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
Let’s start the week with some helpful tips from the website of Dr Phillip E Humbert, author, speaker and coach. I receive his motivational newsletters each week. www.philliphumbert.com Top 10 Secrets for Being HAPPY! by Phillip Humbert One of my … Read More
For my Sunday quote of the week I have chosen wonderful words to take us away into our imagination… What delight to back the flying steed, that challenges the wind for speed! – seems native more of air than earth! … Read More
What a HUGE week! I’m thrilled to announce that Tails Carried High and Voices in the Wind are now available for purchase from The Arabian Magazine Shop in the UK www.thearabianmagazine.com From Samantha… “I am so excited to receive Voices … Read More
The 2011 Scone and Upper Hunter Horse Festival – April 28th to May 15th. A horse lovers dream come true… A Festival with everything I love and I didn’t even know it existed. It will be on my calendar from … Read More
The Beauty of Dressage For a person who loves horses, the word ‘Dressage’ evokes powerful, harmonious and beautiful images. The perfect partnership between horse and rider. Today for Thursday Art-Day we celebrate the Dressage horse with two wonderful artworks by Willa … Read More