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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing

This week the photo challenge is REFRESHING! Nearing the dog days of summer here at Infinity Farm, with Tomboy -aka...
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Same Old Dressage, Brand New Eyes.

I have been preparing for a clinic this weekend at Infinity Farm. It's the my favorite clinic every year: Fundamentals...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn

This week's photo challenge is WORN. You may have to read to see if this photo ever gets to the...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me!

Namaste is a Sanskrit word -which means it's very old.  Most translate it to some version of "The spirit in...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning

This week the photo challenge is Morning. Morning is nap-time at Infinity Farm- And the very best time to share...
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Dressage: A Relaxed and Forward Ride.

The foundation of Dressage for the rider/horse is rhythm. I define that as a balanced combination of relaxation and forward....
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers

This week the assigned theme is Numbers. Four dogs, one sofa. Bad math. (Howdy, Tomboy, Hero, and Finnegan) and Anna,...
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Equine Gastric Ulcers… and Sage.

I'll call her Sage. Sage was a thoroughbred mare with classic elegance. A solid bay with a long neck and...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Water

Weekly Photo Challenge: Water Infinity Pond with fillies. Here on the flat, windy, treeless prairie of Colorado, waterfront property is...
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Who Am I This Time?

Who Am I This Time is the name of a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut and made into a...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny

Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny "Tiny? Are you kidding? If you adjust my size to human size, this is the equivalent...
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A Different Kind of Runaway.

It has been a scary week in our horse world. Everyone is aware by now that there is an outbreak...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Red

Weekly Photo Challenge: Red Red Mom, Red Baby. It was three years ago exactly, under the very same full moon... The...
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A Lesson Horse is Born….

… and Grace gives herself a promotion. Dressage borrows lots of language from ballet -after all, we are the dancers...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wildlife

SWANS... for your cultural edification. (WordPress challenge: Wildlife.) WordPress challenges dovetail perfectly with Infinity Farm, It's like they make them...
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Therapy Animals -Every One.

I was being half-mauled by a terrier. I was running an errand in an urban office and the dog’s owner...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Round

This week the photo challenge is ROUND. We put round white caps on fence posts to make them safer for...
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Donkey Church

“Do you ever wake up and wonder how your life got you to this day? Oh well, no time to...
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