“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” ― Vincent van Gogh The wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park will always have flowers to walk on! There is no normal here, no state of being usual, typical, or expected. Each day is different, each horse will surprise […]
All together now……….awwwwwww……. Robin and I were out in the park this morning with Julien, Lincoln and Melissa setting up field camera’s along game trails and look what Robin found! Good Night from Medora! Deb
“Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.” ― Shannon A. Thompson, Death Before Daylight Diamond, she is a beauty and very dedicated to her band stallion, Blaze! Blaze loves her look so much he stole one of Thunder Cloud’s fillies, Justice, who is as gorgeous and feminine […]
“Horses are creatures who worship the earth, As they gallop on feet of ivory.Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth,The horses still run, they are free.”~John Denver and Joe Henry, “Eagles and Horses” Good Morning from Medora! It’s foggy this morning after a wonderful day of rain yesterday. The sun is trying to peel […]
“Freedom lies in being bold.” ― Robert Frost Satellite is bold, small, and filled with tenacity! His harem has Crow, Lighting and her filly, Haleakala, Sweetheart and her colt, Rocky, and two yearlings – Marty and Zane. He acquired his name Satellite because he hovered around the band of Red Face. Red Face was Singlefoot’s […]
“In every little cowgirls life, there is that moment when she touches her first horse and her life is forever changed.” ~Author Unknown Mollie experienced Sugar, a gentled wild horse, Sunday, June 14th, at the ‘hoof’ signing in front of the Western Edge Book Store in Medora, ND. She gave up her ice cream cone […]
“For always roaming with a hungry heart.” ― Alfred Tennyson Good Sunday Morning from Medora! Today is Medora’s Annual All Horse Flag Day Patriot’s Parade! The wild horses of TRNP will be well represented by former wild horses who have been gentled and become excellent partner’s to their humans! The entries to this parade are limited […]
“So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars This morning began at 3:45 as I picked up Rachel to enjoy our last morning together! We headed to where we left off last night, Lindbo Flats, and were greeted with the gold light of the new […]
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt Ahhhh….where to start! Today is Thursday! It all started on Monday, really! Monday I drove back to Medora from Minnesota, my home. I had snuck back home to photograph a wedding, to see my husband, and hug my dogs! Oh […]
THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK “Theodore Roosevelt National Park is unique among the scenic parks in that it preserves not only an extraordinary landscape but also the memory of an extraordinary man. It honors the president who probably did more for the National Park System than anyone before or since. Theodore Roosevelt, who would later establish […]