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Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing a happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their animals. We hope it’s a day of food, family and of course four-legged friends.
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Happy Veterans Day
A day for saying thank you to everyone who has served wearing the American flag. Thank you for your service.
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Happy Halloween
It’s that time of year again, time for tricks and treats. A perfect time of year to train your horse to do a trick by using treats! Happy halloween to everyone and their horse.
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Happy Flag Day!
A day for proud Americans to celebrate their flag. Whether you are in a parade or just watching one we hope everyone has an amazing flag day.
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Home
This video doesn’t have very much horse in it, really just the opening scene. But it’s dramatically different and incredibly beautiful (you can’t deny the beauty of those amazing Friesians). Where Do You Call Home? Quickly put, this video shows you homes from places all over the planet, from luxurious to lean. It’s well composed […]
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Who Hasn’t Fallen Over A Fence?
Although most of us will admit to falling over a fence or two in our equestrian careers, none of us will admit to doing it while standing on our own two feet. Perhaps that is what makes this quick video particularly funny. Hurts Worse Somehow Although when you fall off a horse over a fence […]
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Nature in HDR Pt 2
Hvalneshorn, Iceland Image from omarrun As usual I like to mix things up a little and keep everyone on their toes. The way I see it, horse people are nature lovers by design and sharing a little beauty in nature is never a bad thing.
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Sea Horses Pt 2
Image from kqedquest A few weeks back I featured a post about lovely and slightly melancholy looking sea horses. There is just something about these little sea creatures that captures the imagination & although the aren’t horses, they have one thing in common…their name.
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More Elephant Characters of Auguste Vimar
While it’s true I love horses the best, I happen to like almost anything that walks on four legs (except maybe hyenas, they just look like trouble). So last week I posted some of these amazing elephant drawings by French artist Auguste Vimar & here is part 2. Good With a Pencil There is no […]
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Sea Horses
Image from matstc Recently I decided to post something a little off-topic once a week if I can. It helps keep things interesting and keeps me entertained as I write. Luckily I don’t always have to stray too far off topic.
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The Elephant Characters of Auguste Vimar
Today I’m going to switch it up and post about something other than horses. Although they are my favorite, I’m an animal (and art) lover in general and fancy most things with fur & four legs. By Chance I ran across these drawings the other day and was absolutely blown away by them. Auguste was […]
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10 More Historical Places Everyone Should See
It’s interesting that some of my popular posts come from the trough category (my unusual dog post has by far seen the highest number of views) but the historical places to see was well-recieved too. Luckliy several people left comments with suggestions, so I added some of theirs and some more of my own to […]