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Challenge: Horse(s) (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 5's
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Date: Aug 24, 2008
Galleries: Animals, Rural
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2008

 When I Am An Old Horsewoman

I shall wear turquoise and diamonds,

and a straw hat that doesn’t suit me.

And I shall spend my social security on

white wine and carrots.

And sit in the alleyway of my barn

and listen to my horses breathe.

I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night,

and ride the old bay mare across the moonstruck meadow.


If my old bones will allow and when people come to call,

I will smile and nod as I walk past the gardens to the barn.

And show instead of the flowers growing,

inside stalls fresh-lined with straw.

I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my hair

as if it were a jewel.


And I will be an embarrassment to all

who will not yet have found the peace

in being free to have a horse as a best friend.

A friend who waits at midnight hour

With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes.


The kind of woman I will be

When I am old.

An old horsewoman.

~ Anonymous


I haven't rode a horse since I was kid but I read this and it made me want to get on a horse and take off!

Statistics
Place: 53 out of 121
Avg (all users): 5.7247
Avg (commenters): 6.5833
Avg (participants): 5.6563
Avg (non-participants): 5.7632
Views since voting: 874
Views during voting: 324
Votes: 178
Comments: 16
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 09/01/2008 12:52:26 PM
Love that poem, Terry. Great atmosphere, very serene.
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 09/01/2008 09:55:16 AM
Terry I love your poem. Oh yeah, the picture is good too. ;D
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 09/01/2008 09:39:00 AM
Definitely did NOT do as well as it should have.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/30/2008 11:37:25 PM
Beautiful.
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 08/29/2008 04:46:10 PM
lovely horse and colours, but the composition needs more work
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 08/27/2008 12:09:47 PM
pretty
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 08/26/2008 01:24:13 AM
From what I can tell, the focus is on the foreground and not on the horse.
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 08/25/2008 11:51:08 PM
Lovely scene. The colors are lovely.
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 08/25/2008 09:49:40 PM
Stunning shot - perfect landscape approach 10
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 08/25/2008 08:27:01 PM
Nice tree.
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 08/25/2008 08:19:02 PM
nice and atmospheric. 7
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 08/25/2008 07:54:39 PM
stunning scenery,captured well .
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 08/25/2008 04:51:32 PM
Wow. Now that's the kind of view I like from a front porch sipping coffee.
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 08/25/2008 09:28:39 AM
Lovely scene. Most of the shots I find too closely cropped and you did a nice job of making an entire scenario, not just the horse.
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 08/25/2008 05:54:17 AM
Excellent composition and the colurs look great.
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 08/25/2008 12:13:07 AM
focus seems a bit off?
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