Anna Blake Ralph Waldo, this is crazy-making advice. Because breaking a trail might require a machete or snow shoes or a 75 foot sailboat. At the very least it will require slipping a few knots of behavior that have been a support. As I look around my circle of friends, so many of us are not where … Read more
The Rule of Thirds is a design term used when an object is not centered, but instead has visual tension because its placement creates movement within the frame. On our farm, a good herding/guarding dog, like my Tomboy, is never at the center. She frames things differently, too. Instead she is on the move around … Read more
We’ve got nothing to lose and we’re not dead yet.
I know, but they’re the closest fit to the quote that I have here on the farm. Watch ’em at supper time and tell me what you think. It’s February, that time of the year when winter and spring take turns tormenting us with Seasonal Bi-Polar Weather Mood Disorder. It involves shedding, itching, and wearing … Read more
Infinity Farm is on the flat, windy, treeless prairie, where there’s no top to the sky and the low-billowing earth creeps along without much drama. There’s a symmetry to the landscape you can learn to love. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these … Read more
Any riding technique is only as good as the horse and rider’s perception of each other.
I agree with Ms. Parker. The first difference between those-who-write and the rest of our species is that some of us spend hours and hours, wandering in our minds with our fingers tapping out the precious words of a story that we just can’t put down. I think we all have a story to … Read more
Scale is when one recognizable object is used to define the size of a second object. But photos can lie. Coming or going… The actual scale of Andante, TB X Beglian, and Bhim, JAB gelding (just as big) are equal in our herd. Even the mares think so. … Read more
If you think domination is good horsemanship, you’re wrong. Seeing your horse cower underneath you is ugly.
Yesterday I had a conversation with a long-time horsewoman that touched on all aspects of horse/life. Both of us have ridden spectacular horses and both of us work with horse rescue, so our talk ran the gamut of sublime to horrific. There are images in our minds that we will never forget; some of perfect … Read more