CFFC: Farm Animals A lot of the farms along the river have been sold during the past few years. Part of it was probably lockdown and the problems of maintaining the farm without much help. There were other problems among… Read More ›
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WALKING SQUARE 12
HORSE FARM AROUND THE CORNER There are a lot of horse farms nearby. Many of them teach riding. Others just enjoy breeding and raising horses. Many people breed giant horses, originally the mounts for knights wearing armor. Considering how heavy… Read More ›
HORSES & THEIR SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS – TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
SILVER SCREEN COWBOYS AND THEIR HORSES – By TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR VALLEY?
Growing up in what was probably the very last unsullied woodlands in Queens, NY, we used to find arrowheads in the woods. My mother had insisted we buy the wooded property adjacent to our house. It wasn’t connected to the… Read More ›
BIG WHITE HORSES IN THE VALLEY
We grow a lot of horses in the valley. Many are saddle horses. Quarter horses. Morgans and Tennessee Walkers. But mostly, we grow big horses. Belgian Draft horses and Percherons. They don’t do anything much. No circuses for these horses…. Read More ›
IF WISHES WERE HORSES, WE COULD RIDE TOGETHER – Marilyn Armstrong
“If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride … ” – Old Proverb I do not know what a wish looks like, though I think it might look like a rising sun over a glassy harbor. Beggar that I am, I… Read More ›
NEWSISH — Marilyn Armstrong
In an unexpected bow to America’s need for clean air and including a desperate attempt to make people stop watching the impeachment hearings, President Trump announced he is banning automobiles and going back to the full-scale manufacturing buggies. And buggy… Read More ›
WHERE’S THE BUS STOP? Marilyn Armstrong
This is the kind of normal question that anyone might ask in any town anywhere. Except if you ask it here, the responder will look at you quizzically. Because honest Abraham of Civil War fame, we don’t have any public transportation… Read More ›
TO CAMP OR NOT TO CAMP – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Camp I always wanted to go camping. All my friends went camping. My brother and sister went camping. I so envied them. I stayed home. My mother felt camp was where you sent a child that needed… Read More ›
DOWN ON THE FARM – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Thursday – Farm Although most of the land around here is pretty poor for farming, there are some good areas, especially alongside the Blackstone and a few other areas. Also, this is THE area for apple orchards and we don’t… Read More ›
THE OLD WEST AND THE WAGONS AS THEY ROLLED – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Wagon It was the first thing that came into my head when I saw the word “wagon.” That’s right. Westerns! Wagon trains and buckboard wagons with teams of horses. Wagon Train brought us Ward Bond, Robert Horton,… Read More ›
MOSTLY TAILS AND A TONGUE, IN BLACK & WHITE – Garry & Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Tongues and Tails Garry got the best horse’s tails, but I got Duke’s tail and tongue. He has an amazing tail. Not a half bad tongue either. I also had some great cow tails too,… Read More ›
THE NEW WHICH WAY CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee has cut back on the number of blogs she is publishing. Honestly, I have no idea she did so much for so long and I wish her the best. So … we have a takeover by SonOfABeach and I… Read More ›
HORSE SENSE – BY TOM CURLEY
Marilyn and Garry wrote a blog a while back about watching one of their favorite movies, “Rustler’s Rhapsody.” It’s also one of my favorite movies. They introduced it to me. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I love introducing… Read More ›
PACE OR TROT? – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Pace It looks the same to you, but it isn’t. Here’s the scoop: The pace is a lateral two-beat gait. In the pace, the two legs on the same side of the horse move forward together, unlike the trot, where the two legs… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE BEASTS – Marilyn Armstrong
BLACK & WHITE BEASTIES AND CREATURES
HANGING LOOSE – CEE’S FREE AND EASY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Free and Easy Free and easy. Some days, I can’t even remember what that felt like. I’ll have to fix that!
PARENTAL ANIMAL PHOBIAS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My father was afraid of horses, so of course I had to learn how to ride. I was terrified of snakes, so my son has had a lifelong fascination with reptiles. Not surprising. My father witnessed someone being kicked by… Read More ›
NOT FOR US THE GYPSY LIFE
Once upon a time, there was romance to the Gypsy life. Your wagon, your people, on the road forever. A culture shared. A world with music, dancing, and the horizon as your world. These days, when people talk about “hitting… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 