We have horses!
We had been looking into getting some horses for a long time, but the price of getting good stock was just beyond our reach. I had taken ridding lessons as a child, and my sister is currently. We both love horses and have never had any of our own. A couple of weeks ago we got an offer to take some horses, since the owner needed to reduce the herd. She said that they would be free to a good home. I figured, "free"?! Meaning something is probably wrong with them.....lol. But to my amazement they are both sound and quality horses. The Dark Bay gelding is a Quarter Horse/Thoroughbred cross, and the chestnut mare is a Quarter Horse. The gelding is very tall, I would say close to 16hh and very gentle. The mare is shorter probably 15hh but very smart, and a lot of cow horse potential. Both are still green but are learning very quickly. We are sending the mare off for professional training in August and the gelding will follow after.
Here are some pictures I took today!
We had been looking into getting some horses for a long time, but the price of getting good stock was just beyond our reach. I had taken ridding lessons as a child, and my sister is currently. We both love horses and have never had any of our own. A couple of weeks ago we got an offer to take some horses, since the owner needed to reduce the herd. She said that they would be free to a good home. I figured, "free"?! Meaning something is probably wrong with them.....lol. But to my amazement they are both sound and quality horses. The Dark Bay gelding is a Quarter Horse/Thoroughbred cross, and the chestnut mare is a Quarter Horse. The gelding is very tall, I would say close to 16hh and very gentle. The mare is shorter probably 15hh but very smart, and a lot of cow horse potential. Both are still green but are learning very quickly. We are sending the mare off for professional training in August and the gelding will follow after.
Here are some pictures I took today!
Here is Jack, our Oberhasli Dairy Buck. He was curious as to what we were doing with the horses and I couldn't resist a picture.
Yesterday I was out feeding the chickens some scraps, when I found a pair of mating Monarch butterflies. I got a couple of good pictures considering the camera I'm using is not very good. (Never by a Kodak). While I was in the garden a female Ruby Throated Hummingbird landed not 5 inches from me on some cattle wire. I didn't have time to get a picture though........*sigh*
This is my grandparents Jack Russel, she is such a ham!
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