Tim's Tack Room

Tim, the owner of the ranch where I keep Abby, is a well-respected professor at Purdue University in entymology, but he is a horseman at heart and also likes to restore buggies, wagons, carriages, and sleighs. He goes to a lot of auctions and finds some pretty interesting tack that comes home in the truck with him along with those bigger purchases.

The new barn is where he tucks those items away and it is the ultimate man cave.

The new barn has an indoor arena that is lined with box stalls down both sides. But they are rarely used. Like me, Tim prefers that his horses have the freedom to go in and out at will so the old barn and the loafing shed are where the horses shelter when they want it. He brings them up here to the cross ties when he is trimming their feet, deworming or giving meds, or tacking up for a ride.

 The entrance to the new barn.

You enter a lovely, open lounge area with viewing windows and a door to the indoor arena.

 Tim likes to hang antique implements and cowboy items that he finds at sales on the walls.

 There are some chairs for sitting if you want, but neither of us spend much time here sitting down. (Although I did use those chairs before my spinal fusion as I could not stand for very long.)

Door number one, door number two, and door number three - sounds like a game show! The door to the far right opens to the rest room. I do use that occasionally!

The middle door leads to Tim's office. My tack is kept in there separate from his tack.

This is because Tim does a lot of horse trading, and if my tack was in the main tack room mixed in with all of his, it could get accidentally sold!

Tim also keeps an antique pony saddle in there as decoration.

The door on the left leads to the main tack room, and it is chock full of saddles, bridles, harnesses, and other horsey items. It also has a wall of cupboards where he stores medical supplies, helmets, and other things needed for a herd of horses.

I didn't take pictures of all of Tim's horsey vehicles that he has restored and that are kept in the new barn. The next time I go into it I'll do that and post them here. He has some pretty amazing ones, including an old jail wagon!

I took these photos when I checked on my tack - I don't ride any more, but I do clean and oil my tack in order to keep the leather in good condition. It was looking like it needed some attention, so I'll be doing that as soon as I get a block of free time.

Check back for those photos of the vehicles!