Sunday, May 06, 2007
I stopped off on the way back from the Ramps Festival to take a few shots of the newborn colt who showed up a day ago at Ronald's barn. I'm afraid it was pretty hard to get shots of...mainly because he was just way too friendly.
He kept pushing his little head through the bars of the round fence to see if the camera was tasty. He grabbed all of my fingers and thoughtfully held them in his mouth. I love how baby horses emerge with fully formed little horse souls.
He's a Tennessee Walking Horse baby. Most of the horses around here are gaited. It's sort of a guy thing. Where I grew up, the barns and stables were full of horse-crazy girls of all ages. Here, it is just the opposite. Every little boy dreams of having his own walking horse.
It was sort of a horsey day. We stopped by a guy's walking horse barn to see if he might have any hay he could sell for the upcoming winter. There was a dappled gray gelding I took a shine to. He was a big friendly fellow and he seemed to like me a good bit too.
The fellow showed off his Tennessee Fainting Goat to me. She needed some foot work and I told the fellow to have his farrier do her feet when next he visited. Then on the way home, we passed a buggy drawn by a stunning matched pair of white mules. I have a real soft spot for the "long-ears".
Hope you are having a really wonderful, happy Sunday.
Re: the cups- reports amongst those with the heavies varies but my mom reported it was easier than having to deal with the super plus etc. I'm hoping to order tomorrow, you can email me busybusymomma @ gmail.com if you want to try to order... the retail price is in the $32.50-$35.00 range.
I had a lovely Sunday, worked all day long but it feels good to check off a few big things on my to-do list. :)
we had a beautiful sunday....hope yours was too. sounds like it!
Have a great day ((hugs))