Mt Toby and Hadley Farm
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

This is where the words hit me, looking off to the north across Hadley Farm and all the UMass horses.

They still breed some Morgans, even though they are starting to breed warmbloods as well. I remember the Morgan School horses with such affection. Most of them were as old as, and much more sensible than, the freshmen riding them.

And this is the UMass Sunwheel, which we also call Babyhenge (because it is small, not because it is made of babies [eeew?])

UMass Sunwheel
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

tree shadow
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

The sun was at the perfect angle to center the shadow on the side of the building… AND I had my camera, and the batteries weren’t dead.

There seems to be a poetry field, or something, between me and the Canadian horses in Pelham.

As I come over a particular hill, and look north towards Mount Toby, some set of words will come to me, from nearly nowhere it seems, and I'll have to pull over at the UMass Sunwheel and write them down. If I don't, they're lost. If I do write them down, I can find them again. I think – I haven't actually tried to find something yet. I am still too astonished at words appearing like this.   

I'll take a picture next time I go that way.

fuzzy ears
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

The warmest piece of my horse has to be his ears – they are fuzzy in a way that the rest of him just isn't, really.

This is a more characteristic expression for him:

Bully
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.