This is for Charles City Cat, aka CR Sullivan, aka Spunky. She was one of the original group that occasionally found me funny, and made me laugh.
I don't understand how FB missed showing me the post CCC put up on the Equestrians from BITD group, in February of 2020. Dammit. I wish I'd seen it, and commented!!
Here's what CCC had to say on that Flacebooked day.
This is my second horse, Champagne Jam, about 1994, at the State Fair Grounds, Richmond, Virginia. It was a CHSA show and freakin 95 degrees. My wonderful trainer Don Sheehan schooled him for me, it was Schooling Hunter class and there were over 30 entries, it took forever because the pros were jumping client’s horses and there were a lot of delays for tack changes, etc. I am proud to say that we finished out of the ribbons but got called back for an honorable mention.
Here's the pic she posted. What a lovely shot.
Most of her comments on this blog make me guffaw to this day. Like when I was selling breeding rights to Butch... snork. Think I might have to scroll back a bit, and copy/paste some of them.
Here you go, just a smattering of CCCisms. There are many more, (find the Butch blog, I have run out of screen time, according to my eyes).
CCC's comments are spread over a lot of years, and various other blogs that are no longer with us. The "Kinder Ways" blog, #2 comment helped me so much, I can't even put it into words.
Blog Name CCC Said:
Butch, February 16, 2009
This here is Bubba, I been thinkin of breadin my good ole mare LuluBell, she one of them thar quatrharses, an let me tell ya she is a purty thang, she is a palomeener. I'm thankin that with that thar stud ya got thar, we could make us some purty babies. Could make some rally gut muney.
Maybe since that thar stud has 3 testicleez, we could have us some twinz, make more munee thatta way.
I dun drank up my last keg o' PBR, so kould we werk out a payment plan on that thar stud thang?
Further Jollies, Nov. 2011
Jolly ball looks a little sad these days, LOL! I wish I could send you the one I have, it is in perfect condition.
Wizard messed around with it for a week or two and my knucklehead dogs acts like it doesn't exist.
Kinder Ways August 2011
1st comment) Well spoken GL, I think I did understand where you were coming from and frankly I don't get the attitudes.
You have brought out what you don't like about other disciplines, including your own, many times as well. Guess it was okay, that is until now!
Today's western pleasure is a joke, and what is even more a joke is the HUS classes. In no way shape or form is how those horses are ridden
any form of hunter riding. It is merely western pleasure with english tack and apparel. As a true hunter rider, it makes me puke to watch what
they consider hunter under saddle. Lets watch them enter a hunter ring with eight 3'6" fences and see how well they fare approaching those
fences in that type of frame. Lets then guess what is going to happen, I know I can!
Why is it that english riders never try to emulate western riding, but western riders are all up in it? HMMMMMM!!!
Oh, and just so we are all straight, I did ride western, I showed western, I rode barrels and I was part of rodeo.
Whew GL, I guess I needed to get that one out in the open as well.
Well, there ya go.
Kinder Ways August 2011
2nd comment) Whatever anyone thinks of GL's opinion, she is entitled to it just as much as any of you are.
I don't care for many parts of rodeo or western riding either but that sure as hell doesn't make me a supporter of PETA or SHARK.
Just because someone expresses an opinion that you don't care for does not make them a supporter of a radical group of fanatics!
I also don't care for parts of hunter/jumper, dressage, saddleseat, racing, etc..., and I also know that GL has expressed those same feelings on a number of occasions. Frankly, I don't think GL cares what discipline it is, only that the horses are happy.
I am surprised to see her being accused of anything different.
I just found out today, Jan. 16 through the Equestrians from BITD group on FlackBk, that Cathy passed away suddenly last February, 2021.
Far too young, a new blissful GrandMom, living her best life with her much loved husband and daughter, and extended family and of course her horses and assorted other dogs/cats/alpacas.
CCC! I'm sending her my love. CCC was funny and kind and a staunch and true friend on the webs.
CCC always had my back. Always. As I was an impressionable aka sensitive aka wimp-ish netizen, she helped me stand frimly. I LOVE that typo, bery much. (One of CCC's favourite typos there).
Thank you, CCC, for your support, your humour, your beautiful kindness that shone through all your comments, for everything.
Godspeed, with love, GoLightly.
1 comment:
oh my, It has taken me a long time to come and read this. Knowing it, and then seeing all of our collective history in print is so hard. How blessed we were to have known her
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