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Horse Daily Photo Most days I manage to fool myself that I’m mature. Horses, though, turn me into a besotted mess. I love horses in a teenage girlish, romantic, unrealistic way. I had a horse when I was growing up and I know they are a tremendous amount of work but when I see one, I start thinking I need
Read moreSaxifrage aka Rockbreaker Delicate flower with a tough name This flower is a Saxifrage. Here is another. And another. And another. These plants have similar names but are different in essential ways. In the same way a county person or an outdoorsy person are types of folks often confused for each other—people often think these words describe the same type
Read moreI was mad about horses. I know almost all teenage girls are but I should have known better. I grew up with a stubborn donkey named Bunny. Bunny would stand patiently—resigned, Eeyore-like. But as soon as I was almost on, she would take off for the nearest low hanging branch and, with Machiavellian intensity, scrape me off. Then, curling her
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