Wishing with a Horse
by Kirsten Harris
‘If Wishes Were Horses beggars would ride!’
I was the little girl who begged to ride. I mucked out all weekend at the local stables for a chance to sit on a horse and that might just be bringing the horses up from the field.
I was told horses were for rich people.
I guess we have all got our story.
Maybe the old saying had got into the collective consciousness.
‘If Wishes Were Horses’ is a 17th century Scots proverb which means that things are not always just as easy as making a wish.
Is that true?
I believe you have to have a dream and that making that first wish will take you one step closer to your dream becoming a reality.
How can you make something happen if you don’t know what you want!
Why don’t you make a wish on a dandelion clock today? I’m making a wish.
You never know …. <3
Make a wish ….. I love this photo today
If Wishes Were Horses was first recorded in James Carmichael’s Proverbs in Scots in 1628.
‘If Wishes Were Horses’
Pen and Ink drawing on white paper
by Kirsten Harris
Black and White prints available here
If Wishes Were Horses
Watercolour on Paper
by Kirsten Harris
Colour print available here