tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post6333259289216762633..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-32786549205612480592008-06-20T20:06:44.000-07:002008-06-20T20:06:44.000-07:00well, the obvious (but somewhat ghoulish) name cho...well, the obvious (but somewhat ghoulish) name choice is khartoum, after the horse from "the godfather."jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-83256898342416344782008-06-22T17:46:10.000-07:002008-06-22T17:46:10.000-07:00fact-checkin' cuz! i remembered jack woltz, bu...fact-checkin' cuz! i remembered jack woltz, but the horse itself was escaping me. and c'mon, we're all about ghoulish in these parts (in mafia fiction, anyway).laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-84912642511683307402008-06-23T15:28:41.000-07:002008-06-23T15:28:41.000-07:00i'd go with:
red roses
black-eyed susans
and/...i'd go with:<br /><br />red roses<br />black-eyed susans<br />and/or whatever flower they have at the belmont.<br /><br />but actually, if i were going to twine flowers in a horse's hair, i'd choose some wild and scraggly-ish ones: cornflowers, queen anne's lace, poppies. also something that tends to trail would be nice.<br /><br />i love it, by the way. we had a horse who looked kind of like that, color-wise, and i think his stable name was barney. if you wanted to go saddlebred style (=showy), rather than thoroughbred (=clever-ish), you would have to combine the names of his dam and sire to make something memorable and sassy. our barney's show name was "fizzy's april symbol." yowza. i'll explain that one later...wabesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-54102975749455790992008-06-25T16:25:49.000-07:002008-06-25T16:25:49.000-07:00Nigella, for both the name and the flowers (they w...Nigella, for both the name and the flowers (they were the crazy exploding pod-like ones you had in your wedding arrangements).Manoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-60533849869674295172008-07-18T11:04:50.000-07:002008-07-18T11:04:50.000-07:00my first go ended up being channeling both of you,...my first go ended up being channeling both of you, mari and mum: i was at the union square greenmarket last saturday and fell in love with a $5 bundle of podtastic <a href="http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/globethistle1.jpg" rel="nofollow">globe thistles</a> (i'm a sucker for thistles) and queen anne's lace (though i didn't know what it was until i got home and asked the internets). i have no picture to show for it, for i have the memory of a goldfish, but it was purty - i'll definitely use both again.laurennoreply@blogger.com