And So It Begins...

Welcome all, to my…..second blog post!

If you scroll down, you won’t see any other posts. There’s no magic going on here, I promise. A blog is something I’ve wanted to do for a really long time. Years. And years ago, I did start a blog, as a sophomore in college. I think I posted twice. So maybe that introduction sentence should say “third post”? The reason I never kept up with it is because, at that time, I didn’t have anything to write about. Who wants to read about how terrible homework is?!

Fast forward to now, and I do have something to write about. I’ve been sucked into the model horse hobby fast enough and completely enough to leave my head spinning (From what I’ve heard, I’m not alone with that). I couldn’t do a thing to stop myself along that slippery slope. But, there’s a parallel here. A pattern of interest, a time gap in that interest, and then an explosion in that interest. I was very much into model horses as a kid. I would drag out my “carpet herd”, barns, and tack boxes every Saturday and Sunday morning. I would sew blankets for them, braid bridles, breastplates, and reins. My favorite thing to do was dress them up in different pieces of tack, then take it all off and see what the horse looked like with different tack. So maybe I was halfway down that slippery slope to begin with.

Clearly, my first foray into model horses was much more extensive than my first foray into blogging. It’s probably rooted in the fact that starting in 4^th grade, I was that horse crazy kid, begging for lessons or a horse. No one in my family has any connection to horses, farms, large animals, or riding, so my parents settled on lessons, and that hasn’t changed. One day I’d like my own horse, when I can afford it. For now, I’ll settle on model horses (although I’m not sure if they’re actually THAT much cheaper?).

Like real horses, there’s A LOT to learn about the model horse hobby. This blog will be, in essence, a journal as I learn to paint models, make tack for them, other trials and errors, disciplines in the real horse world that I have little knowledge of, and just general involvement in the hobby. I will try to do a “Monday Model” post and an “Off Topic Tuesday” post each week, at a minimum. I have a few current projects going on in my studio space, and will try to write a post for them some time later this week.

I’d be thrilled to have you all along for this wild ride I’m starting by clicking that big, daunting, orange box that says publish.