allbreedpedigree.com

This evening I was buzzing around looking at horses online when I realized just how much and often I've come to depend on allbreedpedigree.com. It is easy to assume that such a popular site would be common knowledge but then I realized that there might be some folks out there that dont know how broad and far reaching their pedigree database has become and how fun it can be to search back and look at some pictures of the old legendary sires or even those who's blood contributed to the horses we own and love today.

A feature on allbreedpedigree.com that you might not know about is that if you right click on the name of a specific horse within the pedigree you can actually look up "progeny" details (it will list all the sons and daughters of that horse within the database) without becoming a member. This can be useful in finding brothers or sisters of some of your favorite horses or to research the produce record of your own stock. (remember that allbreedpedigree is a growing database built on contributing horse owners like you and me. It is far from complete.)

Also, at the top you will see a name listed and beside it a little "i" next to a picture icon. If you put your cursor over the the "i" information on that horse will appear (in some cases no details are entered, just the AQHA reg. number, etc. but there may be such details as produce ans performance earnings, titles and show records.). Your cursor over the picture icon will allow a picture to open. The little red astric (*) next to any name in the pedigree indicates that a photo is available for that horse.

I hope that allbreedpedigree will continue to expand and remain (mostly) free to use. In the past doing pedigree research through AQHA.com could become an expensive prospect, especially for a chronic horse shopper and pedigree junky like me:)

(note: I have no affiliation with allbreedpedigree.com)

FreeRice.com

I am a proud and frequent follower of The Pioneer Woman's home, confessions, cooking, tasty kitchen and photography but don't often stop in to her "Homeschooling" section, however, this morning the heading "FreeRice.com" caught my attention. Freerice.com is a trivia website (it's free and you dont even have to set up an account!) where for every question you get right they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

I had some fun on the site this morning and quickly racked up 1300 grains of rice! And (I like to think) I might have walked away a little smarter for playing to boot! The questions get progressively harder as you go along and you can select from different "subjects" like vocabulary, geography, math and even art!

Give it a shot! It's fun!!