In a more polished moment she looks rather delicate, nonetheless, she can be a real wack job. Not only does she take after her independent mother but she […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Mares
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Prickly Pear
” … I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow, I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of […]
Behavior / Foal / Herd Life Images / Mares / Stallion
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Stepping Up To Defend Life
I have long debated with myself about sharing images of an incident that was traumatic. It took me almost two years to be able to review the images […]
Behavior / Foal / Herd Life Images / Mare and Foal Images
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Offender Number Two
Still grieving over the loss of her own newborn many weeks prior, this mare took possession of a newborn filly along with an additional thief-mare for several hours. […]
Herd Life Images / Landscape / Mare and Foal Images
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Bountiful Day
“I will tell you where there is power: where the dew lies upon the hills, and the rain has moistened the roots of the various plant; where the […]
Behavior / Weanling and Yearling
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Winning the Day
That face you make when second place wins the day.
Behavior / Foal / Weanling and Yearling
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Protection
“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenseless […]
Herd Life Images / Older Horse Images
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The Architect
A lovely portrait of a beloved member of That Herd. As the end of the year bears down on me, I am forced to reflect on the past […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Mares
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Chosen Few
Every year, without fail, this grey mare befriends the oldest mares in the herd. There becomes one individual that she is with constantly. This year, it is this […]
Behavior / Older Horse Images / Stallion
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Darkened With Kindness
Eyes darkened with kindness, a herd stallion greets his herd mate, a gelding. Stallions will live together with civility among other stallions and geldings as long as no […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Charging Into View
First the thundering of the hooves, then the thumping of my heart. Here they come! Bands of galloping, bucking, leaping steeds, one after another until they all circle […]
Behavior / Foal / Weanling and Yearling
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Good Conscience, Bad Conscience
This image reminds me of the old Looney Toons characters that sat on shoulders as good and bad conscience “angels”. One foal is quite mild and reasonable, while […]
Foal / Weanling and Yearling
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Autumnal Sunshine
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine … ” –Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks Summer passes into autumn but our new season simply blends […]
Landscape / Older Horse Images
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Hilltop Sunset
The very last rays of daylight behind a group of young horses fade as nightfall lands. The first days of fall have continued with hot, dry weather. The […]
Behavior / Herd Life Images / Mare and Foal Images
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The Trail to Water
Part of the daily routine for That Herd mares and foals includes the march to water down a dusty path. Also, a late foal is dwarfed by an […]
Older Horse Images
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Roll With the Punches
The phrase “roll with the punches” is believed to originate with boxing. The term explains how boxers will often angle themselves and move in certain ways to lessen […]
Behavior / Foal / Weanling and Yearling
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Water Baby
A full water trough, after sucking water out of a mud hole swarming with wasps, is a pleasure indeed. This filly played and played, soaking all her herd […]
Older Horse Images
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Untroubled
How confident can we be in assessing whether a horse is happy? Happiness may be discerned as a positive state of mental wellness and having a good life. […]