tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post9014964406175313618..comments2024-03-19T18:17:56.821-04:00Comments on Colonial Quills: Horses -- Sex, Age, and Physical AttributesCarrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-82337010392528001942011-08-13T16:32:44.710-04:002011-08-13T16:32:44.710-04:00Thanks,Lynn. My heroine in my novel, The Chamomile...Thanks,Lynn. My heroine in my novel, The Chamomile, makes a 250-mile trek on horseback from the coast of SC to the mountains of NC. I was so concerned about accuracy (What would they have eaten? How far could they have traveled in a day? What care would they have needed?), I contacted a horsewoman friend of mine who announced on her blog that "here was a chance to help an author get it rightSusan F. Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383014100399818941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-45735881648003122382011-08-13T13:48:08.589-04:002011-08-13T13:48:08.589-04:00Susan, I'd love that you wrote that book. I...Susan, I'd love that you wrote that book. I'd love to hear your writing journey with it.Lynn Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493660128797850584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-21580221957951850652011-08-13T08:00:12.865-04:002011-08-13T08:00:12.865-04:00Thanks everyone -- Lynn, Jennifer, Rachel, Debbie,...Thanks everyone -- Lynn, Jennifer, Rachel, Debbie, Chris, Lori, Pat, Faye, and Pegg-- for the nice, encouraging comments. I’ve always loved horses and rode when I was a young girl, although I lost contact with horses until my two children were 7 and 12 when we took riding lessons together. I even have a picture of me in a Dale Evans outfit sitting on a pony that used to travel through the Susan F. Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383014100399818941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-51936492299402082582011-08-13T07:33:19.964-04:002011-08-13T07:33:19.964-04:00Nice descriptions of the colors. The photo looks ...Nice descriptions of the colors. The photo looks a lot like my old Sarge, a 3 stocking sorrel. I still miss that horse. Trooper, in the photo with me, is a black point bay paint. He has one brown eye and one blue eye. Horse colors are interesting, that's for sure! Living in an Amish community... we see a lot of horses. :)Pegg Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113756304449398701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-26482956358140342962011-08-12T22:34:40.935-04:002011-08-12T22:34:40.935-04:00I love horses. Mine is a pinto pony. Great post.I love horses. Mine is a pinto pony. Great post.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150290024386704712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-55989407007752796022011-08-12T18:08:26.938-04:002011-08-12T18:08:26.938-04:00One of my favorite horses that I ever rode was a b...One of my favorite horses that I ever rode was a blue roan Tennessee Walker. Gorgeous, MASSIVE horse. He was easily 17.5 hands. He boarded at the place I took riding lessons and he was for sale. Would have bought him if I'd had the money.Rachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-29639867387906682842011-08-12T18:08:22.153-04:002011-08-12T18:08:22.153-04:00Have admired horses since I was a child... (what g...Have admired horses since I was a child... (what girl, as they're growing up, doesn't like horses--And owning Breyer statues?! :)<br />Oddly enough though, guys like the horse-power (cars :) <br />I was intrigued with the colors, too. Recently read a historical where a horse was described as a chestnut bay. I'm assuming she meant a reddish bay.<br />I love buckskins (duns). They'Pat Iacuzzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983141590663751303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-69210988260675823662011-08-12T17:43:15.482-04:002011-08-12T17:43:15.482-04:00I always look forward to creating the horse charac...I always look forward to creating the horse characters for my stories. If I don't watch it, they all end up being roans of one sort or another. That's my favorite. Lots of roans on the farms around here, so I'm always ogling for a new shade for my next hero to ride! Thanks for the horse post. While I'm actually afraid of horses, I LOVE the idea of them. :)Lori Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714197239425827339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-16840433267379155242011-08-12T17:04:15.417-04:002011-08-12T17:04:15.417-04:00Enjoyed your post, as well as the comments! Horse ...Enjoyed your post, as well as the comments! Horse as a verb reminded me that there's an opposite, too--unhorse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-90937029343542485552011-08-12T15:41:53.539-04:002011-08-12T15:41:53.539-04:00Great info, Susan. I've always wondered what ...Great info, Susan. I've always wondered what people meant when they referred to a horse being a "bay." Now I know.DebbyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325470774742194024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-68671583187594554172011-08-12T13:42:46.629-04:002011-08-12T13:42:46.629-04:00Welcome, Susan! I've never grown out of my lit...Welcome, Susan! I've never grown out of my little-girl horse love and I'm always looking for ways to bring horses into whatever I'm writing.<br /><br />And this post is most timely, because it reminded me of something I want to do in the project I'm working on now and had almost forgotten about.Rachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-72381751703957228722011-08-12T12:29:26.984-04:002011-08-12T12:29:26.984-04:00Some wonderful information I plan to store away fo...Some wonderful information I plan to store away for future use. I write historicals so horses are a huge part of my stories. Horse gear also changes between centuries. Great info. Thanks for sharing!Jennifer Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360330085131177132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-81039444695411728332011-08-12T10:50:20.626-04:002011-08-12T10:50:20.626-04:00One more little thing of interest, and then I'...One more little thing of interest, and then I'd better be going. Did you know that 'horse' was also used as a verb at the time of the 1828 Websters dictionary? Here's what Mr. Webster wrote:<br /><br />To mount on a horse. To carry on the back. The keeper, horsing a deer. To ride astride; as ridges horsed. To cover a mare as the male. <br /><br />(hope that's not too graphic)<Lynn Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493660128797850584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-68632849533542803702011-08-12T10:42:36.961-04:002011-08-12T10:42:36.961-04:00Great article Susan.
I smiled when I read your d...Great article Susan. <br /><br />I smiled when I read your definition of colt. Why? Because my daughter asked me just the other day about the use of the term 'colt' in reference to something she read in a book (I think it was one written by Laura Ingalls Wilder). It triggered a memory of my own grandfather who used 'colt' in a generic sense to refer to any foal. Sure a colt is a Lynn Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493660128797850584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-30413403508083377822011-08-12T08:37:26.425-04:002011-08-12T08:37:26.425-04:00Welcome, Susan, and thanks for the interesting pos...Welcome, Susan, and thanks for the interesting post! Wondering if our other horse expert, Lynn Squire, might chime in on this!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.com