Submitted by billkeast on
One of the most iconic images of the Ontario countryside is the grazing horse. It's funny how this has come to be. One can only imagine how many of these animals there were in the world before the invention of the gasoline engine. Back then the site of a horse at pasture very probably elicited only thoughts of long days and hard labour. Not much would be nostalgic about that. Today, however, that same horse stands for leisure, contentment and a fairly high standard of living. I also firmly believe that it has become a symbol of a way of life that rejects much of modern living. We have a friend who is an avid horse person. She spends much of her income and much of her time in the pursuit of this hobby and I can just imagine the state of contentment that she and her horses enter every time they go for that daily ride.