Full Circle Farm

2 horses standing together eating hay in a winter pasture, a barn in the distance.

“Remember
how much
more you are
than an object.

Remember
your survival,
your journey,
your scars
deserve to be treasured too.”

-Nikita Gill, from the poem Kitsugi

Honoring the sensitivity, strength & resilience of horses today & every day.

🐎🌟🐎
#HorseProtectionDay

5 horses grazing in a winter pasture with a barn in the background.

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
-Carl Sagan

#loveisthelight
🐎🌟
#Kentucky

Two horses eating hay in a winter pasture under stormy skies.

“You can carry compassion in your heart & use it to create something beautiful in spite of what's difficult.”

-Jack Kornfield

#bethelight 🐎🌟🐎
#ForTheHorses
#Kentucky

Your words are a balm-thank you for being a giver of hope friend, thank you 🙏🐎💜🌟

Four horses stand at a pasture fence, blue sky and scattered clouds above on a sunny winter day.

“Your thoughts, your prayers, your actions, and your love all participate in shaping the world.”

-Sandra Ingerman

#bethelight 🐎🌟
#Kentucky

A bay horse stands next to a field shelter on the right side, a dark sky above and bright light on the winter grass in the foreground.

"One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered
our souls & become worthier of sharing
this planet with them."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

#bethelight 🐎🌟
#ForTheHorses
#kinshipwithalllife 🕊️

Two horses grazing in a winter pasture at sunrise.

“Yesterday
is gone.

Tomorrow has not yet come.

We have only today.

Let us begin.”

-Mother Teresa

#bethelight 🌟🐎🐎
#YearOfTheFireHorse

🙏🐎🌟💜

A horse grazing in a winter pasture by a frozen pond at sunrise.

"He has known the finery of grand estates and the filth of stinking slums. He has survived fire and flood, starvation and torment. And nothing could break his spirit-or his great love. This is HIS life. He is called the horse."
-Anna Sewell, from Black Beauty

#EquineWelfare

Two horses stand close together at a fence in a snowy winter pasture with a rising sun behind them.

“To love another…just as they are is the only kind of love that makes any sense.”
-Jack Kornfield

Thank you today & always for the gift of your friendship.

🐎❤️🐎
#ValentinesDay
#loveisthelight
#Kentucky

Close up of a dark horse in a snowy winter pasture with hay on the ground.

"You are worth more. You are worth so much more than the way they made you feel."
- Charlotte Freeman

As #ValentinesDay approaches we’d like to honor those whose pasts did not include kindness & care, whether animal or human.

We see you & your bright light.

You are loved❤️🌟

Your encouragement and care means more than we can say, thank you for honoring our beloved horses with your kind words 🙏🐎🌟

Two horses stand together looking out across a pasture in winter by a pond, some snow on the ground.

“It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see."
-Henry David Thoreau

#bethelight
#forthehorses
#Kentucky 🐎🌟🐎

Screenshot of YouTube video “Full Circle Farm in Winter”

A special friend made this lovely video for us-Full Circle Farm in Winter 🐎🧊❄️💜🍀

youtu.be/rqGWuoIWh88?...

We’d be grateful for any donations as we continue to face weather challenges despite today’s warm up.
🙏🐎💜

To donate:
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

#Kentucky
#ForTheHorses
#ValentinesWeek 💘

Two horses stand together at a fence in a snowy pasture on a sunny day.

A horse stands in a snowy pasture on a sunny day.

A horse eats hay in a snowy pasture by a pond on a sunny day.

Five horses stand by a tree in a snowy pasture on a sunny day.

A few photos from the farm today taken this morning before tonight’s rain & potential storms. 69 degrees today and will be back below freezing temperatures by tomorrow AM. The horses enjoyed a day without blankets🐎💜☀️
#Kentucky

Sunrise over frozen landscape

Sunrise with barn and horses in snowy landscape

Two horses in a snowy pasture

Three horses in a snowy pasture

“Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.”
- Sinclair Lewis

The challenges of hardness & frozen ground give way in nature’s time, each unfrozen blade of grass a gift.

🐎❄️🧊🍀💜
#Kentucky

A horse stands at a fence by a tree in a snowy pasture.

A horse looks for grass under the snow in a pasture in winter.

