TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Equestrienne

By TigerHawk at 5/07/2005 06:47:00 PM

Mrs. TigerHawk is out of town for the weekend, which puts me in charge of the entire menagerie, including the Daughter and the Horse. The Horse does not have quite the requirement for anonymity as the Daughter, so I'm pleased to report that his name is Jack Frost. And for those of you who might have reason to be amused that my wife owns a horse with such a name, consider this my solemn testimony that Jack had his name before he joined our family.

In any case, Jack Frost is a soulful fellow. Lest there be any doubt:

It had been a long time since I had seen the TH Daughter riding or otherwise interacting -- it is really a mother-daughter "thing" in our family -- so I was extremely impressed with her competence. Here she is very professionally cleaning Jack's hooves during the pre-ride groomification:

Not only did the cloudy day clear up while we were in the barn, it warmed up. Here's a full frontal of the Daughter and the Horse coming at your photographer.

And, finally, the big action shot:

I'm a proud father.

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6 Comments:

By Anonymous, at Sat May 07, 09:40:00 PM:

Tigerhawk:

Great shots! Your should be proud. What a great way to spend a little time with your daughter. Now lets see the action shots of you.

Given your penchant for digital photography, I'm about to comp you a free account at www.collages.net.

You are quite the, as we call 'em, PROSUMER. You need some glossies of those action shots.

- Crusader

By Anonymous, at Sun May 08, 09:32:00 AM:

Lucky, lucky, lucky little gal to have a soulful horse in her own backyard with her Papa taking pictures by her side. She looks mighty fine in the saddle. At her age, like all young girls, I was totally crazy about horses -- do girls still read the Marguerite Henry books? -- but had to travel many miles to rent a horse for an hour at a time. With us it was a father-daughter thing, though, as Goomp was a horseman from way back and taught us how to ride.

Sissy
sisu

By TigerHawk, at Sun May 08, 09:53:00 AM:

Sissy, a small footnote is required. That is not our own backyard (thank God! -- the maintenance alone would drive me nuts). We live on a serene two-thirds of an acre in Princeton with no space for a horse. However, there is a lot of horse country north and west of Princeton, and we board Jack Frost at a farm near Hopewell.

By Anonymous, at Sun May 08, 12:51:00 PM:

Very cool, TH.

By Anonymous, at Mon May 09, 07:06:00 AM:

Wow, B...is really bookin in the action shot. I am proud of her too. Grandpa.

By Anonymous, at Tue Apr 01, 10:55:00 AM:

Jack Frost seems to be having a good time, B's position is excellent, hope you had fun too. Best, grandpa