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80 S E P T E M B E R /O C T O B E R 2 0 2 0 | U N TAC K E D SHARING LIFE BETWEEN THE EARS S ince 2008, Life Between The Ears founder Kristine Dahms has posted stunning photos shot by riders in all corners of the world with one hand on the reins and the other on the shutter. Dahms mines photos with the hashtag #lifebetweentheears, contacts the original poster of the image, then features the photo, complete with educational details about the place that's portrayed. Life Between The Ears photos appear on a LBTE Facebook page, an Instagram feed, a dedicated website (lifebetweentheears.com), a Twitter feed and a Pinterest page (all under @lifebetweentheears account names). Dahms—who lives in Vashon, Washington, with her Welsh Cob, mini horse, pygmy goats, two dogs and two cats—rides dressage and takes quite a few photos herself on the picturesque Vashon-Maury Island. Dahms has taken some of the Life Between The Ears images from cyberspace to print, creating three lines of greeting cards with selected photos from her social media pages. A portion of the proceeds from the card sales goes to the Equine Land Conservation Resource (elcr.org). Cards are available at lifebetweentheears.com/ retail. RICK DAHMS PHOTO TRAVEL u NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS Michelle Hovius and her Haflinger gelding Jevi trekked for about an hour to enjoy a trail ride through the Chaamse Bossen, a preserve in North Brabant, the Netherlands. The Chaamse Bossen, which includes 1,324 hectares of land, was originally a wetland area but was cultivated and planted with pine trees in the early 1900s. Recent efforts have been made to return it to its more natural ecology. Hovius started riding when she was 8 and has owned Jevi for 4 ½ years. She also owns a gray Norwegian Fjord named Ulgard. "We love everything like dressage, jumping, trick training, groundwork and much more," Hovius says. "But we really love to go on trail rides and enjoy nature!" MICHELLE HOVIUS PHOTO/@EQUITISME