horses

 

I could watch the dynamics of a group of horses like this for hours. The curious mischief of the foal and his precocious interactions with horses twice his size… the rough-yet-affectionate, almost big-brotherly demeanor of the old black gelding… the prissy attitude of the palomino mare as she does her best to ignore the colt completely… and finally the distant but ever-watchful dam, who lets her adventurous son learn his place in the herd by testing it again and again. Horses have captivated me for as long as I can remember, and I think they always will.