Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry

“I am an Artist. I was told there would be no math.” 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 with my phone. No psych, definitely not high … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

Foreign no More. We are a melting pot: Polish, Iberian, Canadian, Irish, Native American- and those are just the horses. Our ancestors came from far lands but we have all come to rest here. Gratefully home. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

“God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.” says Scarlett, in the movie Gone with the Wind, in silhouette. These two horses are not so dramatic, or hungry- but I do love a silhouette. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro … Read more

Farm Politics: It Takes All Kinds.

It Takes All Kinds. And here at Infinity Farm, we have all kinds. In fact, we have inter-species chaos. I want to affirm that I like order. But I’m the minority here, so not everyone goes along with my type-A fantasies. Exactly like real life, we don’t all fit into little boxes. Sure, I have … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life

Everyday Life. Everyday dawns pink on the prairie. Breakfast with the mares. 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 with my phone. No psych, definitely not high … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far

  Near and Far can be places in perception. When I was younger it seemed I was always looking past the things near to me, and reaching for the horizon. The best things seemed farther away, or maybe just barely beyond my grasp. I liked it that way. There is an art in wanting what … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Free Spirit

His name is Spirit. He is the Grandfather horse of my herd, 25 years old. Free? I think in some ways we are all about as free as we want to be. He has always been that for me: Free by choice and attached the same way. I don’t post full body shots of Spirit … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”  ~Winston Churchill Anna, 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 with … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming

Dreaming of warm sun on a perfect herd. Dreaming of reality. Anna, 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 with my phone. No psych, definitely not high tech.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Create

We are so cool that our obstacles have obstacles! The Dude Rancher has been creating special obstacles for Horse Agility, just in time for the Ruby Ranch Horse Rescue Benefit. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Pinky Pledge Sometimes their lives are in our hands, and sometimes our lives are in their hands.  Trust can grow when passed back and forth, and then, everything is possible. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

 A different kind of blue eye: not blue- the color, and not blue- the emotion. Silver blue like a dream of contentment and harmony. The color blue is linked to consciousness and intellect, peace and spirituality. So I guess blue is the most common color of horse. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a … Read more

Compassion for All Life. Not Quite.

This morning a lone Canadian goose flew over my pond, calling loudly- back and forth, and again. I wondered if she had lost her mate, or worse. Heart-felt goose sympathy… If you have read my blog, I think it is pretty obvious how I feel about animals, and especially horses. To be clear- any horse, … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

Edgar Rice Burro and Holiday. Together. It isn’t that they just love each other. Edgar would prefer Holiday not lay down on his lunch. Holiday thinks Edgar has a poor sense of personal space and would like to chew his cud in peace. But they get along together. Because it takes all kinds. Anna Blake, … Read more

A Legacy of Spirit

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West This month’s posts have celebrated 25 years with my grandfather horse. The first time I saw Spirit he was in a small pen, alone and wild eyed, scared to be away from his mom. I couldn’t get anywhere near … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects

Our herd has many subjects, but here are two having a sunny shadow/play. They are literal opposites- mare and gelding, Arabian and Andalusian x, bay and gray- but they run as one.  Living in a herd is sharing a life. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao-tzu. The word Journey seems almost synonymous with life. It’s foaling season in the horse world, filled with dreams and possibility. At the same time, the horses all score another year of their short lives. This photo is the balance between the two. But … Read more