Purple Tail Farm, LLC

Purple Tail Farm, LLC We are a small lesson and equine-assisted psychotherapy facility that accepts clients on a sliding s

10/08/2024

Three months gone, Walden, on the Eve of this Perfect Storm, the Storm of The Century. I miss you every day; you were The Perfect Horse and I was so very lucky to have had those many years with you...

10/03/2024

So...You are an As***le. Yes, you, the person or people who dumped three (maybe) 6-week old kittens in my sheep paddock this morning, between the hours of 4:30 and 8:30 AM. You dumped your kittens --- NOT FERAL, as they came running and meowing to me, through the tall grass, looking for food and comfort, and knowing humans --- over the fence into my sheep paddock. 3 beautiful grey tabbies, 2 males and one female. Loaded with fleas, worm-y, filthy and scared. It is amazing the Bard Owl who lives in the trees over the paddock, or the Red-Shoulder-ed Hawk and his mate who live above SunDance's paddock didn't eat them for breakfast. Or the wild hogs that live in the woods that would snack on them if they chanced to climb through the fence. Or the new folks who moved in, next door, with 3 rather obnoxious and very fast Jack Russell Terriers; that their dogs didn't just kill them, for sport. Or the equally obnoxious neighbor, 3 farms down and "in the woods", who is said to trap feral cats and kittens and use them as bait in his PittBull "training" operation... It is amazing that they made it BUT THEY DID, NO THANKS TO YOU. They are here, flea-bathed and spot-applicated, wormed, fed, dry and fluffed. Using the litter box and sleeping now, as they are babies and tired and probably newly-separated from their mother... These kittens were obviously handled, they have no fear of people, or of dogs, for that matter --- did you wait until they were eating solid food, then take them from Mom (far too early) and just dump them over the fence, someone else' problem now? There is a special place in HELL for someone like you and I --- who am not the "praying sort", will light a candle and say a little something, hoping the goddess hears me and deals with you accordingly, you s**t, you. Forgiveness? Not a chance, I was raised on vengeance and I hope you experience it X 100...
Meanwhile, the kittens, Helene, Milton and Kirk (yes, named after the storms...) are here, awaiting new homes after they are settled, vaccinated and less traumatized. Call me if you are willing to give one, two or all three a loving, permanent (that means for the life of the cat, in case you were wondering...) home where they will have good food, fresh water, clean litterboxes, shelter, vet care, be spayed and/or neutered and respected. In return, they will be purrfect grey Tabby cats for you. 603-689-3073. I will check your vet references.
Thank you, for the kittens...

Hurricane Helene blew through...limbs and branches down, some fence damage, standing water in paddocks and in arena...We...
09/27/2024

Hurricane Helene blew through...limbs and branches down, some fence damage, standing water in paddocks and in arena...
We are all ok.
Tired, but ok.

09/25/2024

In storm prep, anticipating Hurricane Helene to visit us Thursday evening... Horses, sheep, donkey, cats and dogs in the barn, water and generator at the ready... Lanterns, batteries and books, canned coffee (LOL) and a SAR dog, at the helm.
Heading out to check on homeless pets and persons in Ocala area with SAR Gracie.
We are ready.
Bring her...Helene.

(PS we MUCH prefer the New England N'oreaster blizzards and anticipate some of those, next year! Keep your Disney, your "sugar-sand" beaches and your flip flops and southern BB-Q-ed pig: I'll take the rocky beaches of Maine, the White Mountains of NH, LLBean and decent ice cream. Home. Soon.)

The Thing IsTo love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for itand everything you've held dearcrumbles like bu...
09/08/2024

The Thing Is

To love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you've held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you down like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, "How can a body withstand this?"
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

--- Ellen Bass

Walden, it has been two months today. It is very difficult.

09/05/2024

In other news...

THINK ABOUT KENYAN OLYMPIC MARATHON RUNNER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI, DOUSED WITH GASOLINE AND SET ON FIRE BY HER BOYFRIEND OVER SOME LAND DISPUTE. SHE DIED AFTER SUFFERING BURNS OVER 80% OF HER BODY... SHE PLACED 44TH IN THE OLYMPIC MARATHON IN PARIS THIS SUMMER... DEAD FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BY HER PARTNER, DICKSON NDIEMA.

If there was justice in the world, he would suffer the same fate.

