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I’ve always wanted to get to know draft horses better, and maybe learn how to work with them. After a lot of searching, I found a farm just down the road from us in Sebastopol where one can actually take lessons in driving draft horses. I got up the nerve to contact them and see if I could come for a visit — and they said yes!

Stone Horse Far, is a beautiful place, and I’m grateful to Stuart Schroeder and Rosalie for showing me around. Not only did I enjoy seeing the horses and hearing about how they were trained and used, but I really enjoyed meeting some like-hearted folks who share many of our interests and enthusiasm for a life in harmony with nature. And the idea of working with this enormous, friendly, sweet-smelling critters is really appealing. Here’s some photos from my visit (or jump to the set on Flickr):

Here’s an article from 2002 about the farm: Plowing Forward: At Stone Horse Farm, the tractor gathers dust.

Justin might ask, “Where is it all leading?”, and I still don’t know. But I’m certainly enjoying the trip there! I have a couple more permaculture-type field trips planned for this week, and the big Convergence this weekend — fun stuff! Oh, and this week we’re going to celebrate Fridaday, too!