2020-07-17 14:20
I was offered the chance to read and review a book called “What the Bible Says About Animals”, by Jacquelyn Wilkins, and was thrilled. The book is written in a very reader-friend… Read More
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One cowgirl’s stories of her love of horses, horse training, horseback riding, and the everyday joys of life with horses.
2019-01-23 22:28
I was recently asked to review some horse grooming products for a local company here in Iowa called Equi-Spa. I gladly agreed, but it was just coming into the dead of winter, and since… Read More
2017-11-30 17:15
I just got a new book in the mail, called “Cowgirl Lessons”, by Rae Rankin. It’s a sweetly rhyming storybook about a little girl’s adventures on her horse ridi… Read More
2017-08-23 17:08
A cowgirl friend of mine (Allie, who blogs over at Rocking E Cowgirl) asked me if I would be interested in trying out some ShadowSense eye shadow. I’m not one to go buy the lates… Read More
2017-04-03 18:34
It has been busy around here, and I can’t believe it’s April and three months have passed since my last blog post. One of my excuses is that it’s calving season, and… Read More
2017-01-30 20:48
These two AQHA mares are being offered for sale, located at my dad’s place in Challis, Idaho. They have been raised, trained, and ridden on his ranch, sometimes used to work… Read More
2016-11-14 22:55
I started giving horseback riding lessons to two little girls this past summer. With fall approaching, daylight savings time changing things up, and the temperatures dropping, we start… Read More
2016-10-24 14:36
Alert all your horse-loving and book-reading friends! CowgirlDiary.com is giving away a new book, just released this month! It is The Tale of the Dancing Slaughter Horse by Victo… Read More
2016-10-04 18:00
Well, just when everything is finally going good…the pony recovering from her tendon injury down at summer pasture with the two buckskins, and the older mares at home being used for… Read More
2016-09-19 21:04
I was recently asked by a friend of mine if I would give horseback riding lessons to her two daughters. I have never taken riding lessons or given a formal riding lesson. But it… Read More
2016-09-03 22:04
It was a year ago that we enjoyed being a part of my youngest sister’s wedding on the ranch out in Idaho. She got engaged in May and married in September, so the wedding had to b… Read More
2016-07-18 01:18
As I recently browsed the Nebraska/Iowa Horses For Sale pages on Facebook, I kept seeing a lot of ponies. So I mentioned to my husband that we should get a pony while the kids are stil… Read More
2016-06-29 18:03
This is me, at age one, riding my trusty horse. Wow…it’s been a long time since I’ve written here at CowgirlDiary! I love blogging, but sometimes it’s ha… Read More
2016-04-21 19:27
It’s always something. This time, it’s our twenty-three-year-old horse Red, who has developed severe allergies and has what is called “heaves” in horses, or COP… Read More
2016-03-30 22:14
It was a little over a month ago that I found my favorite mare Penny with a really bad slice under her hind pastern, and I was afraid she might die from it (she had lost so much blood!), or… Read More
2016-03-07 19:54
I wanted to post a collection of photos of my horse Rudy through the years, just to remember him by. He was the best horse in the world. I remember in high school I entered a writing contest… Read More
2016-02-19 21:29
When Rudy had to be put down, I saved a strand of his tail hair to have something made to remember him by. In the days following his death, I did an internet search for hand-braided ho… Read More
2016-02-16 01:17
I haven’t had the best luck with my horses this winter. I went out Monday morning (a week ago) to feed, and saw Penny standing out by the hay feeder alone. All the other ho… Read More
2016-01-27 04:35
I lost my horse Rudy on the 3rd of January. He was almost twenty-eight years old, and ever since he came to live with us in October, I have worried about him. I knew he wasn’t going to… Read More
2015-12-20 03:27
This time of year, it’s an expected thing to receive gifts. Around Christmas time you get a new calendar from the feed store, a pair of gloves from the company you buy your calf… Read More
2015-11-01 21:00
Last week we had a special visit from my parents. They drove all the way from Idaho to Iowa pulling a gooseneck trailer with six horses in it, dropping off two at our place, staying ov… Read More
2015-09-29 18:19
