When I arrived, mother was on a hilltop with the new foal sleeping on a slope. In an effort to put distance between me and her she roused […]
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Hurrah For Motherly Fortitude
What a pair! She managed what must have been a challenging birth. Look at the size of this little beastie. I’m calling him Wheaties, for the cereal that […]
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I Would Never
I would never name anyone Number Two (for obvious reasons), but in fact, this filly is the second foal born to That Herd in 2021. She is a […]
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Soldier Pose
I missed his first hours and days but I have met the first colt of the year. A beautiful painted bay, he’s about a week old and […]
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View From the Old Oak
This image is of the the almost-four-year-old who appeared as a newborn in the preceding post. He is a beauty, tough as nails, and has an interesting blue […]
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How Sweet It Is
This is not the image I intended on sharing. I chose a recent image of this colt, nearly four-years-old now, looking impressive on a hilltop. I thought I […]
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Rounding the Bend
When searching for a band of horses, rounding the bend and having this in your sight is a moment of pure happiness. The others cannot be far. Maybe […]
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Hard Can Be Soft
“Just because you are soft doesn’t mean you are not a force. Honey and wildfire are both the color gold.” –Victoria Erickson, Edge of Wonder: Notes from the […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Landscape / Weanling and Yearling
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Nature’s Water Cooler
Our society is familiar with the office water cooler as a place to hang out and talk about work while not working. The same types of water cooler […]
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A New Energy
May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow […]
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Feeling Nostalgic
A few representatives of That Herd taken 2012. Eight years has come and gone in a heartbeat. These horses are fully mature and in the prime of their […]
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My Tribute
“You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it. … ” –Denzel Washington This colt. tribute | ˈtribyo͞ot | noun […]
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Dartboard
For years now, I have been archiving the lives of this collection of free range horses. I cannot, with certainty, articulate why I choose the images I do […]
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Dainty is Over-Rated
Several months into her life and this filly is brimming with independence. She seems serious but curious–sincere even–if a horse can be sincere. The comparison between her two-day-old […]
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Do Horses Experience Beauty?
This colt is on high alert when I am nearby, as is his mother, but he pauses in this moment to get a good look at me. It […]
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Belly Games
In her first hours of life this filly seemed to delight in wobbling around and under her mother repeatedly. This was not the usual foal action of instinctually […]
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Growing Into a Name
I can imagine these images may be rather pedestrian to some viewers, but these little moments of horse life interest me. The simple act of walking through a […]
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Attempted Maternal Coup
Early on a March morning I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Two mares had given birth a couple hours previous to […]
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Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Little Hours
With a little time, grass, mother’s milk and energizing sunshine this colt has bloomed into a uniquely handsome ready-to-wean lean machine. Notice how cute and determined he […]