A Hobby Nobody: just for fun

Tonight is the deadline for entries to be uploaded to the Pandemic Panorama Performance show, so I thought I would share a few more of my entries, and some that didn't quite make the cut.

This time I was able to borrow tack from a few friends who are performance showers and had access to some different backgrounds. I even got pressured into taking a few "real" performance photos. I'm still NOT a performance shower (gotta limit the hobby spending somewhere) but who knows, if we have 6 more months of pandemic maybe eventually I'll be worn down.

In the BAD PERFORMANCE class:

Another "bad performance" classic

In the NAKED PERFORMANCE class:

This doll was too good not to put on everything

Naked doll AND naked horse!

In the MIXED SCALE PERFORMANCE class:

If you don't own a jump - make one out of models!

Large horse, tiny tack.

We cannot have normal cat herding here, oh no, we must have tiny people riding the cats.

And last but not least, I didn't really feel this fit well anywhere and was too similar to the one above, but it accurately captures how this year has treated all of us, so I'll just share it here.

Facedown in the sand = me in 2020.

If you had asked me a month ago what I planned to be doing this weekend, playing with plastic ponies would have featured prominently, but not in the way I expected. This was the most fun thing I did this weekend, and if you aren't doing the Pandemic Performance Panorama photo show hosted by Jennifer Buxton... there's still time! It's FREEEEEEEEEE* (*unless you want to be eligible for prizes to be mailed to you, in which case it is $20). It isn't what I call "Proper Performance" - my goal here is to have fun and encourage my own creativity! You DON'T NEED ANY PERFORMANCE supplies. The class list is totally open to interpretation and so fun! Also did I mention the prizes? I'm planning on getting a box of donations mailed out this week hopefully.

Let me just interject here that I am NOT a performance shower. I have showed performance once, with a Gem Twist model and some OF Breyer tack sometime in the late 90s or early 00s. I resolutely will not get into showing in this area of the hobby, because I have to limit my collection spending somehow, but I do love judging performance classes.

When I signed up for this show a few weeks ago, it was amidst a mess of other drama happening and I really meant my "entry" fee to be more of a donation. Let's be honest, I've seen what people can do and I am not going into this to win things. Then I started throwing out ideas with friends. Planning for some wacky things we could do... and then I pulled out The Box. The Box full of OF Breyer accessories that came with Breyers I bought for other reasons. It turns out I have way more "stuff" than I realized.

I was getting a little weary of my normal halter show photo taking, and decided to take a break and play with some of this stuff. Best decision I made all weekend. Here's the results:

In the BAD PERFORMANCE class:

SOMEONE forgot to tighten the girth.

Definitely a snake. Not a hose.

In the STABLE PERFORMANCE class:

The set of Show Stable Accessories from Breyer is amazing. The bench, potted plants, cardboard ribbons, and show drapes are all from that set. It's sadly retired now, but 10/10 would recommend.