Fall
For me this is the best time of year ....crisp air, pumpkins, holidays... and the flies are gone.
Posts
Maybe next year....
Well it seems I've been Sooooooo busy I simply forgot to do a Halloween post !!!! I just plain missed it... I usually write a fun spooky poem and add a photo to set the mood. I guess I have all year to get the cobwebs out of my brain and get it right next year.
A match made in Heaven....
What is it about women and horses that just makes them such kindred spirits ? What ever it is I'm grateful for it. Indi and I Oct 2010
Dark Arts
My art doesn't really get very dark, but I am working on a few of these type of paintings, and jewelry, inspired by Halloween and everyday spooky things.... "The Witch's Horse painting and Raven Heart necklace are available on ebay.
Whatever you are doing ....
If you don't get it quite right the first time....you can always try again. photo from my collection
Sidesaddles and Suffragettes
In my living room sits a lovely black antique sidesaddle with ornate tooling on the leather, a Fall colored tapestry seat and a heart shaped metal stirrup. I absolutely adore it, it is like a piece of art to me, but with a real history. I often wonder about the lady who rode it, the horse who wore it, and what their lives were like. I've been doing some research lately for a book I plan to put to paper and came across some articles on Suffragettes and sidesaddles. I had never really put the two together like that before, but it doesn't take much reading to see how they are entwined. One article states " And while it is common knowledge that the Suffragettes achieved the right to vote in 1920, what has gone undetected is that these brave women rode into the voting booth as second-class citizens on a sidesaddle, then galloped out astride." Sidesaddles were conceived as a political and social tool of oppression to women and this is why the Suffragettes rode astride, and ...