Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You
Infinity Farm is a pretty colorful place, a vibrant palette of sky and landscape, with bold, iridescent personalities in our...
It’s Different for Girls…Body Image and Riding.
What do you think when you see this photo? Do you notice that sweet S-curve in his tail? It’s the...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
There is a space inside of a horse that has no borders, no ceiling, no base. It's an infinite space...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
Good Morning. Top of the day to you! Morning is my favorite time of day. It's a chance to say...
Better Saddle Conversations.
Think of riding as a conversation. The first challenge is that we don't all speak English. And it isn't only...
What to Do When Nothing Works.
We all have those rides where the simplest thing, the thing we do all the time, becomes impossible. The horse...
No Small Feat. (Ruby Ranch Horse Rescue.)
Meet Archie. He got introduced by that name, but I prefer being a bit more formal with him, as a...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
Goats are not for everyone. You love them, or you hate them. They fight fences, and are always inside of...
Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
Donkeys, like Edgar Rice Burro, have a different point of view than horses. They manage to be both proud...
This Too Shall Pass.
The temperature had plummeted to 70 degrees, with a light breeze. Welcome, September. There was almost an hour of daylight...
Farm Animals in the Zoo?
A friend and I spent the day at the zoo last week. Colorado Springs has a wonderful zoo, on the...
The Feel of Forward.
Forward: A good ground covering gait that pushes from behind, is very uphill, and free. Oh, so free. Sigh. We...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree
Carefree. Living in the moment really does lighten the load. She was three weeks old here, and her feet barely...
Bits: Metal on Bone.
The first thing she said in her lesson was that this horse had sent her to the emergency room more...
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
There are always two ways to see things. On one hand, horses can look like big, dull beasts of burden,...
Grouchy about Groundwork.
I've let loose a few decent rants about groundwork lately. I should apologize about the goose-shrill tone in my voice,...
How to tell if you're turning into a Horse.
To anthropomorphize is to attribute human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects. In other words, make animals over in our...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
Masterpiece usually refers to a work of art. My first (35 yr.) career was as an artist and I loved...
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