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WordPress Photo Challenge: Dialogue

A dialogue with teeth: A conversation with a donkey always, always involves reciprocation... just so you know.Anna Blake, Infinity Farm.WordPress...
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*Needs Confident Rider*

*Needs a confident rider*. If you see those words while paging though horse ads, what do you think? Used car salesmen...
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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...
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A Recipe for Patience.

I want to start by saying I used to consider patience the exact same thing as procrastination. I had no...
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WPC…Silhouette

"As God is my witness, ... I'll never be hungry again." -Gone with the Wind, Infinity Farm Version. *snicker, snicker*...
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You be the Judge.

“Too bad about that half pass to the left.” My horse and I were leaving the arena after my test,...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture

  There is texture on the surface that is ruffled. It might be fluffy or prickly, sleek or unkempt. Some...
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What does the horsie say? Seriously.

Our barn rat, Hannah, didn't meet the horses her first visit to the farm. She was only 3 days old....
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WPC: ZigZag

A chestnut zigzag. Well, more of a wave pattern, but we are not very angular here. And this color isn't...
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Dressage: Cackling at the Canter.

Beach attire for the serious dressage rider. In the 80's, I marched with the Ladies Against...
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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...
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Breaking up is hard to do. Is it time?

It was lunch break and the clinician came into the lounge to eat. She was an experienced competitor and focused...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Container

It's the best container for a hairy black dog in July. This is Tomboy (aka Swamp Thing.) She likes the...
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Donkeys for Peace: Edgar Rice Burro, my Hero.

It was the gelding's day for the south pasture, the best turnout spot. They are athletic boys who like to...
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WPC: Relic

Relics: Senior horses are the very best. The Grandfather Horse and I have been together for so long that the...
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Listen First, Train Later.

Photo by Patrick McMahan The first time I met him, he was two months old standing...
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A Muck Meditation on Barn Swallows.

I feel sorry for people who don't muck. How do they organize their thoughts? Or come up with creative training...
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WPC: Contrasts

Contrasts show the far extremes. They show the difference; an attempt to understand right from wrong through black and white...
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