“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images / Uncategorized
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Quiet Repose
I see lovely imagery of horses daily; often they are stout steeds with thick manes and tails billowing, flashy markings, arched necks, and animated limbs creating instant dreamy […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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See Far Enough
“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
Landscape / Stallion
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Dry, Drier, Driest
The horses adapt. This is the dry phase of early summer. Coming soon, the drier and driest months. ” … (summer) is motionless, and hot. It is curiously […]
Landscape / Mares
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The Burn of the Sun
Summer has set in with it’s usual severity. The burn of the sun and the wind have forced a slower pace to the longer days.
Landscape / Mares
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Floating in Blooms
The day’s last light touches a mare who pauses in a field of springtime mustard growth.
Foal / Landscape
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The Dry Sea
A glorious sea of dry mustard stalks surround a lone colt creating an image that evokes a longing to explore and curiosity about the unknown.
Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Noble and Scenic
Don’t they look noble and scenic rushing past in the green woods during a steady rain? This is the first foal for this young mare and what a […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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That’s Just Pretty
“The cream of enjoyment in this life is always the impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.” –Fanny Fern I […]
Landscape / Mares
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Leaping For Joy
Here is a brief video clip of some young mares approaching with curiosity, then bursting away. Another fair winter day highlights the absolute beauty of the meadow where […]
Landscape / Mares / Older Horse Images
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Scenes Like These
Scenes like this evaporate the most troubled and busy noise that collects in one’s head. Nature, in it’s quiet moments, has a power that is both undeniable and […]
Behavior / Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Wild Habits
” … I love even to see the domestic animals reassert their native rights – any evidence that they have not wholly lost their original wild habits and […]
Landscape / Mares / Older Horse Images
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Lazy Afternoon
The winter grass was late making an appearance this year, but now that it’s sprouting, the horses are enjoying the fresh change in their diet. A long, […]
Foal / Landscape
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Growing Like a Weed
Tall weed or short foal? Field mustard plants that grow here are aggressive and hardy. The locals think of them as invasive weeds, but they are, in fact, a winter […]
Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Floating in Oats
Maybe I should have titled this post The Restorative Properties of Floating on Oats. Strolling through this oat field, damp to my waist, encountering a parade of mares […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Other Nations
“We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the […]
Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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The Strength of Wild Instinct
This mare, lovely though she may be, is only rarely recorded in a relaxed attitude; she is quite put-off by any human proximity. She has a ranch brand, […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images / Uncategorized
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Out of Sight
If these horses don’t want to be found, they know what to do. They know when to stand still and when to flee from space to space. Even […]
Herd Life Images / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Where Horses Go
“Somewhere in time’s own space There must by some sweet pastured place Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow Some paradise where horses go, … ” –Stanley […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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The Welcoming Committee
Some of the more gregarious members of a That Herd band approach my position. It is not uncommon for the horses to approach and gather all around a […]