Monday, May 19, 2008

Let's hear it for joy!!

The merry pranksters in our lives remind us not to take things too seriously, but rather to pay attention to what is around us and enjoy every bit of it. This horse, Echo's Aladdin Star, is one of those friends for myself and one of my bestest friends, Michele Morrisette-Galloway of Debenaire Farms in Southwest Florida. Check out her site and some of her other magnificent steeds.

O the gleesome saunter over fields and hillsides!
The leaves and flowers of the commonest weeds, the moist fresh
stillness of the woods,
The exquisite smell of the earth at daybreak, and all through theforenoon.

O the horseman's and horsewoman's joys!
The saddle, the gallop, the pressure upon the seat, the cool
gurgling by the ears and hair.
excerpt from A Song of Joys
Walt Whitman

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