Tag Archives: horses

Please hop up in the horse-drawn carriage. Let’s tour Mackinac Island!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Ladies and gentlefolk, thank you for coming to Mackinac Island! Please step up on the carriage, careful now, there you go, have a seat. Let’s start our tour, shall we? First, let me introduce you to the horses pulling this … Continue reading →

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Horse whiskers, how do we love thee?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

This blog harks back to the country. Farm fields.  Barns.  Silos.  Horses.  From the Thumb of Michigan.  Late August. Corn My daughter and I were visiting my parents.  We had just driven to Port Huron to watch the movie “The … Continue reading →

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Honk if you love old-time county fairs!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Thanks for visiting the fair!  C’mon back again next summer!

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“A horse is a horse, of course, of course”

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Let’s say you decide to write a blog about horses.  But you know practically Zero about horses.  What to say, what to say?  You could tell about your own horse experience. 1.  Family used to go horseback riding–maybe two or … Continue reading →

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Where your great-great grandma & grandpa lived…

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Years and years and even more years ago your grandparents or great-grandparents or great-great-great-great grandparents may have carved a homestead on the land. They tilled the earth with plows and horses.  They planted seed to feed their families.  They sweated, … Continue reading →

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