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 – Leonardo da Vinci’s horses… Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519 Renaissance) appeared to love horses. We know Leonardo’s famous portrait painting, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper wall painting but did you know Leonardo Da … Read More
A weekend of new acquaintances and my TALK! After months of preparation the day finally arrived for me to fly to Sydney to do my talk. The four keys – to unlock the future Four keys are needed to unlock the … 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
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
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