EJM Hughes

May I always remember to apply pressure slowly and reward the slightest try. If I wanted mechanical progress I could have purchased a fancy car. We’ll earn our organic progress together and take as long as it needs because anything worth doing should be done right and anything worth having is worth the wait. https://www.instagram.com/p/CR2GqG8LzpKWsKdgOvdg_ZS3yoqccY5VSbJi8o0/?utm_medium=tumblr

I kiss horses. I remember when I was in high school I had the biggest crush on a boy named, Jeremy. For a brief moment in time (maybe a few days) I even got to call him my boyfriend. That all came to a screeching halt when he leaned in to give me a kiss at the buses one day to say good bye and I quickly put my school books up in front of my face. All I could think to say was “I only kiss horses.” Needless to say...whether I meant to say “I have only ever kissed my horse” really doesn’t matter because within the hour I was no longer his girlfriend. Dumped, oh the tragedy and the heartbreak. Years later, I still kiss horses and for the record we both lived happily ever after just not together. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMp5LwdlbTYuH-KW_vSkficF5xD25GETHP9YqY0/?igshid=109aa7ou2550i

Slightly Sandy Saturday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKH2ZKDl_aiINLhcs093Nnbg23YdoxM-7KYkG80/?igshid=16f6payszp10s

The importance of silence. The time spent quietly doing nothing at all is equally as important (if not even more important) as the time spent communicating a want, need, desire or thought. I don’t want anything. I just need the quiet today, the sun today and your company today. You’re a very good boy, Boléro. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHddgOTFfrrBQTdk-luv9JoHEs2XgnfgCZjcTE0/?igshid=1sb9mp8fffkfu

Give me strength to guide my horse. Make my hands soft and my head clear. Let my horse understand me and I him. My heart you have blessed with a special love of these animals, let me never lose sight of it. My soul you have gifted with a deep need for them, let that need never lessen. Always let my breath catch as the sun gleams on elegant head. Always may my throat tighten at the sound of a gentle nicker. Let the scent of fresh hay and the touch of a warm nose on my hand always bring a smile. I adore the grace and splendor of a running horse, The thunder of its hooves makes my eyes burn and my heart soar, Let it always be so. Dearest Creator grant me patience, for horses are harnessed wind and wind can be flighty. Let me not frighten or harm them, instead show me ways to understand them. Above all, dear Creator, fill my life with them. When I pass from this world, send my soul to heaven with them. For this love you have given me graces my existence and I shall cherish it for all time. ~The Horseman’s Prayer Author Unknown https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_kd1Als49FlyaZ0NG9DVLLscd6OO5ZIm2Cbg0/?igshid=1rvjbifsdam6m

Mama, mimosas and Boléro. A few of my favorites. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjeMg0FyuEif-7q1kXT7RuoXkgAnSUUM2pVP00/?igshid=mxvgk0cckmrw

The secret to great riding horses: Wet saddle pads and experiences. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZghQVFWGWhnDUq_nhKIuQwpLO1Hv8KspcVjM0/?igshid=3bd5qcydo9iw

I’m kinda not interested in anything that doesn’t included horses. However, if you think about it...you can include horses in everything. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCU_JP9lv2lMvoUk1C1wV3HEYUYMPmn5MHj_fA0/?igshid=o0r5ke6oac02

There is no other place that I would rather be. This is where I am whole. Centered in all ways. I need horses like birds need air. Without them I am caged in more ways than understandable to most. Boléro just turned 3, he did outstanding today! We made it all the way to the river and back home and had a wonderful time doing so! There is so much country to see young steed, let me show you! 📸 thank you Kathryn for the photograph. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjMh2vlT-Degn4ajAOQAfQr4UIiRdV0hb5EAM0/?igshid=1759wmylte3gs

If someone writes a poem about your chaps it should be shared with your friends and family. Today these chaps got into a little cactus...that’s what happens if your chaps that are worn by me. 🌻She’s her daddy’s pride and joy, the boy he never had. 🌻She’s out checking calves and pitching out hay, all by the crack of day. 🌻And as the sun sheds light on those sunflower chaps, she smiles. 🌻And her daddy knows she won’t be back for quite awhile. 🌻You see those sunflowers and chaps, they aren’t just decoration, they guide her through life in the right direction. 🌻Like the sunflower whose face looks towards the sun, she too looks above and chases Gods most perfect son. 🌻Her glory is his glory, it’s strong and true and good. 🌻Like the sunflower she won’t stop chasing the sun until she feels her work is done. 🌻And all the while her daddy will watch with pride as those sunflower chaps ride by. Poem written by Stacy Trehern For Mortenson Silver and Saddles Thank you Stacy! 🌻💞 #mortensonsilverandsaddles #customleather #customchaps #cowgirlstyle #sunflowers #handmade #handtooledleather #newmexico #newmexicotrue #cowboywayoflife #ejmhughes https://www.instagram.com/p/B-n9rKJlPW1TqWxe6Jxjyj_vBXhTzs5M0PLdhs0/?igshid=9k2ix023236z

There are certain things that I can’t get enough of...wildflowers, long trail rides and now one of them happens to be this colt. #shadows #palominohorse #aqha #ejmhughes https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P7p05Fn_g92tfLyNx5fNZN6qH544gVczihq40/?igshid=zt8lwpkmlel6

As we visited and she listened, together we designed the perfect hat. Everything handcrafted, the hat band cut, stamped and hand-stitched. A buffalo coin (a symbol of the American spirit and a reminder of a good dog long gone), a piece of turquoise (a symbol of feminine energy, creativity, good luck and intuition), a shard of black onyx (believed to transform negative energy and offers strength during times of stress, grief or confusion), the master of all healing crystals a piece of quartz crystal, a shard of amethyst (a symbol of peace that offers those around it, calmness), a single turkey feather to symbolize the wildness of the earth (a wildness that man will never be able to control,) and porcupine quills (a reminder to face your weakness, do what you must to protect yourself from anything or anyone that wishes you harm. My hat a reflection of me...gentle by nature but as fierce as a dust storm. Thank you @greycollectivehats Jessi Lloyd. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iyP8AFP3be8RxwdfkoLUdldtwJgAHt7b3vyk0/?igshid=yvjrg53lsyby

The only book with 102 chapters that I’ve loop-read through because I just can’t bring myself to leave the cowboys, horses and the big-open country that I find within the pages. #thebooknotthemovie #lonesomedove #fortheloveofbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B1elqHclqzpjNqhRfM_wGxeQ8Qnr4FesbS7ZKQ0/?igshid=1j3k2bc3goz6p

Susurro by @cristinasanchez_art is the latest piece to be added to my personal collection of fine art. As soon as I saw “Whisper” In Cristina’s gallery it made me happy and wanna kiss. #fineart #letskiss #secrets #newmexico #newmexicoartist #kissme #cristinasanchezart https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnQz-bFUJQTbntrzobTi3gZ0J8QGCXfYVPzlU0/?igshid=3qxa5gcl7kkg

This is an unmounted 24” x 24” giclee on canvas of Hózhó (peace, balance, beauty, and harmony) original painting on canvas that is valued at $3,500.00, which has been donated to @greycollectivehats for their May 26th fundraising event from 3-7pm that will be held at the OT Circus, 709 Central Ave NW Albuquerque, NM. This event will be benefitting brain cancer research. There will be a silent art auction, raffle, live entertainment, a food truck and more. Make time to visit with Jessi Lloyd of Grey Collective and enjoy the OT Circus, your hosts of this special event. Hózhó (Buffalo- New York) represents a sacred animal, the American Bison, known for giving itself completely to others, and thus is an honored and cherished animal. Hózhó juxtaposes the beauty of the rural plains of America with the grand urban metropolis of man’s creation. There is no minimum bid for this museum archival giclee (professionally produced in the studio of Southwest by Miqui) the work is wet signed. If you’d like to start bidding now you can do so in comments below and you will then be privately contacted for your information by Jessi Lloyd or myself. #ejmhughes #lakota #diné #hózhó #hozho #sacredanimal #sacredbuffalo #buffalo #bison #acrylic #newmexicoartist #graffiti #petroglyphs #wildflowers #buffalonewyork #perseverance #endurance #tanacity #strength #longevity #wildlifeconservation #knowledgeispower #northamericanbison #naturalgeographic #naturalhistory #arteverydamnday https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVAWQKhVIWqrmavfDjf9GuA0UnZs2_vHtjztk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bfah5m6s4a0l

💕Happy 🐾birthday to you! 🎂 🦴 Happy birthday to you! 🍰Happy birthday dear, Oliver!!!🐾💕 Happy 7th birthday to you!🐾 And many more... 🍖 #oliverbluebow #happybirthday #furbaby #maltese #malteseofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw-_NwrFz8nRQW_kuGuGIJ8LiGX2FpscvMz6Ac0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d0ivfji4dnzo

One man’s is weed is another man’s salad, or infused oil, or bread, or 🧁 or salve. These dandelions have been washed and are now soaking in olive oil. The infused oil will be used for a salad dressing. The majority of the oil will be mixed with coconut oil and bees wax to make a hand salve. Dandelions are the first to bloom in the spring and last to go dormant in the winter. They’re also known as “Fairy Clocks” because they open with the first sunlight and close up in the evening. The sweet little flower symbolizes love, wishes, welcome, faithfulness and the sun. It provides bees and insects their first bits of nourishment after a long winter when other plants cannot bloom. A misunderstood flower with all sorts of uses and health benefits. 🌼🦁 🐝 #fij https://www.instagram.com/p/BvsrxeUnXY_TPwVBmQx1FYpBKePgHk5TmsFSVE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xq6izlmvuvnn