Category: The Monday Minstrel

Monday Minstrel: The Zodiacal Horse.

In the Chinese twelve year zodiac cycle the horse is number seven. The mythology is that all the animals had to race across a river and that was how their order in the zodiac was determined. So why was the horse, so fast and fleet of foot, only in seventh place? That happened because the…

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Monday Minstrel: Crayons!

“That’s the wonderful thing about crayons, they can take you to more places than a starship.” Whoopi Goldberg, in the role of Guinan, in Star Trek Next Generation. Happy Monday everyone! Keep smiling!

Monday Minstrel: The One and Only Whistlejacket.

When you enter the National Gallery in London England,walk up the first flight of steps,turn to the right and there he is at the end of the hallway. He is looking right at you. It is Whistlejacket. George Stubbs was commissioned by the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham to paint the stallion Whistlejacket in 1762. Stubbs…

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A 42,000-year-old Mummified Foal!

A small foal who died some 42,000 years ago has been found in the Batagaika crater in Yukutia , Northern Russia. The perfectly preserved remains of the foal are thought to be the long extinct Lenskaya horse. The foal is perfectly preserved due to having been buried in mud which then froze and has remained…

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Monday Minstrel: Celebration

“Being alive everyday is blessing enough to celebrate everyday.”-—Terry Mark Celebration! This week iScriblr has given us the word Celebration as her Freedom of Expression challenge and asks us to write a blog post about what it means to us. Well, for me celebration is being able to ride my horse; to ride, to train…

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