The Boss Mare (Sunday Horses)
A gelding loves you, a mare tolerates you, or so the saying goes. Here at the top of Charmed Chicken Mountain, that’s how it goes in our pasture too. Fortune, my senior and THE BOSS mare, has been the other half of my heart for 20 years now. She came to me as a...
When I can’t be with them (Sunday Horses)
It was on the to do list. Finally we had a weekend with sun, or at least no rain, and warm-ish temperatures for this time of year. “Brush horses”. Of course they get kisses at feeding time, and talked to, and interacted with, so it’s not like...
A Hint Of Spring (Sunday Horses)
To say that the temperatures this winter have been a bit of a roller coaster is the understatement of the year. From highs barely above freezing (We’ve yet to have highs below freezing, and I don’t mind.) to today’s high of 72, the weather certainly...
Hot Oatmeal, Cold Days
It’s a chilly, windy day here, and I’m making a mental note to bring in the bucket I use to hold water for soaking the horse’s feed when I feed them. I’ll fill it with warm water from the tap, rather than dipping out cool/cold water from the...
Yoga Horses
In the mornings before I feed the horses, I’ll see Thunder doing yoga. He puts his front feet out before him and then does a big stretch, like a cat stretching its back or “downward dog”, except he keeps his head up. He does this before eating, and...
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