Category Archives: Horses

Making a Connection – Story of Rescuing a Horse

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The story began in the fall of 2010 when I was looking to buy an older and seasoned trail horse. A friend of mine had just purchased a little horse from Camelot. I like the idea of adopting rescues. We … Continue reading

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Trying New Things – Creating Videos

I recently purchased a GoPro Hero 4 Camera to use along side my other cameras. It’s fun and adds a different element to my photography. I hope you enjoy this short video of me and my horse Budddy riding a … Continue reading

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New Beginnings

I recently moved my horse Buddy to a small farm close to home. He is quite happy and content. He is back together with his big brother Travis, a 17 hand Dutch Warm Blood. Here is a short video clip … Continue reading

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Meeting New Friends

I had the pleasure today to meet Alexandra Munmun Oliphant O’Neill and her horse Benji. We met through Facebook after learning we both adopted our horses from Lisa Post of Helping Hearts Equine Rescue.  She lives in Manhattan and takes the … Continue reading

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Gratitude – What are you grateful for?

It’s easy to forget the little things. Those simple acts or gestures of someone saying thank you, someone letting you in line or a simple smile. Much of my gratitude comes from nature. Sunrises, sunsets, rain, sun, snow, birds singing … Continue reading

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A world less hurried…

We just took another day trip to Lancaster County in hopes to get some pictures of the Amish harvesting their crops.  Just a few miles off the main highway and we were in another world. The Amish were very friendly … Continue reading

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Who are your teachers? Mine is a horse called Buddy

I have been reflecting on how and what I have learned in my lifetime. There are teachers and there are students. I have been both but for the last year I have been the student. Since I retired I have had … Continue reading

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Losing Old Friends – A Tribute to Ginger and Haycock Aubrey

January has been a hard month on the farm. I lost two of my oldest friends, Haycock Aubrey and Ginger. It was not unexpected but still it is hard to accept. The first was  Aubrey, my Jacob ram. He was … Continue reading

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Max has a job.

Now the fiber shows and weekend spinning demonstrations are over, it’s time to ready the animals and the farm for the long winter. The main challenge I have is to change the horses diet to include additional beet pulp and hay … Continue reading

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Horse-ing around

Hello, Where the the summer go? This summer I have been busy with my new passion and have been remiss in my  fiber duties due to a slight diversion called a horse. His name is Buddy, the Elf which I adopted from Helping Hearts Equine Rescue … Continue reading

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