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Caring

Diana — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:44:43 +0000

A horse doesn’t care how much you know, until he knows how much you care.

~Pat Parelli

Horses are…

Diana — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:46 +0000

Horses are uncomfortable in the middle and dangerous at both ends.

~Attributed to Ian Fleming

A short history of the Horse

Diana — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:29:15 +0000

Why did this animal that had prospered so in the Colorado desert leave his amiable homeland for Siberia? There is no answer. We know that when the horse negotiated the land bridge… he found on the other end an opportunity for varied development that is one of the bright aspects of animal history. He wandered into France and became the mighty Percheron, and into Arabia, where he developed into a lovely poem of a horse, and into Africa where he became the brilliant zebra, and into Scotland, where he bred selectively to form the massive Clydesdale. He would also journey into Spain, where his very name would become the designation for gentleman, a caballero, a man of the horse. There he would flourish mightily and serve the armies that would conquer much of the known world.

– James Michener

The joy of being with Horses

Diana — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:44:32 +0000

The essential joy of being with horses
is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements
of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.

–Sharon Ralls Lemon

The Good Old Days

Diana — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:46:23 +0000

Many people have sighed for the ‘good old days’
and regretted the ‘passing of the horse,’
but today, when only those who like horses own them,
it is a far better time for horses.

–C.W. Anderson

Three things we never forget

Diana — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:35:48 +0000

A Hibernian sage once wrote that there are three things a man never forgets:
The girl of his early youth, a devoted teacher, and a great horse.
~C.J.J. Mullen

Horse sense of Humor

Diana — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:05:04 +0000

Be Wary of the Horse

With a sense of Humor!

–unknown

Counter canter

Diana — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:16:37 +0000

One man’s wrong lead
is another man’s counter canter.

–S.D. Price

Money and Manure

Diana — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:06:09 +0000

Money is like manure;

It’s not worth a thing

unless it’s spread around

encouraging young things to grow.

–Hartford Courant

A Grand Passion

Diana — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:02:59 +0000

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson