Throw Back Art

When I was a little girl I was absolutely crazy over horses! Black Beauty was my favorite book with Bambi running a very close second.  I read them over and over again.  There were parts that I could recite by heart.  

My school days and papers were filled with drawings of horses and deer. I kept folders of my art work classified by year. 

As an early teen I would get on my bike and ride to neighboring towns looking for people who owned horses. If there were kids at the house I would ask if I could muck stalls, (scoop out the poop and replace the bedding) in exchange for riding.  A couple of kids even said yes!  That was great until they got tired of seeing me hang around and then they sent me on my way.  If I found horses but no humans around I would sit on the fences and talk to the horses and feed them grass.

About a month ago an old school chum sent this photo to me through Facebook. She said she had found it in the bottom of an old box in the cellar.

​Thanx Evie!