The Idea of Order: Thanksgiving Is Over…

… Christmas, anyone?

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If you’re like me, you were ready to get the tree and 87,000 lights up and going after dinner on Thanksgiving. I refrained, though mostly out of sheer laziness rather than any sense of propriety. Now though, anything Christmas is fair game — even harassing your animals with those fun filled holiday photo shoots.

Go Riding!

Morgane Schmidt Gabriel is a 34-year-old teacher/artist/dressage trainer/show announcer/ who still hasn’t quite decided what she wants to be when she grows up. A native Floridian, she now lives in Reno, NV, where she’s been able to confirm her suspicion that snow is utterly worthless. Though she has run the gamut of equestrian disciplines, her favorite is dressage. She was recently able to complete her USDF bronze and silver medals and is currently working on her gold. Generally speaking her life is largely ruled by Woody, a 14.2 hand beastly quarter horse, Willie, a now beastly 7-year-old Dutch gelding, and Stormy, her friend’s nearly all white paint gelding with a penchant for finding every mud hole and pee spot in existence. Visit her website at www.theideaoforder.com.

Photo (c) Michele Ting