May 2008 Archives

Well, I found through searching on the web that my little horse has also at some time been trained to harness!  I have never driven a horse before (except a couple of times when I was younger) so it may be fun to get Barolo to teach me!  Here are some photos from his old owner, Annika Hoppen, when she used to drive him - I am very excited at the prospect of being able to learn how to do this...

Well, finally I've gotten around to getting some of my artwork - paintings and suchlike - on my web site.  This has been no mean feat because the paintings are too big to put in my scanner, so I have to photograph them first.  Then I have to edit them in Photoshop because some are so old that they now have marks on them!  Each tells a story and this is why I wanted to put them on the web - to encourage others to express themselves - especially if, like me, they suffer from Asperger's Syndrome and bipolar disorder!  Anyway, I hope you enjoy them.  Here they are:

Art Gallery

Well it is all very exciting.  My horse Barolo arrived on Monday 19 May 2008 - a beautiful Knabstrupper gelding aged just 4.  I haven't owned a horse for 20 years and have loved the rare Danish Knabstrupper breed since I was a child having read loads about them in my various horsey books!   Here is a photo of him below - that is not me riding him, that is his old owner Annika Hoppen from Stuttgart in Germany from where he was delivered.  His full name is "Barolo Vom Neihaus Hoff" which is very posh and he's got the pedegree to go with it!  I just call him Rollo because his chocolate coloured spots make him look like someone has thumbed chocolate rollos onto him!