Autumn the slow down season… Everywhere I look our geraniums and daisies are flowering. I know everyone has them and often they don’t like them but they offered my only spot of colour all through the drought years, so I … Read More
For Thursday Art-Day we enjoy the work of Edward Troye (b. July 12, 1808 in Lausanne, Switzerland Troye was born on July 12, 1808 in Lausanne, Switzerland and died July 25, 1874 in Georgetown, Kentucky). He was a painter of American Thoroughbred … Read More
I hope all of you had an incredible Easter. Now Easter is over so is my little holiday from blogging. Easter this year was about friends, family, Arabian horse discussions, horse photographs and of course chocolate!!! ‘Darling Sorsha’ photograph by … Read More
ALFRED DE DREUX (1810 – PARIS – 1860 – PARIS ) Arabian horse I thought it was about time I shared a Thursday is Art-Day post. This Thursday I’m featuring one my favourite artists, the extraordinary ALFRED DE DREUX (1810 – … 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
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