Fleur Follies
Fleur on Form
Flowing Along
Foiled Again
Foiled by Sore Feet
Framed
From Myth to Reality
Frosty Toes & More Turns
Frozen on Fleur
Full Speed Ahead
Full Stop Ahead
Galloping on Gamir
Gamir at a Gallop
Going in Circles
Going On
Good News, Bad News
Good Old Sammy
Goodbye
Half-Passable
Helping Hands
Hit and Miss
Horse Reports?
Horsemanship
Hotheaded Hedvig
In Theory
In-Between Week
Inside Secrets
Into the Woods
Introducing Hedvig
It Doesn't Get Much Better
Jealousy (And Good Jumping)
Jet-Lagged Lesson
Jumping Ahead
Jumping Gamir
Jumping in Style
Jumping, Part 1
Just Do It
Keeping Still on Murphy
Keeping Still, Thinking Hard
Knackered
Last One
Late, on Lateness
Legs, Efficiency, Etc
Less Confused
Less Than Stellar
Look, No Saddle!
Lunging About
Magnificent Murphy
Meh
Mellow Murphy
Mellowing Out
Method Ponderings
Misguided Ponies
Missed Opportunities
More Canter Woes
More Canter, More Improvements
More Jumping, Some Improvements
More Murphy Mania
Moving Forward Sideways
Moving in Circles
Much, Much Better
Multi Tasking
Murphy
Murphy Mania
Murphy Misbehaving
Murphy Therapy
My Fingers Do Not Taste Like Chicken
My One-Track Mind
Mynta the Fjordhorse
Naughty Nelson
Nervous Behaviour
New Body Needed
New Heights
New Semester, New Goals
New Theme, New Task
No Connection Established
No Falling This Time
Not Precisely Stellar
Not-So-Fluffy Nelson
Now Starring Nelson
Observing Horses
Of Shoulders and Legs
On Course
On the Loose
On the Right Track
One Calm Little Horse
Onwards with Heddvig
Out and About
Pictorial Evidence
Pretty Pony Pictures
Ramblings and a Lesson
Rattled Nerves
Resting While Riding
Rhythmical Jumping
Riding Recap
Round and Round We Jump
Running Around
Sammy Jumps Again
Serpentines, Shoes and Shopping
Short and Shorter
Short, Sturdy Horse Needed
Shortcomings
Shouldering the Work
Sickly in the Saddle
Silly Girl
Small Steps
Sneaky Sammy
Snow and Sammy
Snow, Olympics & Horse Shows
So Confused
Some Murphy Magic
Speeding on Sammy
Spotting Spitfire
Stable Manners
Still in a Slump
Stirrups? What Stirrups?
Straight Ahead
Straightening Out Sammy
Striving Upwards
Substitutes
Summer Jumping, Day One
Summer Jumping, Day Three
Summer Jumping, Day Two
That Leg Position Again
The Dangers of Straying Legs
The Little Tank Jumps
The Little Tank, Again
The Long and the Short of It
The Other Irish Boy
The Other M
The Verdict
The World's Best Anti-Depressant
Thinking Back a Bit
Thinking My Turns Through
Too Much Excitement
Topic Drift
Trading Ponies
Trailing Along
Transitions
Transitory Work
Trying Out Nelson
Trying to Stay Positive
Turns and Trotting
Two for One
Ups and Downs Indeed
Visual Aids
Vocabulary Exercises
We Have Lift-Off
Weighty Matters
Weighty Matters
Weird Things
White Pony Week
Wishing For Last Week
Woah, Winter
Work Less, Think More
Wrapping Up
Wrong Way, But Right