Nutmeg & Ginger

He’s of the colour of Nutmeg… And of the heat of the ginger. It is a beast for Perseus: he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness

Henry V ~ Shakespeare

Although captured in monochrome, this horse was indeed the colour of nutmeg – and ginger too! Many hands high with a hairy coat, and making use of the scratching post in the very instant it took me to take the photo.

Sunday Sayings: A pick from the poets, writers or scriptures