For Thursday Art-Day: Degas and his horses. We especially know Degas for his ethereal dancers but his love of movement is astounding in his horses. Dancers Art history today teaches us that Degas is considered a revolutionary force in the … Read More
Confidence in confidence? Recently I was reading the book “Nice Guys Can Win” by Wesley Harris. (The book can still be purchased online) It is one of my many self-help/motivational books! There was a short chapter which I really wanted … Read More
Can you believe it – another victory for the amazing thoroughbred mare Black Caviar. This makes 13 out of 13 race wins. BLACK CAVIAR Queensland debut winning Bundaberg BTC Cup The Melbourne sprinter has captured the imagination of Australia’s racing and … Read More
The courtesy of ‘Thank-you’ Have you ever given thought to how powerful the words ‘thank-you’ are? Thank you. It’s simple, right? Are these two words now so common they have lost their impact. The real truth is these two words … Read More
THE ARAB AS I KNOW HIM By Lady Kitty Ritson Continued Arabs are supposed to be incapable of jumping, but I know that MR JOSEPH carried me over innumerable ditches and crawled up and down nullahs as cleverly as a … Read More
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
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
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 Sunday quote of the week an inciteful quote from Drew Barrymore and another adorable drawing from Willa Frayser. “Hey Shorty, want to play?” Enjoy your Sunday…. “We’ve got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it’s love … Read More