How many details of your horse do you miss everyday? Have you taken a time to look at him... Notice the real look on his eyes, get to know him on the ground before you mount. Let him be free and be a horse, and he will show you what he is truly made of. Notice that most bay and dun horses ears' tips are black. That he'll be curious and explore everything thoroughly, and be very intrigued about the mirror... Just as you never fully know a person, you might never fully know your horse!
Great post. I actually know every inch of my girl. I spend too much time just hanging over the fence gazing at her, and taking photos of her, touching her. I am a bit sappy when it comes to her and the dogs. Love your photos, I have added you to my favorites.
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"The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." (Arabian Proverb)
"In riding a horse we borrow freedom." (Helen Thomson)
It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! ~Nicholas Evans
"Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater." (Tom Booker, in "The Horse Whisperer" movie)
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silent. - Ansel Adams
"It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you see the ordinary." -- David Bailey
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. - Ansel Adams
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." (Author Unknown)
"Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground." (Author Unknown)
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." (W.C. Fields)
"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." (Winston Churchill)
The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb
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Great post. I actually know every inch of my girl. I spend too much time just hanging over the fence gazing at her, and taking photos of her, touching her. I am a bit sappy when it comes to her and the dogs. Love your photos, I have added you to my favorites.
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