Anna Blake Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. Let me start by saying it was never my fantasy to spend a few days standing on the cement floor of a convention hall, under fluorescent lights with no windows. It came with the extra tease that people walked by all day long, on the way to the … Read more
A reckoning comes at the end of the day.
It’s a question I’ve asked groups lately, “How can you tell the difference between a hot horse and a fearful one? There are a handful of answers but by far, most people say they see the difference in their eyes. Pressed a bit farther, it gets harder to explain. To tell the truth, I’m not … Read more
“Our memory landscapes are made up of the very best and worst moments standing side by side, jerking our emotions back and forth.”
The awareness needed to train a horse is something we can only learn a small step at a time.
Half-light is that instant of still understanding riding a swell of unbounded mystery. 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. My photos are taken with my phone, on my farm. No psych, … Read more
What is it about a good bad-dog?
Ay yi yi yi…Tequila Spring on the Prairie. For Edgar Rice Burro it’s all about a longear tango of arc and sway and passion… while Bhim’s heels lift and drop in a chest-proud flamenco. Always flamenco. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo–I enjoy twisting these macro … Read more
Training is an ART and human logic doesn’t always rule.
What is it about a sunset?