Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

I don’t need more than one photo to describe 2012. This one says enough. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”  Marcel Proust      It’s been a great year.   I wouldn’t mind if my photo from 2013 looks just like this.    There’s so much to learn … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

Intellect, perception, creativity, memory, dreams, intuition. My mind, his mind, your mind; all connected in the Universal Mind. Today I’m thankful for the big things. 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 … Read more

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: 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: 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: URBAN

URBAN….   at Infinity FARM? Well, I guess our pool is a pretty urban spot. You can always find a crowd there, lots of quacking and dunking and splashing. The pool was a lot bigger when the ducks were little. Now it’s a tight fit and the Cayugas have to party in two shifts. Maybe you … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

Merge: Sometimes it is hard to tell where one of us stops and the other one of us starts, in our heart-shaped herd. The best rides are that way, too. 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: Growth

Tiny ducks. It started innocently enough. Growth: no kidding. Beaks, webbed feet, and most of all, poop.  There, I said it. They’re sharks for peas. 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 … 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: Unfocused

We all love a good thunderstorm here at Infinity Farm. This spring is dry and I’m remembering a great storm last year. When the rain stopped, my two younger horses rolled and ran, ran and rolled- it’s hard to have more fun than mud. Exhausted and unfocused, two wet horses wander back to me at … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun

Our world revolves around the Sun. It provides warmth and creates a sense of time, giving a routine to life. Within that framework, we define our personal reality. This horse’s registered name is Sunbrite Sunset. It’s a name he arrived with, both pretentious and embarrassing- almost silly to my ear. We’ve spent a lifetime revolving … 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

Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

It’s my life that is arranged, one gray horse to the next, with some bay horses in between. Do you categorize segments of your life by which horses (or dogs) were with you? Are the animals in your life a constant, while other lifestyle situations shift? Are you  willing to arrange your life for their … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Through

THROUGH. In the dressage world, the term Through is much debated, sometimes misunderstood, and deeply desired reality. Through is a free flowing movement, from back to front, and should include a positive mental/emotional state. It is naturally occurring, but can be illusive to create under saddle. Fluid. Dynamic. Relaxed. Powerful. Effortless. The perfect marriage of … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast

Contrast. Well,not so much color-wise. This photo is a veritable rainbow of browns. But there is a contrast in species. People told me that horses hate llamas, but by then it was too late. The llamas had moved in and the mutual admiration society was underway. (In this photo, Belle is greeting two Andalusian babies … Read more