Monday, September 26, 2011

my horse





I've been working on some circus inspired works recently. (You might remember this.) So I decided to dig up my old bouncy/rocking horse I got for christmas when I was about three. It's been hanging out under my parents house and I think I might have to find a space in my home for it. I had forgotten how beautiful and fun it is. It reminds me of carousel horses. You certainly can't find anything like that for kids nowadays. My mom even joked, "There's no way to strap you in! A child could fall off that thing now." Kids were just more balanced and substantial back in my day I guess.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish I have Clip Clop the Wonder Horse, too!!! :)

-Olympianbabe

Anonymous said...

I've played with a few spring rocking horses. It was kinda fun. lol. I may get another one. I've been looking a lot lately. Plus, they're my fetish now, and have been for the past 20 years. I would do different riding exercises on the last one I used. However, I started bending the frame work a bit. I didn't put my full weight on it though. My feet were on the floor as I sat on it. I was a bigger size clip clop wonder horse. I would sometimes ride in the nude on it too, for something kinky to do on it. Later on, I ended up ruining the whole thing, (rats) so I just got rid of it.

nightowl said...

This last spring horse I played with, was a clip clop wonder horse. I bought it on craigslist from a private partly. The whole thing was one of the bigger size horses I thought. When I brought it home, I had to do some work on it, before I could use it. However, I did try to use it. Not my full weight though. The wooden rods the screw eyes go into, were kinda rotted. At times, the screw eyes would pop loose. It's saddle had a rough spot on it too. So, I decided to do some work on the horse to get it in decent shape. After my work was all done, I could get on the horse. Then again, I didn't put my full weight on it. My feet were on the floor. I would do a few different riding exercises on my horse. A few times, I took off my clothes, and rode naked on the horse. It felt good. A little bit of erotic pleasure. Other times, "not". The springs the horse had, were extremely noisey. I would spray silicone spray on them, use WD-40. I also tried rubbing butter on the springs. None of those worked. WD-40 would only last for 5-7 seconds, or 10 seconds. After that, the spring noise was back. They were stronger metal springs than most though. If I buy another spring horse, I'm gonna have to do some other work on it to keep it from breaking. I had split the right hindquarter on the horse, where the hole for the wooden rod goes into. At least the soundbox worked. I had a reign too, (a thick plastic one). I actually used to have a spring rocking horse when I was a small kid. I had fun with it all the time. Sometimes though, I think it's be kinda fun to do again. Also, for the past twenty years, spring rocking horses, (the bigger sized ones) have been a fetish for me now. lol. I'm fairly lightweight. M/48/CO. It must be just a fascination I've developed over time. lol.