Oh, you had some too? Would you believe I still wear mine? Although the turquoise has faded to pale blue 
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Ok here’s mine, circa 1996. These were my first pair of chaps and I got repeatedly asked if I rode western. I didn’t collect turquoise or NA jewelry yet but I think it’s foretelling that I was the only H/J rider I knew to choose chaps like these…. I was always destined to become one of the Turquoise People 
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Those are awesome; you were definitely destined for Turquoise People. I didn’t have full chaps with fringe, just plain ones. Maybe my next pair 
@Bmpdvm, dapple greys are beautiful. Icy eventually turned completely white, like they are known to do - he was pretty young in this photo. And no, the fence was not falling down, believe it or not it was built that way
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Well @Ziacat, guess that shows I don’t know much about riding H/J🥴. I’ve never seen a tilted fense, but logically it would make it a bit wider? I can see Icy whitening with age, just as our Appys roaned out with age. Regardless, dappled horses are gorgeous!
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I don’t know about the horse…but it’s a good deal on the shipping. 
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Hey horse lovers! We got to visit a BLM Wild Horse management area in CO to do some hiking. It’s northeast from Grand Junction off of I 70. We watched a number of them way in the distance, and then as we got down in the canyon on the trail a couple were right by us.
As we were leaving we saw a herd of bighorn sheep, close to 20 of them. They’re not horses, but I’ll share a picture anyway
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Aww, what a pretty fuzzy buddy with his winter coat and dorsal stripe. Sounds like a great hike. Thanks for sharing!
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Yesterday evening, during research of German Silver concho belts and hair drops, I came across this and thought of this thread.
For those of us that admire the cool and the old.
Plains horse culture mirror board, ca. 1860
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Very cool, Steve, thank you for sharing. The frame you chose for it really compliments the cover, they go exceptionally well together. 
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Sarah Dean, of Sarah Dean Arts, is a Colorado born and raised artist that I discovered fairly recently. I find her manipulation of the sky, sun, and it’s light fascinating.
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Sharing this embroidery that means so much to me.
It was made by my Grandmother in the 1950’s. She utilized a wheelchair, due to polio.
I grew up in an extended family with her and my Grandpa.
My Grandma was an amazing person. She never let her wheelchair get in the way of what she wanted or needed to do.
She often embroidered pillow cases and towels for local Church sales. She would also give embroidered pieces as gifts. Many of my clothes were embroidered by her. I have a finished quilt and a matching quilt top she did. It contains the State flowers and names of all 48 states. She rarely stamped a pattern on the cloth. Just went with what felt right to her.
These horses were always on our living room wall. Same place as long as I could remember. They are now on my living room wall.
The embroidery appears to have been done on some type of burlap sack. The sack is stretched over a piece of wood in the frame.
The frame has seen better days. There are bubbles and scratches in the glass. The piece is stained in places, probably due to the combo of smoke from wood heat and humidity. The frame has missing veneer in places.
To me it is perfect.
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All of this tells it’s lovely story. Thank you for sharing, @fernwood.
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That is beautiful! She was very talented, I can’t imagine making that. And your grandma must have been a wonderful person; you are so blessed to have such good memories of your time with her, and when you look at the picture I bet it brings back your time with her. Thanks for sharing!!
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I experimented a few years ago and it worked.
These are polished yellow india agates. I used glass etching cream, and horse stencils.
Sorry, not the best photos. Most of these are long gone.
I never knew that etching cream worked on polished rocks. I think they turned out nice.
These are brass horses from Thunderbird Supply I attached to some cabs I made. The one on the left is pink granite found in my pasture.
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Wow, that’s amazing, and he’s beautiful!! The ones we saw in CO at the BLM Wild Horse area were way more scruffy, but prob still had some winter coat. I love buckskins.
I had forgotten one of my favorite photos. There is a MI father/son team of photographers that work out of Ludington, MI. We visit their studio annually (or more) on vacay. We are drawn to their photography of the Great Lakes (the father had been in the Coast Guard for years), and we have 6 of their photos. But I fell in love with this horse one, and it is now on our bedroom wall. I had to take it down for the pic, because the glass was too glary.
Here a couple from their site (unfortunately I have no extra room on my walls although I crammed one more in last year ).
I’m going to try to link the page on their website to the horse photos.
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Awesome stuff, Tom, thank you for sharing. Spirit is beautiful, and that’s a stunning photo of him.
@Ziacat, that’s an incredible photo and definitely bedroom worthy! I’ve always been captivated by photography that looks as though it’s in motion, as this does, to me. Thank you for sharing it and the link, they do lovely work!
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I agree, Aaron, the real Spirit is magnificent.
Zia, the B&W horse photo reminds me of John Wayne saying, “I have a lot of respect for horses. They’re a ton of energy wrapped in leather.” 
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