[suspiciousmammal]

Thought I might post these here as well

[suspiciousmammal]

The bottom one is a carriage harness on display at the Galerie des Carrosses in Versailles. There it's shown alongside one if the coronation coaches, which I would describe as an elaborately decorated chunk of gold drawn by six horses. I love the detail on the leatherwork and would love to see these harnesses in person one day. They're beautiful, in the "hang on is that what we're spending our countrys budget on?" sort of way.

[suspiciousmammal]

If anyone has some interesting sources regarding historical tack (all varieties really, be it royal or cavalry or interesting traditions) let me know btw! I am always looking for more references

I've discovered that there's far more detailed pictures and descriptions of carriages and all things on wheels, and very little on the harnesses. Or maybe I'm not getting a good grade in research right now, who knows.

[suspiciousmammal]

Look, I know this is a reenactment group and those likely aren't real sabres but this picture still gave me anxiety. It's like watching someone chop vegetables in a way that makes you wonder whether they care for the survival of their fingers.

Also: petition to replace the halt and salute in dressage tests with a full-on one-man cavalry charge down centerline, with drawn sabre of course. Then halt before judges (this calls for the addition of a novel movement, thinking about calling it the "screeching halt"), sheathe your useless kitchen knife and continue on with dressage test as usual. This would make dressage a far more popular sport at events like the Olympics.

We should also definitely add swords to eventing. That feels like a reasonable and enriching addition to a discipline that's already about as relaxing of a sport as kickboxing.

[suspiciousmammal]

Thought I might post these here as well

[suspiciousmammal]

The bottom one is a carriage harness on display at the Galerie des Carrosses in Versailles. There it's shown alongside one if the coronation coaches, which I would describe as an elaborately decorated chunk of gold drawn by six horses. I love the detail on the leatherwork and would love to see these harnesses in person one day. They're beautiful, in the "hang on is that what we're spending our countrys budget on?" sort of way.

[suspiciousmammal]

Thought I might post these here as well

[deutsche-bahn]

Noch mehr Pferde. Gouache und der legendäre Grundschul-Deckfarbenkasten auf Tonpapier

[suspiciousmammal]

Have been diagnosed with the human equivalent of kissing spine. Or at least I now have spinal arthritis and inflammations alongside the scoliosis. Jfc, if I were a racehorse they'd have taken me out the back already

[craigslisthorses]

This is a stallion...

[suspiciousmammal]

Ah I always wondered what would happen if we invented a horse that had all the structural issues of an english bulldog

[deutsche-bahn]

Da ich hier ja quasi schon damit gedroht habe, und die Fotos ansonsten in einer Cloud einstauben:

Falls ihr Interesse an meinem weirden Stadttauben-Fotografie-Hobby habt, findet ihr das jetzt auf Instagram unter "tauben.auf.gleis.drei".

[deutsche-bahn]

Da ich hier ja quasi schon damit gedroht habe, und die Fotos ansonsten in einer Cloud einstauben:

Falls ihr Interesse an meinem weirden Stadttauben-Fotografie-Hobby habt, findet ihr das jetzt auf Instagram unter "tauben.auf.gleis.drei".

[stinkybrowndogs]

I’ve decided to start a new conspiracy theory that coonhounds don’t actually exist. the setter people are frantically shaving their dogs in between shows and then showing them again as “coonhounds”. So they can win extra ribbons I presume.

[suspiciousmammal]

Got admitted to the psych ward, which is rather good news since I've tried to get treatment for ages, and this seems like the only option without a 12+ month waitlist for now. My first day here falls on a bank holiday tho so it's about as boring as a day spent filing taxes in an empty highschool hallway. Did meet a tiny jumping spider. Truly, the fun never ends on the closed psych unit

[suspiciousmammal]

some draft horses in traditional decorated 'prunkgeschirr' harnesses.

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests #2

[thezabajabajungle]

Favorite bird genre has got to be 'that's literally just a dinosaur'

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

Pheasant Coucal

[elbiotipo]

Pirincho! (Guira guira)

[conspiring-limabean]

must include the fact that baby hoatzins have claws too

[moth-time]

@suspiciousmammal asked for some pictures of horses in cool tack and I thought I'd already posted these guys but I can't find the post anywhere, so I'm uploading 'em now. They're shitty pics but I took them with the intention of collecting references of the tack, so they serve that purpose well I'd say!

The only part I like about the Oktoberfest are the horses in their gorgeous tack :) Not pictured: All the big draft horses with the huge padded collar pieces are pulling wagons containing up to 20 metric tons of beer. They're usually four our six horses a wagon.

[suspiciousmammal]

Oh this is absolutely wonderful, thank you!

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests

[suspiciousmammal]

Btw, I'm still looking for reference pictures of different carriage and plough harnesses specifically, but also of just discipline-specific pieces of tack in general. So if you happen to have a clear sideview photo of your horse tacked up in anything like that, let me know!

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests