Everything Horsies

A beautiful film called Adeline.
Based on true events, the film tells the inspiring story of Adeline, a therapy healing horse and her abilities to help people.
While still new to town, many are amazed and astonished whereas a few are skeptical and unbelieving.
The healing is put on hold when Adeline is injured after saving the lives of 12 people during a tornado.
The community rallies together to save the much-loved horse that they were touched by.
 
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The Dartmoor pony is a breed of pony that lives in Devon, England. The breed has been in England for centuries and is used in a variety of roles. Because of the extreme weather conditions experienced on the moors, the Dartmoor pony is a particularly hardy breed with excellent stamina. Over the centuries, it has been used as a working animal by local tin miners and quarry workers.

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Maude Shope and her mule, Frank, appear in Foxfire Book 2. Maude got Frank when he was just 18 months old, and by the time this photo was taken around 1972, they had been together nearly 30 years—Maude in her 80s and Frank about 32.

Living in rural Macon County, NC, Maude rode Frank to Otto for groceries and sometimes as far as Franklin. She raised pigs, kept a few cows, and shared years of stories and hard-earned lessons about Appalachian living with Foxfire students.

“I never did try t’drive a car. My mule is th’way I got around. Used t’ride him t’Otto [North Carolina] t’get groceries. I’ve drove him all th’way t’Franklin and back years ago. ’Course you couldn’t do it now. There’s too many cars on th’road. I’ve had him since he'uz eighteen months old. He’ll be thirty-two in February. You can drag wood with him—anything y’want t’do. He’ll do any kind of work you want done. Yes, sir. He’s something.”
-Maude Shope, Foxfire Book 2

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