Milk and honey

From the archives and when we used to live on Northview Stallion Station, a foal takes a drink on a spring day in 2008. Florabella textures applied. I miss horses, but I think I've mentioned that before . . .

Gentle beast

A lovely horse is always an experience....
It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
~Beryl Markham

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
~Winston Churchill

He knows when you're happy
He knows when you're comfortable
He knows when you're confident
And he always knows when you have carrots.
~Author Unknown

Go Baby Go

I took this shot last March from my back fence looking into one of the paddocks. The mares and foals were out enjoying the weather. Especially this frisky little one.
Applied Pioneer Woman's Soft & Faded along with a texture from Ghostbones.

Longing

I miss the broodmares and the foals who are beginning to be born about now. I just do.

Horsey Serenade

We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!

They were all singing off-key. Quite horribly, too. So I'm sorry about that.

A horse is a horse, of course, of course

My husband told me today that he misses the horses and I can sympathize with him. He cared for both Thoroughbreds and Dutch Warmbloods for thirty years and he just wants to be near them again.

So this picture is in honor of him. I took it earlier this year at the horse farm where we resided for ten years. He was Stallion Manager there. And he misses it. As do I.



Apologies to those who remember the old "Mr. Ed" TV show (one of my favorites), because you'll now have that song stuck in your head.

I want you to want me

Yeah, I don't know where that post title came from. It's the middle of the night and I just looked at the clock and cannot believe it's a quarter to 1. I'm moving this weekend and I'm getting posts ready to autopost until my internet service is hooked up at the new place. See how much I slave at this?
I took this picture in late February and they just looked like they were good friends. I was playing with borders a lot back then, because I'd just learned how to do them.

Morning mist, early Spring

I took this photo on a morning in late April. I loved waking up and seeing views like this outside my front door and I'm going to miss this particular one very much.

At mother's side

This little one is sticking close to his mother. I took this picture in very early Spring, as evidenced by the sparse vegetation of the fields. I had just downloaded Pioneer Woman's free actions for Photoshop and was eager to try them out. I used Soft & Faded on this one, then sharpened it slightly and called it a day.

Foal in late Springtime

I took this photo two months ago in late May when the foals on the farm were young. Most of them are gone now, with their mothers, back to the farms from whence they came. When you touch them, they feel like velvet. Move slowly, as they don't like it when your actions are too swift.

Vintage look for this one

I took this picture in the paddock behind our house on the horse farm. Then I used Pioneer Woman's vintage action in Photoshop to give it this look. I thought it looked pretty cool this way.