“Where there's hope. there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”
-Anne Frank

#bethelight 🐎🌟🐎
#Kentucky

It truly was! 🌕❄️

Snowy landscape of barn and horses at the fence in their pasture with light of the full moon.

“February is the border between winter and spring."
-Terri Guillemets

As we begin a new month, we hold hope in our hearts for the growth & renewal of spring that is already on its way to us through winter’s ice and snow.
🐎❄️💜🍀

#fullmoon 🐎🌕
#February
#Kentucky

Four horses walking together in a snow covered pasture.

Four horses walking in a line in a snow covered pasture.

Two horses together in a snow covered pasture.

Two horses eat hay near each other in a snowy pasture.

“Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.”
-Henry Drummond

As we continue to face weather challenges, we are grateful to face them together- the blessing of friendship is a precious gift.❤️

Keep safe friends🙏

🐎🌟🐎🌟🐎🌟🐎

#friendsmakeourworld
#Kentucky

A horse stands in a snowy pasture with trees by the fence at sunset.

“There are other hands than our own at work in the world. They are the unseen hands of Spirit…striving to bring us back together,
touching those of us who need healing. As you work, please know that you do not work alone.”
-Steven Charleston

#StrongerTogether
#Kentucky 🐎🌟

Two horses eating grain in a snowy pasture on a sunny winter day.

A horse in a blanket in a snowy paddock drinking water from a trough that has ice on it and a hole for drinking out of it.

A horse stands in a snowy pasture on a sunny day.

A grey horse stands by a partially frozen water trough that has a bucket warmer in the water to warm it, snow on the ground, a sunny day.

Thankful to share that the horses are doing well-drinking,eating &getting their grain as mashes.
🙏🐎🙏
We had more snow yesterday amidst the sunshine &are grateful for more sun on another very cold day. Keeping everyone affected in our prayers as we all continue to face challenging weather🙏❤️
#Kentucky

Two horses eat hay together in front of a barn, the barn door is open and light is streaming out. A snowy winter scene.

A horse stands in a snowy pasture with light coming through the clouds.

The storm has passed & we still have power- a huge blessing 🙏🐎
The horses are brave & resilient as we enter a week of extreme cold.

Thank you all so much for your care & prayers- we’re so grateful 🙏🐎❄️❤️

Keeping you all in our hearts & prayers for safety & peace 🙏🌟

#Kentucky

Thank you so much dear Linda 🙏🙏🐎❤️❤️❤️

Close up a black horse’s face on a sunny winter day.

A horse in a winter blanket lying down and eating hay.

A horse in a pasture in winter eating hay at sunrise.

Three horses in a pasture on a sunny winter day, two are eating, one is standing by the automatic waterer.

“Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.”
-Victor Hugo

In a tough winter, we now face harsher storms. With the light of love in our hearts, we persevere, strengthened by care that endures all obstacles.
Stay safe friends, we’re stronger together❤️
#kentucky
#loveisthelight
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Thank you so much Aine - your words are a gift🌟
🙏💜🦄

A grey horse grazes in a winter pasture by a frozen pond, some snow on the ground, at sunrise.

"When it's just us, I can be myself and know you'll love and understand me no matter what. You don't want anything from me except my happiness."
-Coretta Scott King

#loveisthelight
🐎🌟
#Kentucky

A bay horse eats hay in a snowy field on a sunny winter day.

Two horses eat hay in a snowy pasture on a sunny winter day.

5 horses eat hay in a snowy pasture on a sunny winter day, blue sky and scattered clouds, a pond in the background.

A horse eats hay in a snowy pasture on a sunny winter day, a barn in the background.

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."
-Vesta Kelly

#bethelight 🐎☀️❄️
#Kentucky

Two horses eat hay in pasture, snow on the ground, at sunrise.

“We who are profoundly joined in soul can only but heal the ruptures of the cosmos.”
-Peter Hoeg

Each kindness, each acknowledgment of another living being, heals the world one small moment at a time.

#bethelight 🐎🌟🐎
#Kentucky

Two horses stand side by side in a pasture on a foggy day, a large pine tree behind them.

“Stand by those who stand by you.”
-Mac Miller

Friends make our world. 🙏🐎🐎❤️

#bethelight
#Kentucky