the picnic

end of March

... out like a lion.

Joy from above

after snow......

.......comes mud.



we're all anxious for the grass to come in.

a reminder

I drove cross country going home from work today. I got a look at the little fat pony a neighbor keeps in the pasture across from their house. The snow is melting so I got a good look at his feet... long and all curled up.
This view was from a parade last Fall, reminding me tomorrow I'll stop and take a picture of the pony.

freezing fog

While the rest of the world posts photos of Roses for their Valentines I'm showing off frosted whiskers from freezing fog.

PhotoShopping snow

These 2 get pretty impatient when it comes time to feed. With all the snow we've got on the ground there's nothing to even nibble.
The barn and fence in the background couldn't be cropped out.... just a little bit of PS magic, spreading out the white, and the distractions are gone.

Winter Joy

They're beautiful animals, in any season.
Joy was snow covered, waiting for me to bring out the hay this morning.

snowhorses

Yesterdays blizzard brought with it frigid cold(+14f @ 1:35pm).. on the plus side, the winds are calm and we have plenty of sunshine.
The horses actually ventured away from the shed. Of course as soon as they spotted me they were on a dead run. From zero to 60... in 2.5 seconds!

emergency pedicure

The Farrier came today to see my little mare, Precious. She hadn't been doing well the last few days.
wait..I take that back..she hadn't been doing well for a couple weeks . Just the last couple of days she was really lame and was down more than she was up.
The first thing I did was check her feet. Shes got horrible feet, too tender, and her pasterns are too straight. When I didn't see anything I thought maybe she'd took a spill, with all the rain we've had the lot around they horse shed is pretty slimy. Horse liniment seemed to make her feel better, temporarily. Then she got worse, wasn't going far and wasn't going anywhere very fast.
I went with my gut and called my horseshoer. Hes always been there when I've had a problem, been his customer for several years. Hes quick and good, I've got a lot of confidence in him.
A few quick nips and the culprit was found in her toe, she had a pretty nasty abcess. Still a little tender, she went down the hill to eat as soon as she was turned loose. She never did lose her appetite which is a good thing.
Joy, my big mare was getting jealous of the attention I was paying Precious...especially yesterday when I fed and watered her while she was laying down. Precious is such a sweet little horse, nothing at all like the big pain-in-the-butt, Joy
Why is it always the nice ones you stress over?

The upper photo is Joy(b/w) and the lower one Precious. I was looking down from the back yard tree.
I didn't mean for my blog to be horse talk, thats just been whats happening lately. High school Homecoming football game tonight. Hope it's not raining so I can get some pictures.

Horse talk

I need a little humor today.
We shut the exterior painting down for the year....
and it's raining again. I'm sooo not ready for Winter.

It looks like these two were sharing a private joke. I'd caught Precious in mid yawn.

DAISY!! LOOK OUT!

Every picture tells a story.
My long tailed Boxer Daisy loves horse pellets.
Joy, my big Morgan mare doesn't like to share.

October 8, 2009

The first of the first, since we all have to start somewhere...the beginning is always good.

This is a shot I took last weekend in my Dads shop. I was in the middle of editing probably the 3rd image when I noticed the face in the back of the forge. I had to call my youngest in the room to see if he could see it too. It's in every one of the shots of the forge.