Just to prove that I can, in fact, still ride my horse:
Some more pics to share. A couple from last weekend and some from today.
Nap time, last Sunday:
And then today, Myf models her new blanket & Morgana goes walk-about:
Morgana was jealous...
... so I brought her out next.
It's been raining/snowing (precipitating) here a lot the last couple of weeks, so there's mud everywhere. True to form, Morgana is picking up her mom's bad habits, namely rolling in the mud. See:
And then there was Morgana's first snowfall:
For a brief period of time, Merry was just about the cleanest of the herd:
Just another quick little post. I should have more pictures soon, but I have to get them off the camera first.
Morgana has officially outgrown her wee foal halter. I tried getting it on her this morning and it barely made it past her muzzle. She's on to the pink one now (which she's already gotten mud on). She has also discovered that carrots are tasty -- at least the teeny little baby carrots. She's been eating apples that I cut up small for her for a bit now, so that's two treats I can give her, besides her feed. Scritches still make a good reward, but I find that food is an excellent motivator.
It's been cold & wet here this past week and promises to get colder soon, so I've ordered Myf a turnout blanket of her own from Just for Ponies. Purple! I hope it arrives quickly. I had to borrow Gimli's blanket for her last night, 'cause she'd gotten wet during the day and was shivering when I put her up in her stall for the night.
Just a quick little update on Morgana here -- no photos this time, sorry.
Morgana has been learning to lead. She's doing pretty well & only occasionally needs the butt rope to get her going now. She picks up her feet, though can't always figure out that to stay balanced, she has to stand still. We're working on the clipper (my high-pitched, buzzy Wahl pocket clipper), but she doesn't care for that much yet. She's very good about bug spray & stands still for that, though.
Soon, she's going to be grown out of her leather wee baby halter & have to move up to the pink nylon suckling one. She's a big girl, but her head is very delicate -- I think it's going to be very Araby and pretty as she gets older. It's got that nice wedge-shape, deep in the jowls and fine in the muzzle, but short overall. It's a pain to get well-fitting bridles & halters for, but there's nothing prettier.
She's very sweet & friendly and has been charming all of her visitors. I could be weaning her soon, but Annie's weight is looking good and the vet suggested leaving them together for the winter so as not to stress them as it's getting cold here, since she was a late baby. I'm trying to get everything setup so that Myf can join them for the winter -- you can see Myf & Morgana together in previous posts. They get on well, and it's good for them to have a playmate. Keeps Myf from being lonely and gets Morgana some herd-skills. They've recently discovered that they're sized well to give each other good scratches -- I just hope Myf's finally regrown mane doesn't get ruined in their enthusiasm.
I tried uploading a short avi video of the squirt being cute last night, but VOX doesn't want to take it (despite it being under the size limit and one of the listed file types). I can offer a couple of photos:
In other news, Morgana's papers arrived. She is officially Trevethan Lady Morgana in the Sec B Welsh books now.
This is basically just going to be a photo-dump post. I tried posting a bunch of these with commentary a week or so ago, but VOX was being evil and repeatedly ate my post.
These next few are from Morgana's 2 month birthday.
Morgana's losing her wee-baby fuzz; looking grey in some spots, black in others, and chocolaty in still other spots. Moth-eaten is the way I would describe her at the moment.
Have more pictures of her to post. Some from last week, some from today. First, last Wednesday's shots:
Today I took Annie and Morgana down to the arena for a change of scenery & to see if Morgana would make use of the big space for a romp. Boy, did she.
She displayed a nice uphill canter...
... but you really should see her trot.
No, really. Look. At. That. Trot!
And then we walk back to our own paddock.
So the Welsh Pony & Cob Society has discovered Zazzle.com and has a bunch of fun Welsh pony merchandise available on this page. Magnets, shirts, bumperstickers, mouse pads, coffee mugs... Lots of fun stuff for reasonable prices. I have an intense urge to buy something, though I know I oughtn't be spending the money.
The Arabian Horse Association should really look into setting up a Zazzle store. Right now, the only things on their official merchandise page are The Hat Lady and Bennet Fine Jewelry. Nice stuff to be sure, but pricey and not the sort of things the average, dare I say grassroots, Arab enthusiast would buy to wear to the barn/around town. Wonder who to suggest it to?
ETA: I'm going to see if I can get my mother to open a Zazzle store. She could have coffee mugs, mouse pads, etc with her paintings on them. I think they also produce prints, so she could sell prints of her art, too. I will post a link here if she does it.
