All the Creatures

The photo above has been circulating around the internet for the 24 hours. It is of Queen Elizabeth of England astride a horse. The photo was taken while the police are investigating a body of a women found near the country estate of the Queen.

While most people will think, so what, so she is riding a horse, us horse people will be shocked to find out that she, the Queen, is 85 years old and still riding. How is that for staying fit? And to think, a lot of people I know have given up riding after they hit 50 because they said they were too old for that kind of activity.

I wonder where her helmet is?

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Most of us are familiar with products that are made from animals. The products are made from the animal either while they are still living, such as wool, milk or silk or after the animal has been slaughtered.

Now I wonder how many of you are aware some of the products you use everyday can have animal  ingredients in them………………..and I am not talking about food. Lets start off with what you do first thing in the morning, have a shower or bathe. That little bar of soap is made from tallow, the product of fat from cattle, sheep, pigs and sometimes horses. If you are a women then after the shower you would be putting makeup on and some of those products might or might not contain animal products but many of them have been tested on animals. Before you buy that next tube of foundation or lipstick check out what is in them. Some products like eyelash growth products do not state what they contain and in some instances hide ingredients behind made up trade mark chemical names.

Next it is time to get dressed. The majority of clothing you put on will be either cotton (plant based) or polyester (oil based) but some clothing items are still made from animal based fibers. Cashmere is made from the soft undercoat of only 2-3 breeds of goats. Silk is made from the cocoons of silk moths. The silk moth is farmed just like cattle and the larva inside the cocoons is killed prior to removing the silk.

If you really want to look at more of what you are really using everyday just Google “what is ____ made from?” Just put the item you use in the blank spot.

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If you live in the northern hemisphere then you would have noticed that summer is almost over. The nights are getting cooler and the days getting shorter. It is time to dig out those sweat shirts and trade those easy spirit sandals for a pair of rubber boots because the rainy season is about to begin.

I think that the days getting shorter are the one thing that gets to me. Feeding time for my horses has always been at sun up and sunset.It made it easier for me to remember when to feed and the horses also knew when the feeding times were.

Pretty soon we will be experiencing sunsets at 4:30pm in the afternoon. I remember coming home from work just a tad later than normal and having to get the horses out of pasture with spot lights on them just so I could see them.

Yes the seasons are changing and I for one will miss summer.

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