Progress & Parties
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Where we started The farm we live on came with 5 outbuildings, in various states of abandonment and disrepair. Goal 1 – was clean out the spaces in the barn where the horses and cats would…
SO Many babies…
It all began with the kittens… Once the horses settled in, and the barn clean up was underway, we began to think about how to acquire some faithful (and useful!) barn cats. I applied to a local program that supports the re-homing of feral cats and cats that are otherwise unsuitable for household pet status,…
Catching Up
“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.” Anais Nin 10 years ago, in 2013, I began to dream. My dream was of a farm, and all the possibility and richness I thought that it might bring my family, as…
Along for the ride
“There is no Mr. Right because there is no Mr. Wrong. There is whoever is in front of us, and the perfect lessons to be learned from that person.” ― Marianne Williamson, Return to Love Oh the adventure this has become! When I began my journey with horses it was one of independence. Something I felt called…
Stepping Up
Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” Carrie Fisher Sunday was the FIRST beautiful, sunny day in in January, and I knew that I wanted to take advantage of the energy the sunshine brought…
Family Time at the Farm
Finally, as a special treat for a job well done, the girls gave Teddy his “jackpot” dishes, where he helped them create mini paintings to take home as he ate his treats! Overall, the session went well, the girls left feeling connected to one another, and the horses, and couldn’t wait to return for another…
Slowing Down
“The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections–with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds” Carl Honoré, In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed It has been a hurried fall. The pace of life, moving from summer, into a fresh…
The Wisdom of the Herd
A talk about the wisdom of horses, shared with the Unitarian Congregation of Guelph, ON
Muck out your mind
Mucking out stalls is 10% cleaning, 10% talking to your horse and 80% making life decisions.” Anonymous Last week we started to bring all three horses into the barn to help keep one another warm at night, as the temperatures started to drop close to 0 degrees Celsius, and there was a week of cold…
And then there were 3…
Do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? Some things are too strange and strong to be coincidences.” Picking up where I left off… As it turned out, I would only be able to move Winston if I did have another horse, as the vet student who had planned to return after a…
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