The call of mother nature....

Great thanks to the stock images of authors I listed in the source links
Another authors are also credited:
tigg-stock (DA) for the armor (http://tigg-stock.deviantart.com/art/Arms-and-Armour-stock-4-101817769)
cosmos-resources (DA) for the castle brush
(http://cosmos-resources.deviantart.com/art/Castle-Brushes-30869372)

Thanks to the following from morguefile.com: tarr101 for horses in the snow; for mensatic for the dead tree; and to danielito for the brown horse;horse with splashes in water by seriousfun at morguefile.com

Source only

"Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
When you wake, you'll have cake,
And all the pretty little horses."

Sources used:

DSC_0216_f.JPG By mensatic: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/231556


"Carousel Horses" brushes by Teesbo: http://123freebrushes.com/animals_photoshop_brushes/carousel-horses-cs2-brushes

Ribbon and smoke Brushes are old and will have to search for source....(ok, they are in SBS)

Flower Mega Pack Brush set by hawksmont: http://www.brusheezy.com/brush/544-Flowers-let-s-say-MEGA-PACK-

Child Image from my own personal stock.

This is a photomanipulation...as you can see :P. for blending i've used blending options set on lighten for blending the sky with the rainbow, erase tool and history brush for merging smoothly the images that illustrate the mountain and the horses. Used the warp transformation tool for distorting the rainbow in order to look much more real. In the end, I've concentrated on the color scheme, added some shadows and lights on the horses using the dodge and burn tool. Mainly, this is the entire creation process. Enjoy!

credits and thanks:
http://deadeye-stock.deviantart.com/
http://miss-deathwish-stock.deviantart.com
http://flordelys-stock.deviantart.com