4/29/08
Some how in the dramatic beauty of the Pine Valley where Horsepower Organics is located it is possible, as I have discovered, to miss one of its finer beauties simply by not lifting ones head. There is plenty to see from the snow covered mountain that form the bowl of rock and green pine that frames and gives the valley its name. The green pastures with their horses and cattle graze, moving, playing. The sight of 20 some 2000 pound beautiful Belgian horses running a full gallop, kicking and jumping shaking their manes and tails. The gentle silence of the falling snow and the clean blanket of white power in the early morning. The suckling of a young colt and the admiring look of the mare that birthed him. The smiles laughs and chuckles of farmers young and old. And yet when the day is done and the head low with exhaustion and relief it is at this time that one the greatest beauties can be missed. As I raise my head into the night sky of Halfway Oregon I can not help but feel that twinkling of the distant stars is the winking of the divine looking down on my letting me know that I’m on the right path. The night sky is but the reflect of all the days beauty and joy wrapped into distinct points. With so many stars in this remote country it’s hard to believe that one can walk to bed and miss them entirely.
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