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Monochrome Monday
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The Fifth Half Pass
When they get to the fifth half pass they breathe a sigh of relief.
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Mental Performance: Brain,Body,Behavior
It is a challenge not a crisis!
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In their eyes shine stars..Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
The softness of a horse’s eye is enough to warm even the coldest of hearts. Author unknown. In their eyes shine stars of wisdom and courage to guide men to heaven. Jodie Mitchell This is my response to Cees weekly photo challenge. This week the challenge is “eyes”.
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Persist! Press On!
Press on! Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unrewarded talent. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence alone is omnipotent.” Calvin Coolidge. Since I returned from Florida a number of friends have congratulated me on winning the Adult Amateur…
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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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Biasini Speaks: The Goat Trail
I have never seen a goat on this trail.
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Hot Climate or Cold Climate?
“We got through the summer!” This was a comment I heard on a sheep station in central Australia years ago. I thought that in many parts of Canada we talk about ‘getting through the winter’. When I heard the Australian speaking about getting through the summer I thought I would rather ‘get through’ heat than…
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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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Biasini Speaks: I’m Home!
My hay has been put into that infernal Nibble Net!
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Film Review: The Mustang
The Mustang is not an action film. It is not a Disney or a Marvel and it has no hi tech CGI effects. It is a small film about wild horses and prison inmates. At least I thought that was what it was going to be. But it is a lot more than that. This…
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Dressage with Golf Sartorial Commentary.
During the two and a half day drive home from South Florida my husband and I were glued to the Masters on satellite radio. I found the commentary describing the clothing of the golfers highly entertaining. Even for TV the world of golf commentary goes into descriptions of the golfer’s clothing. “Hugh is in a…
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