Horses

 
1.
One thing I learned from my wildlife getaway this weekend is that there are wild horses in this country. I also learned that horses slightly raise one of their hind legs while sleeping at a standing pose.

This is a picture I took on the Assateague Island in Maryland. I was less than 15 feet from this wild, untamed horse. She (?) was dozing by the roadside. Her fur was glittering under the orange, late-afternoon sun. Her ancestors have long developed short and strong legs to accommodate to their environment. She was gorgeous.

Sometimes you just need a impromptu getaway. From the city, from your laptop, and from the life you're so used to. I'm glad I did.


2.
Being a city girl from a developed and dense island, I have so much to learn.

When our Indiana girl, Nikki, mentioned "her horse," I was totally confused. "Huh?" was all I could utter for the first three seconds.

"Yeah, my horse. She's my pet. Like a dog." She said while patting the air.

I was even more confused. I know that people raise horses on the farms, but it never occurred to me that people owned them as pets. At least not in the real world. It only existed in movies.

"My other horse..." she kept on saying.

My confusion turned into amazement. "You own more than one horse?" I asked. "Where are they?"

"They're in Tennessee." She replied. Then she amazed me even more by telling me how different kinds of horses gallop differently. (She could even name the kinds, geez!) "Like the (such such) horse, they do this," moving her hands to imitate horse legs. "They walk as if they're dancing."

Oh Lord, I'm a PhD-to-be, yet so ignorant. And thanks to Nikki for being patient opening my eyes to the world of horse pets.