Tag: Hearts

Animals, Photograph, Poetry

Happy Places

Mark Wayne

“The best view is always looking between a horses ears!” ~Mark Wayne

Through sun and shadow
Across mountains divide
Down the valleys wide
Sitting tall in the saddle

Carrying our burdens
Despite the rain and wind
Two hearts intertwined
Tending to our afflictions

Sharing a little bit of sunshine on a gray rainy day in the Pacific Northwest. May you always have a little sunshine in you heart. Hoping you can always find a happy place and hold it close in your heart. One of my happy places is the barn where I occasionally get to ride my daughters horse.

Where is your happy place?

Adventure, Animals, Photograph, Poetry

Love at First Sight

Mark Wayne

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    Love at first sight
    A beacon across the cold night
    Two hearts held tight

     ~Mark Schutter ©2015

If you’ve followed me here on the blog or on any other social media you probably know that my daughter loves horses, as do I. She has been competing for two years riding a horse owned by her trainer, which she kindly gave my daughter half ownership of until she got a horse of her own.

Well, next year she moves up in class and the competition is sure to get tougher. So we started putting out feelers to see what horses might be available, not really expecting much and having plenty of time to look.

We immediately were contacted by three people who had horses for sale that fit what we were looking for. The first two were a no go. My daughter was frustrated and not looking forward to go see and ride the third.

You can guess what happened next. Yep, love at first sight. They seem to be a perfect match and her trainer says this is a horse that has the potential to take her as far as she wants to go. We are currently leasing the horse to see how it goes before we shell out money to buy. My daughter has been riding everyday except one over the past week and is trying to come up with a name.

His registered name is Silver Sight, full blooded Arabian.  Oh my, what are we getting ourselves into? Just helping our little girl chase her dreams, we love our children don’t we? This story is sure to be continued, stay tuned.

Poetry

Love – a poem

Mark Wayne

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"Muppin and Rico" 2015 Region 5 Arabian Horse Show, Monroe WA July 2015 ©Mark Schutter

Love,
crashes into our lives.
Breaking fragile hearts,
melting them from the start.

Love,
is swift and powerful.
Smashing the strongholds,
shining a light into the dark.

Love,
is soft and gentle.
A strong hand that so
tenderly holds a broken heart.

Love,
is grace and mercy.
An undeniable bold truth,
a blaze from one small spark.

Love,
is slow to anger.
Patient and forever kind,
always the best place to start.

~Mark Schutter ©2015

#JustBelieve #GraceWins #HopeLives