Lone Star Horsemanship

05/06/2024

Uh oh😬

05/05/2024

Kentucky Derby

SO CLOSE!

The official photo finish of the Kentucky Derby. #3 Mystik Dan was first, #2 Sierra Leone was second, and #11 Forever Young (JPN) was third.


6:30 PM · May 4, 2024

04/30/2024

04/29/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100059306690876/posts/832683492051866/

04/23/2024

This gorgeous photo was taken by Deb Harris at sunset. Thank you for sharing your photo Deb! It's a beauty.

04/11/2024

Ever wonder how our human bones correlate to a horse?

04/09/2024

04/05/2024

The great Bob Wills and his palomino Punkin', 1940s. I just checked: it's 8:11 p.m. in Texas and Bob Wills is still the king! 😉

04/05/2024

A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.

To share their inspiring stories with kids, we recommend "That Book Woman" for ages 4 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/that-book-woman) and "Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky" for ages 8 and up (https://amzn.to/3N8WAtf)

For adult readers, there are also several excellent historical fiction novels about these determined librarians: "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" (https://amzn.to/47ZbdHz), its sequel "The Book Woman's Daughter" (https://amzn.to/3RqH6Cn), and "The Giver of Stars" (https://amzn.to/4a0Ym9A)

04/03/2024

Annie Oakley, the famed American sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was born on this day in 1860. Oakley was born in a log cabin in rural Ohio and began shooting and hunting at age eight to collect wild game to help support her widowed mother and siblings.

From a young age she performed shooting acts at circuses and shows and, over time, Oakley became one of the first global superstars renowned worldwide for her incredible skill. One of her most famous feats was splitting a playing card, edge-on, and filling it with holes before it hit the ground at 90 feet using a .22-caliber rifle.

Oakley championed women's right to education, as well as taught an estimated 15,000 women how to shoot for purposes of hunting, exercise and recreation. As she once said, "God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.”

For an excellent biography to introduce children to this remarkable trailblazer, we highly recommend "Who Was Annie Oakley?" for ages 8 to 12 at https://www.amightygirl.com/who-was-annie-oakley

She is also one of several inspiring role models featured in the picture book "My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?" for ages 4 to 8 at https://www.amightygirl.com/my-name-is-not-isabella

For a fun Annie Oakley Costume for everyday dress-up or Halloween for ages 7 to 14, visit https://www.amightygirl.com/annie-oakley-costume

To introduce young readers to many real-life, historic cowgirls, we also recommend "The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West" for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-cowgirl-way

Oakley is also one 32 trailblazing women featured on the "Women Who Dared Building Block" set for ages 2 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-who-dared-blocks

For stories of both real-life and fictional girls and women who, like Annie Oakley, confronted gender discrimination in a multitude of forms, visit our "Gender Discrimination" section at http://amgrl.co/1jdxKIy

Thanks to the National Women's History Museum for sharing this image!

04/03/2024

10 years ago😮

03/18/2024

Babysitting

03/12/2024

https://www.facebook.com/moorfarmstables/videos/3724961624460095/

03/12/2024

03/01/2024

10 years!

02/21/2024

In honor of President’s Day…
One of the best known pets of the White House was Macaroni the pony. Macaroni was a gift to John F. Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline, from then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. While the pony was usually stabled in Virginia, he was frequently brought to the White House where he freely roamed the grounds. A photo of Caroline Kennedy with Macaroni that was featured in Life Magazine inspired the popular song “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond. Read more about Macaroni at http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/pets/macaroni/.

Photo courtesy of JFK Library.

02/21/2024

02/20/2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/stunning-horse-optical-illusion-stumps-internet/vi-BB1iwKOs

A white, snowy landscape combined with a black horse created an optical illusion which left viewers wondering if the horse is walking towards the camera or away.

02/18/2024

01/20/2024

http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/conversation-katie-prudent/

Veteran U.S. show jumper Katie Monahan Prudent joined Chris Stafford on Stafford’s WiSP Sports Horse Show podcast on July 12 and gave a no-holds-barred opinion on the state of U.S. show jumping. Here’s a transcript of part of their interview: