*Needs Confident Rider*
*Needs a confident rider*. Used car salesmen don’t have a thing on horse traders.
Anna Blake
WordPress Photo Challenge: Fray.
There is a place that is not the earth and not the sky, an in-between place where some of us ride the fray. 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 … Read more
A Recipe for Patience.
Patience was so foreign to me that I couldn’t even figure out what it was that people did while they were being patient.
WPC…Silhouette
“As God is my witness, … I’ll never be hungry again.” -Gone with the Wind, Infinity Farm Version. *snicker, snicker* 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 … Read more
You be the Judge.
“Too bad about that half pass to the left.” My horse and I were leaving the arena after my test, reins long and my trademark competition smile: Lips stuck on my gums above my teeth. I had a great horse. The comment was made by a woman who felt no sympathy at all for that … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture
There is texture on the surface that is ruffled. It might be fluffy or prickly, sleek or unkempt. Some patches are chewed off and some stick straight up. It might even change colors. There is a window we can look through to see the texture on the inside: velvety, mushy, feathery soft… Edgar. Anna … Read more
What does the horsie say? Seriously.
Existing in the present moment without expectations or demands is an art form. Respect the masters.
WPC: ZigZag
A chestnut zigzag. Well, more of a wave pattern, but we are not very angular here. And this color isn’t one color, rather a range of color. Who cares? A horse mane, so what? I am betting if you are a horse person, tried and true, this is your favorite place to put your nose. … Read more
Dressage: Cackling at the Canter.
In the 80’s, I marched with the Ladies Against Women. Do you know the organization? They were a national group and there were two ways to join: You needed a permission note from your father, or a permission note from your husband. We marched in the Denver Do-Dah Parade, somewhere between the Lawn Chair Drill … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’
In the Summer, we are Lovin’ a good foot soak. Longer daylight hours, more lessons taught and hot boots for toe safety, so at the end of day nothing eases like a foot soak. Belle usually beats me to it. And yes, it is a stock tank, but the horses don’t seem to mind the … Read more