The Olive channel

For the first ten years, this blog was almost entirely video free. 

When people started asking for video tutorials, I'd laugh. 

"I'm a writer," I'd say, "And a photographer. Videos are not my skill set."

They weren't, and they still aren't, but over time, I started adding them in anyway. Not tutorials, mind you, but little clips of my life, the things I want to remember and hold on to forever.

I want to hold on to Olive forever, so I'm really glad I took a lot of videos of her.

The oldest videos focus mostly on riding and training. 

That seemed important at the time.

Eventually, that changed. While I never stopped taking between the ears footage of my best girl and I going places together, that stopped being a primary concern.

Instead, I started taking a lot of videos of Olive being Olive.

I loved watching her interact with other horses...

and other animals.

That pony loved small animals.

Here she is with Piper and Soot,

Darcy, who can sometimes try anyone's patience...

and Emma.

When we were doing all our walks this summer, she made it quite clear that dogs were okay,

but goats should be treated with suspicion.

Geese, too, if there were enough of them.

I also took a lot of clips of her and Seth.

They were so cute together. 

Weird...

but cute!

Of course, a lot of the videos are of Olive and I.

I spent a lot of time with her, doing nothing more than hanging out.

I cherished that time, and I think she did, too. 

Maybe.

Definitely.

I am so, so, so glad I took captured these moments.

They are literally helping me get through this period, when the pain of loss is so acute.

This post is mostly just a place for me to save some of my favorite Olive videos so I can visit her when I'm lonely.

Good girl, Boo. I love you.