The Horses on Your Fridge
Do you keep horses--photographic and magnetic ones--on the front of your refrigerator? I do, and so do most of the horse people whose homes I've visited. The practice seems so ubiquitous that I'll bet most of us never stop to think about it. But today, which is one of those rainy indoor days, I got the notion to tidy up my Hotpoint Hall of Fame. And when I stood back to look at its two-dimension herd, I started wondering: If we each were to take and publish a picture of those pictures, what would that picture say to others about our horse lives?
My fridge front would tell you that my late, great gelding Ace is still the star of the show. His mortal presence has been gone since September 2004, but his memories presence hasn't diminished one bit. You'd see that we've had a series of fancy gray foals--two fillies and a colt--and that they've grown up out in the pasture in the company of doting old geldings as well as their mother. And you'd see the latest evidence that I'm slogging away at my goal of turning my young, green (ish) gelding into a steady, reliable, do-a-lot-of-things horse.
Hmm. Better go take a good look at what's stuck on your fridge front. Cuz now we'll all be looking, too, the next time we come over.
posted by Juli Thorson @ 12:02 PM
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6 Comments:
I don't have my horses' pictures on my fridge, but I do have tons of others. Some from Leaning tree. "I use to have money...now I have horses" (Arabian), "What part of Whoa don't you understand?" (Appy), My favorite is of a black appy foal/w blanket, looking at 3 dalmation pups with the words: "Friend are happy spots in our day." I have many more such as "Kitchen is closed..mom's out horsing around." (Pinto/Paint) All total I have 25 kinds, from plastic cutouts to advertisings. Two of those are mules/burros. Two years ago, my fridge croaked. I got a new BLACK one. I couldn't put ANY magnets on it for almost a month. Don't even get me started on the other kinds of magnets. DeAnna (Uumpy)
Oh, good grief. I must be a 47 year old dweeb. I have the Breyer magnetic Horse & Foal that have different outfits for the Holidays.
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I love your blog Juli! Keep up the good work.
Katie
I have a photo album of horses and a picture of me and my horse sitting on my night stand.
I keep pictures of them as babies on the fridge and once they get older and start winning I keep win picture in my office upstairs. I have s of both of my show horses as babies on the fridge but not much else.
I guess looking at them everyday in the way I first met them, helps reminds me why I am doing what I am doing and to always be patient and kind. It also reminds me of what important.
On my fridge and both of my computer's desktops and screen saver have Appaloosa's ... lots of Appaloosas with lots of Spots : )
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