Saddle Up The Horses - Butterfly Hollow Farm


	Discovering Nature, Saddles and Solitude in an Old Abandoned Tennessee Farm

Saddle Up the Horses

Butterfly Hollow Farm ____ The Path Leading Us Here ____ How The Farm Got Its Name ____ Restoring the Old Farmhouse ____ Where The Beefalo Roam ____ Saddle Up The Horses ____ Saving Wilderness and Farm Land ____ Farm Journals ____ Sharing The Farm ____ Guest Book ____ Site Map ____


	From early childhood dreams of owning a pony, to saving my allowance and buying my first horse when I turned 13, horses have always been a significant part of my life. Growing up and moving away from home and following the path towards the city faded away any dreams, well almost, of owning a horse again. I knew that there was a part of myself that I had left back in a saddle . I didn’t realize just how much I missed the feel of a saddle beneath me or the tangy smell of horse sweat and the feeling of the breeze blowing through my hair while riding through the forest. I knew there was a God the moment I turned down that narrow graveled lane leading to our new home in the hollow. As I waited for a mare and her foal to lazily stroll across the road so that I could get by, I felt an old familiar feeling creep back into my senses. Along the road there were probably 10 or 15 horses mingled in with the beefalo cattle. Camped out in front of the gate at the entrance to the farm, they lazily munched on the green grass all the while regarding me with acute interest. As we moved down to Butterfly Hollow we got to know our farming neighbors who live at the entrance to the hollow. We couldn’t have handpicked better neighbors if we tried. It turns out that Larry has been raising, training, buying and selling horses most of his life. It was just another dream come true to be able to learn from, ride and become friends with someone with so much equestrian knowledge. We agreed to cooperatively let the horses graze on our farm. And with over 30 paint and quarter horses scattered around the ridges, we have all the riding I could have ever dreamed of.