An examination of word meanings and a teaser introduction Subscribe to RSS Feed He’s a “kid” from just down the road. We’ve known him since he was twelve years old and watched him grow up into a really good guy. So… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/kids-these-days/
Subscribe to RSS Feed I've had the privilege of being able to ride my engagement ring... Now I get to wear an anniversary one... I am very blessed... (I… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/past-twenty-five-years/
GREEN!!! is the color of the month, at least for a few more days... Subscribe to RSS Feed So what’s been happening around here the last little while? Well, it’s May, and that means things have been turning GREEN!!! around here. We love… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-our-place-lately/
Hopeful, as always... Subscribe to RSS Feed The sun has been shining. It has been warm and melting for a long time now. The water is running and the open fields are bare. We had Canada geese… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/spring/
Pictures never do it justice... Merry Christmas everyone! Subscribe to RSS Feed My mother has a saying: "Sunshine showers don't last for hours." Today I saw my first sunshine snow shower, and wondered if her saying applied… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/snow-showers/
Some changes around the shop and the place over the last few weeks - and what has been keeping us busy... Subscribe to RSS Feed We’ve been rather busy the last few weeks. Here’s some of what has changed around here… We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/old-and-new/
I have pictures, so it must have existed... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-happened-to-november/
Pictures of different saddle trees around the shop the past couple of weeks, plus cute puppy pictures... We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website. Subscribe to RSS Feed… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-the-shop-plus/
What I do in the shop, versus what Rod does... Oh, I can select the wood we’ll use and cut, joint, plane and edge it smooth. I can glue the wood up square and I can mark the pattern there. I can varnish the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/division-of-labour/
It's been a tad busy around here lately... Subscribe to RSS Feed Well, the flowers are still blooming like crazy in front of the house and the shop. We are no longer building saddle trees, but… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-s-happening-at-the-nikkel-s/
This past couple weeks have been a tad hectic... but all with good things!! Subscribe to RSS Feed with good things lately… We did our yearly wood buying trip to Edmonton, and now our wood storage is filled for the year. Doodle and… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/our-life-has-been-filled/
Regular summer stuff and another first in Rod's tree making... We got our first picking of peas today. Just under half a five gallon pail, so they didn't take too long to shell out. The greenhouse is growing well. Rod just… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-s-new-at-the-nikkel-s/
this is what happens in the summer... Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/when-you-live-where-we-do/
Here's what we left in charge of the shop while we were gone. Subscribe to RSS Feed Here's a picture of a couple of trees we left hanging around the shop to keep an eye on things over the past couple of weeks while we saw a few… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/sentinels/
Just another day at the Nikkels... Subscribe to RSS Feed What I did today. Mine smelled better... We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/what-rod-did-today/
Sometimes other things are more important than work... Subscribe to RSS Feed Well, it was either write a blog post on the medial gluteal muscle in horses, or make peach jam, canned peaches, peach pie, applesauce bread and… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/priorities-priorities/
Got some steers for the summer. Subscribe to RSS Feed outside the shop! We've got more blacks than reds. Can you tell? Plus, I made a special trip to town today to pick up our new… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/some-things-that-have-been-keeping-us-busier/
We have another equine spine to play with now, but still don't have a "normal" one. I always knew there was anatomical variation, but I never realized how common it was before... Subscribe to RSS Feed We acquired another equine spine this past month - this one from a full sized horse which belonged to a good neighbour of ours. He was a seven… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/boil-and-bubble-and-jigsaw-puzzles/
Springtime in Alberta - what could be... more variable????? Subscribe to RSS Feed Remember this picture from just two weeks ago? Well, last Friday... this started, and the white stuff floating in the air ain't dandelion… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/this-past-week-outside/
Life in northern Alberta is never boring... Subscribe to RSS Feed March 15, 2011 March 16, 2012 Let's see that again: March 15, 2011 March 16, 2012 Too bad I didn't think of taking pictures… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/it-s-amazing-the-difference-a-year-makes/
