“Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.” ~Carlos Castaneda A Warrior! Wild Warriors! That is all I could think about working on the image of these […]
“What a severe yet master artist old Winter is…no longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.”~John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers”, 1866 One of my favorite times in Theodore Roosevelt National Park was the week my husband and I spent between Christmas and New Year’s. Winter—the snow, the cold, the bitter winds, […]
“His eyes are so intense I want to look away . . . or never look away, I can’t decide.” ― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us Band stallion Blaze….wild and intense. So intense that working on his images gives me goosebumps! He is aloof and guards his mares with tenacious and animated energy! When […]
… and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace.” ― Daphne du Maurier, Frenchman’s Creek Still one of my favorite stories from my time in TRNP is the one of Flax […]
“The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.” ~John Constable Love light, love all her nuances and hiding places, her challenges, the beauty she exposes, her subtle expressions! What is your favorite light? This pretty, wild mare is called Crow of Satellite’s band, and she is bathed in the light […]
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” ~Michelangelo Have an amazing Sunday in your part of the world!!! Use your imagination and set something free! Deb (This is wild, bachelor stallion Gray Ghost on a foggy morning in Theodore Roosevelt National Park)
“Sunset encroached upon daylight like a powder burst from the mouth of a crimson cannon—orange and gold ribbons shot forth to wage a battle against the clouds. The western horizon was obscured by a glow like a living thing.” ~ Marsha Ward, Ride to Raton Playing catch up back here in Minnesota! Sorry for the […]
“Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.” ~ Plato, The Republic Even in the wild Plato’s statement rings loud and clear, as wild band stallion, Red Face, instructs life’s little lessons to his two-year-old son, Bravo! Have an amazing Saturday in your part of the world! Life is good, life is […]
“The sunshine’s golden gleam is thrown, on sorrel, chestnut, bay and roan” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Wild band stallion, Blaze, on a day in May when the sun was throwing her golden gleam all over the badlands!!! I hope your hump day is filled with the gleam of gold! Have an amazing day in your part […]
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson About mid morning it is a common sight to see bands huddled together on ridgetops facing into the wind! On this occasion, Red Face’s harem and his yearlings, and one of his two-year-olds were doing just that, resting together, […]