Fall colors, horses, business

Fall is really pretty here in Indiana. This year we have a lot of red along with the yellows in the leaves. The combined hues are beautiful. I just wish it wasn't the process leading up to winter! The horses sure don't mind. The cooler the weather, the friskier they are. It's quite entertaining to watch them romp in the field kicking up their heels! Our donkey tries so hard to keep up with them but his legs are so short compared to theirs. I think he looks like Peppy LePew (the cartoon skunk) trying to run as fast as his little legs will take him to keep up. When he gets tired of being last in line in the race, he'll wait until the two horses are way ahead, then he turns and goes in the opposite direction making him feel like this time, he's in the lead! It's really hilarious.
But alas, winter will soon be here, and the snow and wind will be blowing. So, it's time again to get the shop stocked with the horse blankets. Many horses grow a thick enough coat so they really don't need any extra protection. But, for those that don't, they need a winter coat to wear just like we do. I've been told by many of my customers, that horses that were born in the winter are more likely to develope a thick coat. Those born in warmer weather have a tendency to have thinner coats. I thought that was quite interesting and a little something I can pass on to other customers that may wonder why their horse's coat isn't as thick as their neighbor's horse.
Business is usually quite a bit slower in winter months so I try to stock other things of interest for Christmas gifts or gifts for any occasion. I have picture frames, business card holders, candles, Newsboy hats, money clips, cell phone holders, and of course, my recycled blue jeans purses. They really seem to be getting popular which is great, but sure keeps my sewing machine humming! If anyone is interested, I have pictures of some of them. e-mail me @: denmarstack@aol.com. Hope everyone has a great week!

Adding photo lesson

Okay, okay. I know this is no big deal to all of you experienced people. But, my profile had a place to post a photo and I had no clue how to do this. So, I'm going to attempt to bring in a photo. No chuckling is allowed. Bare with me. Let me know what you think of the pic!

This is my hubby Denny and me. That's where we get the Den and Mar in Den-Mar's Tack!

My learning experience of blogs!

This is going to be quite an experience for me. I've been given the opportunity to join the blogging community from my sweetheart niece, Mel. In the process of logging on to the LPLS Learning 2.0 to learn to do this, and hopefully much more, I've started the steps towards a continuing learning process. And yes it's true. A person never stops learning, and it is truly never too late or too early. I'm 57 yrs. old, and I'm still learning something new every day! When it comes to learning habits, it is really a person's individual "learning willingness", if there is such a term! Anyone with the attitude of focusing only on learning an individual interest loses out on what's going on around them. Keeping an open mind and a good eye on everyone and everything that surrounds you each day can be a learning tool. In my business with my tackshop, my best learning tools are my customers. Every one of them has a horse story, something they learned working with their own horses, equipment dos or don'ts, breed differences, and the list goes on. I take in everything I hear, and anything of value and interest can be passed on to other customers with similar learning and teaching needs.

My hardest learning habit is setting an end goal. I seldom stop and think about a single goal of learning because I want to do it all! The second hardest learning habit will be using technology. All this computer stuff is scary to me sometimes even though I've had this for 8 yrs. I've mostly used it for simple things. So, I guess from here on, Katie bar the door! I'm going to try it!