We have reached another milestone in our horse life: we rode Cletus, our four year old buckskin gelding! If you remember, we bought him as a baby alongside his mother, Penny, in… Read More
2015-09-20 02:22
I grew up riding horses. Raised on a ranch, working cattle, living to be horseback, loving the country life…I was a cowgirl if ever there was one. But I’ve often sai… Read More
2015-08-12 15:21
I love that old song my grandma used to sing, “Pack up all my care and woe, here I go, singin’ low…. Bye, Bye, Blackbird.” Well, in this case, it’s Blueb… Read More
2015-06-23 02:39
At the end of May, as we try to do each year, our family went west to visit my parents in Idaho. We spent several days with them, enjoying ranch life, mountain-style farming, beautiful… Read More
2015-05-26 19:10
Spring is always a beautiful time of year. While the dandelions are still yellow, the tulips are blooming, and every tree’s leaf is that brand-new green color–that&rsq&hell…Read More
2015-03-24 00:49
We are doing another fun giveaway here on CowgirlDiary.com! Up for grabs is a paperback copy of the first book in the Plaid Family Adventures Series, titled “The Runawa… Read More
2015-02-16 14:58
If you grew up around horses and were taught by a parent or riding instructor, the common sense advice in this article might seem a little unnecessary or redundant to you. But even as… Read More
2015-02-05 00:55
The other day I received an email from Darcy at RodeoEnvy.com asking if I would like to review one of her western jewelry sets and offer a second set to one of my readers in a free give… Read More
2015-01-30 02:52
I’ve been planning different ways to wear my new Corral boots that I got before Christmas. I know that sounds crazy, because a person can usually just decide to wear something, a… Read More
2015-01-03 22:02
I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions. Personally, I would rather be honest with myself and not make any outlandish, pie-in-the-sky claims to change immediately or “f… Read More
2014-12-15 01:19
So guess what was waiting at the front door when I came home from work one day last week? A big box marked “Circle G”….Merry Christmas to me! It was my new cow… Read More
2014-12-09 10:34
You know what it’s like when you get a brand new pair of tennis shoes and you aren’t quite sure what to do with the old ones? They’re scuffed, dirty, holey, and in ba… Read More
2014-11-25 21:30
As mentioned in a previous post, we recently took our two untrained horses out to South Dakota for training. Due to me being pregnant with our fourth child, the training was going to b… Read More
2014-11-17 17:55
I am celebrating! This is officially my 200th blog post, and in honor of the event, I am getting a new pair of cowgirl boots! You might have seen my previous post with a pic… Read More
2014-11-15 03:42
I got a really cool gift in the mail last week! It was a free sample of Leather Honey that the manufacturer wanted me to try out and see if I liked. I was happy to oblige because… Read More
2014-10-22 22:04
You might be wondering what’s going on with my new mare Bluebird. I got her in April, after my sister in Idaho called and asked if I’d like to have her, and we had her shipped al… Read More
2014-09-29 21:47
The riding part of the Kip Fladland Training Clinic that I went to a few weeks ago seemed to go so much faster than the groundwork part. Maybe it was because I’m not used to that… Read More
2014-09-18 21:44
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending a Groundwork/Horsemanship training clinic with Kip Fladland, of LaRiata Ranch near Griswold, Iowa. It was the first horse training clinic… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I got a phone call last weekend out of the blue. The guy had been searching online for horse trainers in the area and found an ad I had placed probably eight years ago (before I had kids) w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Cowgirls of yesterday were famous for being bronc riders, sharp shooters, Wild West performers, and Hollywood actresses. They were brave, fun-loving, hard-working, and maybe just a little b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you've trained a lot of horses, you probably already know that when you're starting a colt, it's not always a bad thing to let them buck. But I've talked to a few trainers who wh… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We recently stayed at a swanky hotel in St. Louis where my husband attended a business conference for his work. The kids and I went along just for fun, the thought of spending three days at… Read More
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