Garden Pictures Pictures by Lori (548 photos)

Absolutely gorgeous ! Makes me wanna take a ride.

beautys i have allways loved horses when i was boy many moons ago i helped out in stables loved riding them to the blacksmiths to be shod your picture brings back happy memories

Hello Joebell... So glad my picture gave you a happy memory. I too have loved horses since I knew what they were...these particular horses made me feel a little sad...they are working animals but they are not used much nor are they exercised. they had been outside all night on a raw early spring morning but they were still curious to see a stranger in the neighbours laneway. they came to the fence and I felt bad that I didn't have some sugar or an apple to offer...

Really awesome ! Reminds me of the great days and fun times of my childhood.!

Omg this reminds me so much of when the HORSES used2PULL the PLOUGHS & do all the Farm work . My Dad used to tell me storys about how ud have 2 make sure u was the rite side of fields when it came close to going home late in eves Cos the Horses would pull the Plough rite across the field you`d already Ploughded& being only young boy himself he found he couldnt stop them :D

Hahaha...Yes Jacque, I remember my Dad saying that they could smell the barn...and if a Percheron decides he wants his feed and water you'd better not get in the way!

On a gardening forum, I forget to mention one of the best things about horses on a farm....horse poop. Put a layer of it below soil in a hotbed...In this climate (Northern, North America) even a hotbed is only good into December, Unless of course you have a ton of snow to mound around it...like this winter!.

O yes the good old Horse Pooh! My Nan used to say when she was small & the Horse&cart was the in day site people would go outside2collect their pooh from the streets 4 the garden :) By the Way i got this pic as my Backdrop on my Computer NOW! :D

Ahhh - lovely. Reminds me of younger days, when I used to ride on crisp sunny frosty mornings and you could hear the hooves crunching through the ice on the track and see the clouds of vapour coming from the horses breath...sadly, riding in this country has just become SO expensive - mostly due to 'insurance claim culture'. It's put a lot of stables out of business :-(

my OH used to work in racing and i used to have 2 or 3 hotbeds going every winter, great for veggies and getting seed going, then i used to plant them up. my mother used to use it on her roses. i have seen in the french pyrenees some old farmers use them in the fields at haymaking, it's a rare sight though.

There are only two animals, that I believe that are cute when they are little and cute when mature, Horses and Deer........thanks for sharing.......smiles

I totally agree..about horses and deer...but I'm partial to a baby of any species... lol... how about baby ducks and chicks.?