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Posted By Katie On September 28, 2011 13 Comments

Wordless Wednesday w/ Linky: Running Free

Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, rural life 13 Comments

Where would you go if you could run free with out a schedule? Two runaway horses were on our little corner of the prairie as I looked out my home office window a few mornings ago. My husband and I made a few calls and never ended up figuring out who they belonged to or where they belonged. They let me take their picture. 
Then I stood in silence staring at both of them and they back at me. I thought about them just young and running free. No plan. No schedule. No timeline. No destination.

Where would I go if I was young and running free alongside my husband? I wouldn’t want to go alone. But traveling alongside him would be freeing with out a schedule. Maybe…to a quiet beach. To the mountains. To Hawaii. To Chile. To South Africa. To the south of France. To Iceland. To Norway. To Thailand. To Australia.

Wherever we would run I’m pretty sure we would end up back on the prairie, where we feel the peace and solitude the horses were feeling when I photographed them. 
After lunch, the horses were gone again running free. And after lunch, my husband and I were back to our schedule and our timelines. 
Where would you run if you could freely go with out a care or schedule?
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It’s Wordless (or Wordy) Wednesday. Thanks to my friend, Brooke of Rural Gone Urban for creating the above pretty button for me. You’re welcome to use it and please link back to this blog. You can link up your WW post below and be sure to visit our great blogs linked up. I’ll be by to visit you soon.
Linked up with a few of my favorite WW bloggers today:
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  1. TexWisGirl says

    September 28, 2011 at 12:58 am

    i sure hope they get back home, but they sure looked might comfy at your place!

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  2. alicia says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:03 am

    Wow! First of all, you’re so early! lol. Secondly, that is amazing that you got such a great shot and they let you! I have often thought of what I’d be doing if I weren’t tied down with my current mommy/wife responsibilities… maybe in my next life. Happy WW!

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  3. Natalie says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:06 am

    I would totally go wherever the horses were headed LOL

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  4. Sara says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:11 am

    Well, hey!! I live in ND too…I’ve been hoping I would find someone else who lives here too!! 😉 Love those pics of horses! Someday I will have my very own!! ha

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  5. Sarah says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:37 am

    That is an awesome shot.

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  6. kewkew says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:46 am

    It was great you got to get such an awesome shot. Hope they got back where they belong.

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  7. Prairie Mother says

    September 28, 2011 at 2:23 am

    Beautiful horses. no schedule? I think I’d go to Ireland…then France…then Australia…then I’d climb a mountain…learn to scuba dive…oh, the ideas are endless 🙂

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  8. jplovescotton.com says

    September 28, 2011 at 4:32 am

    Love the depth of field you get with the hay!

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  9. Stasha says

    September 28, 2011 at 7:18 am

    This is a lovely shot. Cannot beat a spontaneous photo shoot. Shame they left, where ever their journey took them. They looked lovely in your corner of the prairie.

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  10. Vivien says

    September 28, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    I love horses and would love to be able to run free like the two in your picture… Thank you for the inspiration!

    And thank you for stopping by my blog and linking up- I am now a new folloer 🙂

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  11. By Word of Mouth Musings says

    September 28, 2011 at 8:25 pm

    Beautiful shot and such lovely words to go with them … food for thought indeed.
    Where on earth would I go? maybe back to places where beautiful memories were made …

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  12. Jamie says

    September 29, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    I am truly in love with this post. I wonder a lot, too, how comfortable I would be living without an agenda, without obligations. And you know? I think I’d end up here, at home, with my husband and our love.

    <3

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  13. Aimee @ everydayepistle.com says

    September 29, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Beautiful shot, Katie. How neat that they wandered onto your farm? As Sara mentioned above, I love horses and still dream of having my own someday.

    PS: Thanks for the opportunity to link up. My photo’s not as pretty as yours, but there’s a story. There always is ;)…

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