Childhood and Nostalgia. by Carmel Rowley The writing I’ve been doing over the last few days prompted me to recall my childhood and our family holidays. At that time, overseas trips were never on the agenda though we did have … Read More
This is silly but fun … This morning while doing the stables I was listening to the ABC radio and the commentator was talking about our ‘spatial brain’! After discussing several things he asked his listeners to sit down and … Read More
One-on-One is best! by Carmel Rowley Lately there was an interesting discussion amongst Arabian horse breeders on Facebook about attracting new people into the Arabian breed. Although I didn’t end up following every comment, the thread got me thinking about … Read More
Sunday Quote of the week – Let’s look at the wonders around us. “Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you will be able to see … Read More
To celebrate National Compliments day I want to to say a BIG thank you to all the fabulous people selling my books and the equally fabulous people who have purchased them. Your encouragement has meant the world to me as … Read More
What a fantastic idea – we can take a lesson from our youth today and help to spread the love on April 16th by celebrating National Compliments Day! Let’s encourage everyone to pay compliments forward … Happy National Compliments Day! April … Read More
Today for Thursday Art-Day I’m featuring my very favourite book illustrator and artist Anne Bullen (1914-1963) Images and words adapted from an article featured by Jane Badger books www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk Anne Bullen’s illustrations, portray different types of ponies and horses but … Read More
Last week I did a piece on my favourite book and movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ after it was featured on television. This week I did my usual look around The New York Times website www.nytimes.com and came across this … Read More
Saturday 9th April 2011 goes down as a milestone in the world of the Arabian horse in Australia, with the running of the inaugural ‘Shadwell Arabian Mile’ at Caulfield Racecourse The winner was Franshar Park K Shar (Shah Wazir x Ulinga … Read More
Last weekend Toowoomba hosted the Australian National Morgan Horse Show and after seeing a fascinating article in the Toowoomba Chronicle, I decided to have a look for myself. Painting by Willa Frayser www.willafrayserstudio.com of Black Morgan stallion “Kick”owned by Baywind … Read More