#hobby horsing

[konstitunia]

A WIP of cowboy Kurt because it hit me that since neither the horse nor the seat is drawn yet he looks like he is hobby horsing lmao

[delicatepuppycreator]

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

Every comment thread on a news story about Hobby Horsing:

Boomer lamenting about how far society has fallen

People who were clearly bullies in high school/peaked in high school laughing at little girls exercising, using their imagination and having fun

Equestrians claiming it's not a real sport and that REAL horses are BETTER (sorry that people didn't grow up rich enough to afford horses and compete in elitist horse sports, Patricia)

GROWN ASS MEN MAKING SEXUAL COMMENTS ABOUT MINORS

Leave children/young adults alone to enjoy their hobby horsing.

And you know what? Even the adults. Leave them alone. It's just horse LARP and it's clearly an inclusive and welcoming community of creative (and usually neurodivergent) people so leave them alone.

[assbutthasthephonebox]

Why isn't there an episode of Tina getting into Hobby Horsing yet?

[ohmopossum]

Gift for Zosiol with her OC, a cat/lemur hybrid

Zosiol aka kht.galaktyka has a cool & unusual hobby I never heard of before, which is hobby horsing! She made the horse pictured here herself, as well as many others, that's rad. So naturally, I had to draw a lil piece as homage

[dragonsthatfly]

I used to do this when I was younger, up to 12 if I remember correctly. I would've continued but those jumps were probably the thing that made me have symptoms of EDS and now I can't run. It's a really immersive and multitalent hobby since you usually make those horses yourself, one took about 3 hours to make by hand for me. You gotta learn to move to a rhythm with precision and elegance if you wanna do drassage (the horse dance part), count your steps and calculate how many and long steps you need to jump those hights + how to land safely. You may have seen a horse refuse a jump right before it and that can actually happen to you if you mess up running up to the fence. It's like your brain realized how high the fence is and your legs stop working before you realize it, making you crash onto it. There's a reason Finland has national level championships in hobby horsing.

!???

[thehobbyhorseapprentice]

I know the community is very small if even existent on Tumblr, but for all of my hobby horsers, please do not forget to walk at your normal pace to cool down after practicing and especially competing.

Giving yourself time to slow your heart rate by walking like normal is much easier on your heart, joints, and muscles.

Also do not forget to take your vitamins, eat, and drink water! You are using your body in a strenuous way, and you need to take care of yourself!

We are using our legs like a horse, while only having two of them instead of four. If you would expect a horse to get proper diet and plenty of water, do the same for yourself!

[2bluetwo85]

Genuine question here: What’s the difference between hobby-horsing and hurdles, other than the existence of the hobby horse thing (sorry, don’t know the actual term for it). I don’t mean to offend anyone or make fun of anything, they just look like exactly the same thing to me

[popolodipekino]

hobby horse

[A Beltane, festa celtica della fertilità, celebrata all'inizio di maggio] molte donne danzavano in cerchio su bastoni di legno in una frenetica danza della fertilità, per promuovere la crescita dei nuovi raccolti (i bastoni divennero poi manici di scopa, ma la loro forma fallica suggerisce sempre il tipo di energia che veniva evocata).

[...]

Un altro rituale folklorico è quello, tuttora esistente nelle isole britanniche, del cavalluccio di legno, Hobby Horse o Oss, come viene chiamato. Appena prima di mezzanotte i Maggiaioli del villaggio di Padstow si recano alla locanda dove l'Oss è conservato e cantano un canto augurale al proprietario della locanda e a sua moglie. L'Oss è fatto di un cerchio ricoperto di pelli, con un palo munito di una mandibola di legno che si apre e si chiude. Il tutto viene indossato da un danzatore che gira per le strade accompagnato da musici che suonano un tamburo e una fisarmonica: ogni volta che la musica cessa esso si accascia per sollevarsi dopo un po'. L'Oss (che si ritiene abbia forti poteri di fertilità) viene imbrattato di grasso scuro così che qualsiasi ragazza catturata da esso ne viene segnata. L'Oss muore a mezzanotte per rinascere l' anno successivo.

(da R. Fattore, Feste pagane. Alla riscoperta della Ruota dell'Anno e della dimensione magica del Tempo)

poi c'è l'hobby horsing dei giorni nostri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_horsing (cose bizzarre del secolo ventesimoprimo)

[the-muppet-joker]

Twilight Sparkle is unhappy with you.

Twilight Sparkle doesn't know a damn thing about my life! Only God can judge me now

[lunaryfairy]

༺ Alice: Madness Returns Weaponry ༻

[goshyesvintageads]

Wilson Sporting Goods Co, 1966

[cuubism]

brandon sanderson wrote the most unhorny book series ever written (stormlight archive) and yet somehow developed the hottest fictional man in the world (adolin kholin)

[tanuki-kimono]

Cute New Year season outfit pairing kimono and obi patterned with all kind of toys - some shaped like jûnishi (Chinese zodiac animals).

Obi shows clapper toys shaped like shishi (lion, mimicking those used for shishimai/lion dances), koma (tops), and kushi (combs).

Kimono has inu-hariko (dog figurine), jûnishi-themed pull toys and figurines (example with tiger ones), harukoma/takeuma (hobby horse), anesama-ningyô (paper based), temari (ball), tsuzumi (hand drum), suzu (bell), etc!

[cangrellesteponme]

i don't think wonderland is ready for those alices

[annabelle--cane]

I need to teleport into the podcast I Could Have Stopped It