So I won't have to choose what color goes where. I don't even know what colors horses should be. At least I checked on the high school colors. And actually the very first horse with an actual Texas map.

 

Some body ask me if that was his member hanging down. I don't know cause I didn't take the picture.

Looks like his chaps and a boot to me. You did a great job on that. Not being negative, but the horses eyes are kind of spooky,he looks like a determined horse. other wise I think the colors are great,and the workmanship is superb. Wish I could do as well on a scroll saw.

Herb

 

Nice Jess.  He would have had to poke it through the saddle and the horse.

Great job Patch. FWIW, the colors work well I think. My dad would have loved this...he raised and trained quarter horses and had a couple pretty good barrel racers over the years. Thanks!

1 hour ago, Dadio said:

but the horses eyes are kind of spooky,

 Kinda' wild-eyed...at least the nostrils aren't flared...would have been one crazed horse then.

34 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

 Kinda' wild-eyed...at least the nostrils aren't flared...would have been one crazed horse then.

The horse eyes may look spooky because the eyes on a horse are on the side of their head, not the front. It gives the horse a predatory look.

Little tidbit of trivia, almost always the eyes of a predator are located on the front or most frontal area of their head, or face, the eyes of prey are located on the sides of their head.

Reason?

As predators, we look ahead, for prey to kill, we are not too worried about what is beside us or behind us as we do not have too many challengers. 

As prey, they have eyes on the side of their head because prey need to look around, to the side and in many cases to their peripheral rear, on the look out for us, predators.

Horses fall into the prey category.

 

I feel so smart knowing that!

3 minutes ago, John Morris said:

The horse eyes may look spooky because the eyes on a horse are on the side of their head, not the front. It gives the horse a predatory look.

Little tidbit of trivia, almost always the eyes of a predator are located on the front or most frontal area of their head, or face, the eyes of prey are located on the sides of their head.

Reason?

As predators, we look ahead, for prey to kill, we are not too worried about what is beside us or behind us as we do not have too many challengers. 

As prey, they have eyes on the side of their head because prey need to look around, to the side and in many cases to their peripheral rear, on the look out for us, predators.

Horses fall into the prey category.

 

I feel so smart knowing that!

 

Jess's horse might have run into a brick wall.

1 minute ago, HandyDan said:

As predators, we look ahead, for prey to kill, we are not too worried about what is beside us or behind us as we do not have too many challengers.

Could be John...me I try to look for that little red or green laser dot location especially if it's coming at me particularly if I'm not using the RAS or miter saw.  Besides, I have to look ahead, peripheral vision is lousy and even worse with bi-focals.  

 

I'm not all that smart...just getting paranoid maybe?

1 minute ago, HandyDan said:

I feel so smart knowing that!

 

What ever hunted horses?  Besides man.  Cougar or Mountain lion are too small.  Ah the Wolves maybe?  Just wondering why horses evolved as prey?

 

4 minutes ago, Michael Thuman said:

What ever hunted horses?  Besides man.  Cougar or Mountain lion are too small.  Ah the Wolves maybe?  Just wondering why horses evolved as prey?

 

Good question. Here's a little blurb for ya Michael.

 

"Predators of the horse include humans, mountain lions, wolves, coyotes and even bears. The fact that horses are prey animals helps to explain some of their behaviors. When horses encounter danger, their fight-or-flight response is almost always flight."

Source: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/are-horses-predators-or-prey/

 

On ‎10‎/‎23‎/‎2016 at 0:36 PM, John Morris said:

The horse eyes may look spooky because the eyes on a horse are on the side of their head, not the front. It gives the horse a predatory look.

Little tidbit of trivia, almost always the eyes of a predator are located on the front or most frontal area of their head, or face, the eyes of prey are located on the sides of their head.

Reason?

As predators, we look ahead, for prey to kill, we are not too worried about what is beside us or behind us as we do not have too many challengers. 

As prey, they have eyes on the side of their head because prey need to look around, to the side and in many cases to their peripheral rear, on the look out for us, predators.

Horses fall into the prey category.

 

I feel so smart knowing that!

 

It is pretty much the herbivores that fall into the prey category - deer, elk, cows, sheep, horses, etc. Carnivores fall into the predator category - Wolves, dogs, cats, lion, man, etc. Then of course you have the omnivores who will eat anything, but most of them also fall into the predator category.

Nice job Jess.

And not to take this off-topic (or perhaps off-off-topic), but did you know that the Texas lone star flag came from Georgia?

A little town about 20-25 miles up the road from me.

Cal

Edited October 25, 20169 yr by clhyer

Cal I always wondered where that flag came from. Its good to know it didn't come from yankee land. No cotton up there!!!!

Jess, here is some info regarding Knoxville, Ga. where Ms Johanna Troutman lived when she designed your flag:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Georgia

I do not know where all those people live that where on the last census, but it might have been the inmates in the county jail!  IIRC, there is not much to Knoxville other than the old courthouse & jail which is across the street...  Knoxville, btw, is the county seat.  As I understand the story, a contingent of Georgia volunteers where passing through Knoxville on their way to fight in the Mexican war & Ms Troutman made and gave them the lone star flag to carry with them.

 

US Hwy 80 passes through Knoxville.  US 80 & I-20 intertwine a good bit.  When my daughter & I drove to CA a few years ago we drove I-20 all the way to Abilene where we veered off the beaten path...

Oh, they fly 3 flags at the courthouse in Knoxville. US, GA & TX!

Cal