Anna Blake This week’s photo subject: OLD. This horse blanket is old -24 years and 5 horses old. My youngest horse is squeezed into it; Clara wears hand-me-downs. She will have a hand-me-down rider who is much older than this blanket. Clara is the lucky one -to get me so well trained. Old is good.
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate and wine in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!” The first time I saw this quote … Read more
Light. Release from the Dark. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm
Top 10 Wind List: The advantages of not having an indoor arena on the flat, windy, treeless plains of Colorado. 10. Less time is spent working the arena -as all hoof prints are erased hourly, along with the top inch of sand. 9. Wind helps with the spring grooming -working like a brand new shedding … Read more
The photo challenge this week is Ocean. This is as close as we have on the Colorado prairie-my pond this morning. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm
Finally and at last, the ice on the pond has thawed and birds have returned. It’s our spring break. My elderly, domestic ducks waddle off to the pond with a very officious gait, business-like in their bathing. They quack around with wild ducks, exchanging opinions. Mine are easy to tell apart, they swim much lower … Read more
This week’s photo prompt: Spring. Here’s my very favorite sure sign of spring. Yes! Anna Blake, Infinity Farm
Riders know this lesson; if you get bucked off you have to climb back on. That’s the rule. Horse or rider are better for it. They say that the hardest thing about riding is hitting the ground (sigh) but I disagree. The recovery is often more challenging. I think we are afraid of what we … Read more
Home on the Ranch -safe and close. Anna, Infinity Farm
It’s generally considered good manners in the barn to graciously take the blame anytime your horse is less than spectacular, and give your horse all the credit after a good ride. But it is more than manners, it is also a rider’s responsibility. Alois Podhajsky said it bluntly, “. . . I should like to … Read more