heaven is...
Betsy
-A gorgeous day, cold (and windy) but bright sun and blue skies.
The cold weather keeps everyone inside so there's nobody on the trail
but me and my mare and my dog.
-A horse that is willing, goes anywhere I ask and so forgiving if I
don't ask just right.
-Communication that has evolved between me and said mare so that
just a quiet shift of my seat and she'll change gaits so
smoooooooooth. I'm just a medium kinda rider, keep tryin' to get
better, and she gives me such hope!
-Two critters that help me forget the blues, even if just for an
afternoon. Gotta love 'em.
What is heaven to you?
Betsy
RPM1
> What is heaven to you?
Our local park, with or without horses.
Quiet, deep woods, ferns, moss, fresh water streams,
vibrant green, rainbow trout, Lady Slippers, conifers,
salamanders, snails, mushrooms, rich earth, cool,
damp, dripping, saprophytic, woodpeckers ...
Pic of heaven:
http://www.lakeminnewaska.org/lmgallery/scenicminnewaska/rainbowfalls?full=1
Ruth CM a deep woods troll at heart in upstate NY
Claudia Wheatley
bet...@fastmail.fm (Betsy) wrote:
A clear day, between 60 and 80 degrees, a light breeze, a loooong trail
with lots of excellent trot and canter stretches, some hills,
strategically-placed logs to jump over, a grouse or wild turkey to
provide a little excitement, me riding one of our horses and my daughter
or husband riding the other.
<sigh>
C
--
"One of the things I've said before in interviews is: 'Without deviation
(from the norm), "progress" is not possible.'
"In order for one to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a
passing acquaintance with whatever 'norm' one expects to deviate from."
Frank Zappa, "The Real Frank Zappa Book"
Kris Carroll
> Quiet, deep woods, ferns, moss, fresh water streams,
> vibrant green, rainbow trout, Lady Slippers, conifers,
> salamanders, snails, mushrooms, rich earth, cool,
> damp, dripping, saprophytic, woodpeckers ...
run 3-4 dogs here once or twice a day, regardless of weather
http://www.biparks.org/parks/grandforest.html
I amble along at my own pace with the manure fork to feed
chanterelle and morel beds. best day: when we sight the silver
pheasent released after rehab
but best days are at the barn with no time contraints whatsoever
K
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kcarroll at horse dash country dot com
agent provocateur and regular poster to rec.eq since early 90s
manure detector on; fads, gurus, cults, bullies are fair game
Texas rider
(By seasons-- best riding)
The most heavenly days in Central Texas are in the spring and fall. If
it is a wet year, the fields are blazing with wildflowers- mainly
bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, and Indian paintbrush, a
bright red flower, but there are others of all colors. Sometimes it
looks like you are riding or walking through a painting. A very nice
day is a day spring day in the first two weeks of April when the
flowers are at their height of color, with friends, cameras (always),
horses and a picnic lunch in such a field. The horses never seem to
want to go home, either.
The best summer rides here usually mean JM and I have gone swimming at
Lake Travis. Many horses don't care so much for swimming, but she sure
does. She'll swim as long as I'd let her.
It's so hot that we only ride in the early morning or late evening
then, but around 7 p.m. the sun is golden and the rugged hill country
wrapped in color.
My favorite summer rides, and by far the prettiest, were in the
mountains of NM and Colorado, among the aspen and pines at about
8,0000 to 9,000 feet. Very green pastures, crystal clear running
streams, lush, green pastures, spectacular vistas, azure blue skies,
and comfortable temperatures.
In the fall, the sky is often very blue here. My favorite rides then
are in Bandera, near San Antonio. It is still warm, but not too hot,
and it usually isn't humid. September and October, assuming there's
been some rain, still bring green grass, water in the creeks, and lots
of open land to gallop in.
Winters are generally not very pretty. It is usually overcast, cold,
windy, muddy if there's been rain, and the landscape is gray. Today,
however, was an exception. We had our first and only real snow storm
since January of 1985. My 16 yo daughter was giddy, she was so excited
as she'd only seen snow one other time in her life, and never at home.
We got out early, took a lot of pictures, turned the horses out in it,
and by the time they'd finished breakfast it was gone. I had forgotten
how bright the world looks in snow.
cg
Dana Compton
>"Betsy"
>> What is heaven to you?
>
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Mud be gone.