WALDEN has left the barn..."The Trail is the Thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are ...
07/11/2024

WALDEN has left the barn...

"The Trail is the Thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for." (Louis L'Amour)

35 years, 190 days goes by in the blink of an eye...

The skies are grey, the world, one-dimensional. The Last Unicorn has died and the Magic is gone from my world...

14 March 1989 --- 8 July 2024

WALDEN

Happy Sunday, from Alma, Barn Cat Extra-Ordinaire and All of Us here at Purple Tail Farm, South (for now...) in Ocala, F...
07/07/2024

Happy Sunday, from Alma, Barn Cat Extra-Ordinaire and All of Us here at Purple Tail Farm, South (for now...) in Ocala, Florida.

We hope you all, Out There have a pleasant end to your 4th of July Holiday weekend.

Walden ... and Walden, in Litchfield, New Hampshire, at Purple Tail Farm and in Ocala, Florida, at Purple Tail Farm, Sou...
07/07/2024

Walden ... and Walden, in Litchfield, New Hampshire, at Purple Tail Farm and in Ocala, Florida, at Purple Tail Farm, South.

Happy 4th of July, from All of Us Here at Purple Tail Farm, presently South (but not for always...), to All of You, Out ...
07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July, from All of Us Here at Purple Tail Farm, presently South (but not for always...), to All of You, Out There...

May you have a safe and fun holiday!

Here, Alma and A Wee Bree are practicing interspecies friendship and cooperation; perhaps we could do the same?

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Monday Morning of 4th of July Week!The calm before the storm: for all of you who are traveling, safe and happy tr...
07/01/2024

Happy Monday Morning of 4th of July Week!

The calm before the storm: for all of you who are traveling, safe and happy trails! We are here, at Purple Tail Farm, South, presently (but not permanently!) in Ocala, Florida, weathering the daily afternoon T & L storms, keeping an eye on Hurricane Beryl (presently a Cat 4, - earliest one EVER - in the Tropics) and playing in the Dressage arena and in the Round Pen. Yes, we will take the 4th Holiday "off" -- as "off" as any of you "horse folk" know, which really isn't "off", just "less"...lol. Fair trade-off for a good life, however and not complaining...

We hope your Monday goes, well, swimmingly! And you, Out There, have a nice day!

Happy No-Guilt Sunday:"We did nothing, saw nothing, ate nothing, chewed and knocked over nothing and caused no chaos nor...
06/30/2024

Happy No-Guilt Sunday:

"We did nothing, saw nothing, ate nothing, chewed and knocked over nothing and caused no chaos nor commotion at 3:30 AM, EST in Ocala, Florida...!"

A Wee Bree and her consort, The Grey Lion, aka Leo, nonchalant and unconcerned this early Sunday morning at Purple Tail Farm, currently South.

We here hope you Out There have a No-Regrets Day!

Somewhere over the Rainbow, at Purple Tail Farm, South in Ocala, Florida... Happy Saturday from All of Us, Here, to All...
06/29/2024

Somewhere over the Rainbow, at Purple Tail Farm, South in Ocala, Florida...
Happy Saturday from All of Us, Here, to All of You, Out There. We hope you have a magical day...
(As for me, I am looking for my Ruby Spurs, because there is no place like home --- and I am headed that way: New England!)

Got Sheep?(personally, I would rather have a flock of sheep than EITHER of the candidates in last night's presidential d...
06/28/2024

Got Sheep?

(personally, I would rather have a flock of sheep than EITHER of the candidates in last night's presidential debate: 2 five year-olds arguing on the playground that has become this country's political arena, while the rest of the world watches on the outskirts, perhaps like a hungry wolf pack, while a mockery is made of what the US meant and formerly stood for... and TikTok records it all...)

Pensive Friday to you, from us, here at Purple Tail Farm, presently -- but not permanently -- in Ocala, Florida.

We here hope You, Out There, have a thoughtful and introspective day.

The Bench.We choose The Bench over The Debate. Paws down.Happy Thursday evening, from All of Us at Purple Tail Farm, pr...
06/27/2024

The Bench.

We choose The Bench over The Debate. Paws down.

Happy Thursday evening, from All of Us at Purple Tail Farm, presently located in Ocala, Florida. Presently...but not permanently.

Cheers!

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