On Sunday, we spent the day at my niece's first-ever horse show at Raonoke County's Green Hill Park Equestrian Center just outside Salem, Va.. Fun times but it was a long day. Good thing I brought along my trusty side arms -- my Moleskine sketchbook, Lamy ink pen and W&N watercolors. With pen in hand, the hours passed quickly and sketching eased the uncomfortable ache in my backside from the folding chairs we'd brought.