The Best New Year's Resolution.
Horses don’t make New Year’s resolutions. They live forever in the present moment. Prey animals are smart that way.
Anna Blake
Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy
It’s Walter the Corgi, in case you don’t recognize him from this angle. The game is a combination of snowboarding and snow angel creation. He takes a speedy run and launches to a long jump, taking a quarter turn in mid-air, like a jet, and skidding over the snow far enough to reach a fresh … Read more
Family Values at the Holidays.
I was raised by people who didn’t really want any kids or animals in their house. Okay, they made an exception for a Chihuahua once, but he didn’t live in the house so much as inside someone’s shirt.
Weekly Photo Challenge: One.
One. Cat. (Named Squirrel, the Killer of Bugs.) Always an only-cat, in her own mind. Just like the other two only-cats that live here. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life here on the Colorado prairie. … Read more
Their Christmas Wish: Generous Hands, Both Kinds.
Because it’s never too late for him to become a Christmas Pony!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” -Kurt Vonnegut. Infinity Farm is just that kind of Stable Community. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm.
A Message from your Therapist.
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Winston Churchill was certainly right, and some times of the year, more than others. I notice the holiday season has a lot of us wound up just a little tighter. Is your horse a therapy horse? All … Read more
2014 Infinity Farm Calendars!
Look! It’s Miss February! The 2014 Infinity Farm Calendar is finally available on-line. Designing the calendar was easy, wrestling with installing PayPal buttons, not so much! There is a new page here on the blog, see it by my header image above, or click here. It’s the Infinity Farm Store, and it has a slide … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand
Our GRANDfather horse holds a special position of respect in our herd. He has lead with kind fairness, and now we all want to return the favor, we all want to protect him. Cold weather is cruel to old bodies, and in the afternoon light, a young gelding stands watch while the sun warms his … Read more
Onesie Weather.
I share your nearly irrational fear of looking too thin in our Carharts this time of year.