Karen Brenner's Blog – August 2009 Archive (4)

A Cat Painting!

This week's quote/painting combo has my only painting with a cat! It's accompanied by an all too true quote from Will Rogers, "Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in."

That goes for puttin' cats back in those little pet carriers too!

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Added by Karen Brenner on August 27, 2009 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Work worth doing . . .

Do you agree with Theodore Roosevelt's quote, "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

Once I read a report of a worker who volunteered at a nonprofit organization who lamented over the fact that his day job was mundane. The nonprofit organization's leader pointed out that the worker's gains from his day job allowed him to make considerable contributions to the nonprofit… Continue

Added by Karen Brenner on August 22, 2009 at 7:08am — No Comments

Stride Onward

Here's another Will Rogers quote, "The best way out of a difficulty is through it." This Frieisan stallion, Minske, with his powerful stride, seems able to go through anything!

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Added by Karen Brenner on August 14, 2009 at 2:57pm — No Comments

The Right Thing

This painting is of Nanning, a Friesian stallion with such stature, he stands out in a crowd -- even a crowd of Friesians!

Friesians seem to be such willing horses, always willing to do the right thing. Not all horses are like that (and probably not all Friesians are really like that either!), but after having just read Mark Rashid's new book, Whole Horse, Whole… Continue

Added by Karen Brenner on August 7, 2009 at 6:19am — No Comments