Brisk weather. . .
amywink December 6th, 2009
. . . .makes for frisky horses.
and the afternoon light makes ponies glow. . .
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Naughty Horses
amywink October 30th, 2009
So, I went down to see the horses today and as I drove up toward the gate, I noticed some lovely horses in the neighbors’ field. . .
some lovely bay horses. . .
and a handsome chestnut horse. . . .
and a chunky black pony. . . .
and an electric tape fence in the background, aswag like festive holiday garland.
Naughty horses!!!
Of course, Taipan and Rufus were waiting up front (did you see what the horses did???) and as soon as I opened the car door, I had two happy passengers for the drive up to the barns. A quick call to Lisa and help (Lupe) was on the way, and blame laid at squarely Windy’s feet. Of course, she pretended that she had no idea how she and the other horses got over there!
Luckily, by the time I had closed the gates for the “holding pen” pastures, and headed back down to round up who I could, Miss B had decided to come get a drink and Will was following through the opening Someone had made. Then they heard Lupe’s truck and decided it was Dinner Time!! So we managed to move them to a more secure location with little difficulty. Whew.
Will got some grooming time after, since he had decided that a mudmask was a good idea….a full body mudmask. . . . At least he’s now clean enough to drive tomorrow, as long as he doesn’t find another mudpit to try in the new pasture. After grooming, he went out with his fellow escape artists and enjoyed the new pasture. And some time in front of the camera.
A New Year
amywink January 6th, 2009
It’s a New Year of Change and I am trying to change my approach to this blog–from ignoring it completely to actually writing! After more than a year away from the page, I think I am ready to begin writing again with a new focus and new interests. I’ve been reading Jon Katz’s blog at bedlamfarm.com recently, enjoying his photography as well as his efforts to change the “meme” for the year by undermining media efforts toward Despair and Hardship. I’m with him on that because I have recently found myself focusing much more on the positive aspects of change and the new focus I myself in my writing life.
My edition of the Embree Diaries will be published in April 2009 (at least according to the current schedule) and I am unbelievably happy about that. The idea of that project has been with me for a long time so I am ready to share the lives I have been with so long. I hope for compassionate and interested readers and wonder if others will find the connection I feel with Henrietta and Tennessee. With the publication comes a conclusion of one kind of project and a transition to another. I am working now on the companion website, embreediaries.com. This site has taken on a life of its own and is a place where I intend to explore what I could not fit in my book. I also hope readers will find it a place to explore the idea of diaries and diary keeping as well as gain new understanding of the Embree family.
I am moving in my writing in new directions as well and a new book project is forming slowly. And that is the project I hope to explore in this blog in the coming year. Stay tuned.
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