Showing posts with label life on the mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life on the mountain. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Moving onward and upward...

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First foal of the season – born in lower ground. Moving onward and upward… Life is nothing if not an adventure, I once read. I, for one, am...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

At winter's end

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Elsewhere, your thoughts, your pasture, your warm air may be turning to spring. Your trees may be swelling, budding, in bloom, or already le...
Saturday, March 6, 2010

Why do we go there?

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Why do we go there? Out there with our horses? I was giving some thought to this question, considering the feeling of being out there at cam...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Pass it on

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I was not raised around horses. Then, I did not know anyone who was. Even fewer have that opportunity today. Just as this did not deter me f...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Flying on fields of snow

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Out on the field of white they run. They run because they can, because it feels good, because their legs and lungs were built to run, becaus...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

New Years Resolutions

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The start of a new year allows us time and encouragement (read: an excuse) to reflect upon the accomplishments, both large and small, of the...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Solstice

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Winter solstice. Winter begins. Cold and darkness begin. Time of heavy coats, for me, for my horses. We trudge in deep snow. I do not ride. ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Insulated Water Trough

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I don’t know how many folks reading this have to deal with morning temperatures which regularly read anywhere from an even zero down to “off...
Monday, November 9, 2009

Peace Returns

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In so many ways. A warm spell, perhaps the last until the end of March. Calm, a rest from work, a reprise in play, the pasture is melted out...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Winter's Warning

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This time of year, the snow comes and goes. One day our world is white, the next a heavy mud, then followed by a day of warm and brown and o...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Stallion gone wild

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Winter is coming early. The last of our horses who will be spending the following half a year down on pasture in the valley below our mounta...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Trying to be brave

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Truth is, I was scared. But I had a job to do. So in the middle of the snowstorm, I saddled up my little stud horse and headed up the mounta...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Saddle in the... snow.

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It makes doing it in the rain seem so easy. I will try to remember that and try to not complain too loudly next time I find myself laden wit...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Going alone

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I don’t know why I did it, except for some ceaseless, burning voice inside me, whispering, almost nagging like the wind that I had to go. In...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Horse Power!

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This one is long… but if you have time and any interest in digging, dragging, pulling and plowing with the power of the horse, please take a...
Monday, June 22, 2009

The first of summer

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So much I wish I had time to share. Yet like with so many of you, suddenly we find ourselves so busy this time of year. Where did this rush ...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Spring cleaning

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Spring comes later to the high country, but alas, she comes. And when she finally does, how is it that every time, every year, we find ourse...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Quiet trails

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We rarely say a word when riding. Perhaps it’s because we’re getting hard of hearing, or perhaps because there is often a string of pack ho...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

This time of year

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This is the time of year the snow begins melting off around the ranch, only to be replaced by mud. The trails are still packed with snow and...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Introduction

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Welcome to High Mountain Horse Blog! It is a rather generic name, but as you’ll see, it's rather appropriate. We live high in the mounta...