Animals
- Sad Stories....happy Endings
If you have followed my blog for a while,you will remember that two years ago (April 4th) Sid came to live on the farm.Sid is Becky's thoroughbred (retired race horse) who was very thinand very unhappy when he first came to the farm. Now after two...
- Happy Endings
About five years ago I made the decision to buy a haflinger.Now, if you know nothing about haflingers, I will fill you in... Haflingers are small, 13 to 15 hands, draft horses from Austria, with an undeniable people-oriented personality.They are...
- Joy
Sometimes...so much can be said,without ever uttering a word. Today's post is brought to you by Becky's horse Sid,aka Silence Breaker.Sid is a retired race horse with an undeniable zest for life.He is one happy horse........
- A Perfect Day
If someone asked me...I would have to say that I am a very happy person.Every day is a good day.That is, of course, unless it is a GREAT day! Yesterday was one such day.GREAT! I was twenty feet tall...on top of the world.And judging from this picture,...
- The Trip Across Country
On March 26, 2006 I flew to Reno, Nevada to help Mike and Becky with their move across country. They had already packed up the U-Haul truck with their belongings and had their hybrid car in tow. We woke up early Monday morning and packed the 2 horses...
Animals
Perspective
Should I take it as a sign?
Just go back to bed, skip the day (as if!)?
When your dog greets you in the morning looking like this....
And you arrive at your horse back riding lesson with a trailer tire that looks like this....
(and did I mention that we were in the middle of NOWHERE?)
(Thankfully Becky has hauling insurance on her trailer...like Triple A for trailers)
And during that lesson your horse does NOTHING you ask of him,
and considers bucking you off yet again....
Oh, and your trainer suggests that possibly you should look for a new horse....
Tell me...
on days like that would you hang up your spurs?
Would you go back to bed?
I considered it.
Truly.
I did.
And then I looked up at the sky and saw this....
And stopped to snuggle with these....
And watched the antics of these....
And somehow life didn't seem all that bad anymore.
That's how it is on the farm.
Animals have a way of putting things into perspective.
PS....the part about the spurs....I don't wear them....just using poetic license.
- Sad Stories....happy Endings
If you have followed my blog for a while,you will remember that two years ago (April 4th) Sid came to live on the farm.Sid is Becky's thoroughbred (retired race horse) who was very thinand very unhappy when he first came to the farm. Now after two...
- Happy Endings
About five years ago I made the decision to buy a haflinger.Now, if you know nothing about haflingers, I will fill you in... Haflingers are small, 13 to 15 hands, draft horses from Austria, with an undeniable people-oriented personality.They are...
- Joy
Sometimes...so much can be said,without ever uttering a word. Today's post is brought to you by Becky's horse Sid,aka Silence Breaker.Sid is a retired race horse with an undeniable zest for life.He is one happy horse........
- A Perfect Day
If someone asked me...I would have to say that I am a very happy person.Every day is a good day.That is, of course, unless it is a GREAT day! Yesterday was one such day.GREAT! I was twenty feet tall...on top of the world.And judging from this picture,...
- The Trip Across Country
On March 26, 2006 I flew to Reno, Nevada to help Mike and Becky with their move across country. They had already packed up the U-Haul truck with their belongings and had their hybrid car in tow. We woke up early Monday morning and packed the 2 horses...