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elegant life

“She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one – the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul.    She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries.    In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace […]

Glamorous Life

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”   — F. Scott Fitzgerald   via:zsazsabellagio Mondial du Lion 2018 – 7yo class | © Solène Bailly Astier Nicolas & BABYLON DE GAMMA, 70,6% (Source: instagram.com) Iris van Herpen […]

magnifique

via:pancze   “…Things I hold most dear: music, nature, poetry, solitude.”   – Marina Tsvetayeva in a letter to Boris Pasternak, from Letters: Summer 1926 – Boris Pasternak Marina Tsvetayeva Rainer Maria Rilke     Early manuscript detail from Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary Baie: Flickr via:mesogeios “Art is the highest form of hope.” — Gerhard Richter […]

Just Horsing Around

Dressage         “When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. ”        ― William Shakespeare, Henry V         “Molly” by Jennifer McNeill vc: @bluroan […]

The Equestrian Survival Guide

“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get […]