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Rain, hail, snow, wind; shedding; new horse friend!

23 April 2008


Is it Spring yet?  Today we had rain and wind and a rainbow.  Saturday we had snow.  Monday we had snow in the morning and enough hail in the afternoon to cover the ground for a few minutes.  Hmmm.  I like the rainbows the best.  There were three today, which isn’t surprising given the speed that the dark grey clouds came and went.  The sun was playing hide and seek in the clouds.  Click on the photo at the left and it will open enlarged and you’ll be able to see the rainbow! (It’s just to the left of the biggest trees.)  This photo shows part of our riding field.  If the sky was clear it would show Mount Rainier, too!

The horses are all still shedding.  It seems that the pony breeds have the wooliest coats.  Then the cross bred horses, then the sport horses that are purebreds.  I have the thickest, longest coat, with my half brother Nils in second place for that shaggy honor.  The thinnest coat of our horses belongs to Braeburn.  He is a New Zealand thoroughbred, and he appreciated his medium weight waterproof blanket this winter!
We have a new friend at the farm!  Her name is Raven, and she is very pretty!  She is black with a couple of short sox, and a big blaze.  She is one of the four horses owned by others and boarded at Fish Bowl.  I live across the driveway from her.  Maybe one day she’ll share a fence line with me and we can talk to each other.  Welcome, Raven!

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Hair Cut Accomplished!

10 April 2008

Emily cut my mane!  It looks and feels much better.  It’s officially called “roached” when all my mane hair is clipped off.  It will grow for a month or so, and when there is enough hair, she’ll cut it with an arched shape like most Fjord’s manes.  For now it just feels good to have all that hair gone!  I’ll post photos of all of me soon so you can see the results, not just the process.  

Do you get a Spring hair cut?

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