Anna Blake This clinic will be a fun day with interesting activities for you and your horse. And come even if you don’t bring a horse, auditing is fun, and lunch is included. A few trainers and professionals are coming together for this event, and 100% of the entry goes to the rescue. Check out the flyer … Read more
Pinky Pledge Sometimes their lives are in our hands, and sometimes our lives are in their hands. Trust can grow when passed back and forth, and then, everything is possible. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life … Read more
I have no sense of humor about arena footing. None. Let me start here: I don’t consider a plowed up area in the pasture necessarily the same as an arena with footing. A plowed area is kind of like chocolate chip cookie dough, and an arena with footing should be more like lemon meringue pie. I’ve … Read more
A different kind of blue eye: not blue- the color, and not blue- the emotion. Silver blue like a dream of contentment and harmony. The color blue is linked to consciousness and intellect, peace and spirituality. So I guess blue is the most common color of horse. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a … Read more
This morning a lone Canadian goose flew over my pond, calling loudly- back and forth, and again. I wondered if she had lost her mate, or worse. Heart-felt goose sympathy… If you have read my blog, I think it is pretty obvious how I feel about animals, and especially horses. To be clear- any horse, … Read more
We all love a good thunderstorm here at Infinity Farm. This spring is dry and I’m remembering a great storm last year. When the rain stopped, my two younger horses rolled and ran, ran and rolled- it’s hard to have more fun than mud. Exhausted and unfocused, two wet horses wander back to me at … Read more
My hay guy got a new truck- a pristine dually in a pearlized-platinum color, with near Porsche-like lines. That big diesel engine hums like a finely tuned tank. If Tony Soprano had a truck, it would look like this. I liked it even more the second time I saw it, muddy and mussed. Should a … Read more
Edgar Rice Burro and Holiday. Together. It isn’t that they just love each other. Edgar would prefer Holiday not lay down on his lunch. Holiday thinks Edgar has a poor sense of personal space and would like to chew his cud in peace. But they get along together. Because it takes all kinds. Anna Blake, … Read more
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West This month’s posts have celebrated 25 years with my grandfather horse. The first time I saw Spirit he was in a small pen, alone and wild eyed, scared to be away from his mom. I couldn’t get anywhere near … Read more
Our world revolves around the Sun. It provides warmth and creates a sense of time, giving a routine to life. Within that framework, we define our personal reality. This horse’s registered name is Sunbrite Sunset. It’s a name he arrived with, both pretentious and embarrassing- almost silly to my ear. We’ve spent a lifetime revolving … Read more