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Happy Christmas Eve (v.2)

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:52:33 -0600

I hate this thing sometimes. I just wrote a whole blurb about the snow & the ponies. Then I tried to insert a photo and VOX ate the post. I'm not computer-challenged, so it's not me. The thing doesn't even auto-save so that you can recover what you've done if it goes haywire mid-post. I am most aggravated.

This time: photos only.

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snowy morning (Happy Midwinter's Eve)

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:26:05 -0600

Some pics I took of the four-feet in the snow this morning. Morgana & Myfanwy were playing when I grabbed the camera & went out, but once I got out there, all they wanted to do was follow me around.

Merry was worse than the pony-girls about wanting to be right next to me.

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Gimli & Zahr

Merry

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see

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:05:15 -0600

Just to prove that I can, in fact, still ride my horse:

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outing etc

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:24:25 -0600

This last one would've been a really cool shot if not for that post. Merry was running around, showing off.

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more pics

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:01:17 -0500

Some more pics to share. A couple from last weekend and some from today.

Nap time, last Sunday:

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And then today, Myf models her new blanket & Morgana goes walk-about:

Morgana was jealous...

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... so I brought her out next.

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We didn't go far -- it was a busy, noisy day in the neighbourhood (harvest-time, you know) and there were scary things lying around like wheelbarrows and lawn-furniture cushions on picnic tables and the like, and I had forgotten the butt-rope, so we mostly walked up and down the barn aisle.

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muddy pony

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:09:16 -0500

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:

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And then there was Morgana's first snowfall:

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For a brief period of time, Merry was just about the cleanest of the herd:

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He's now as muddy as anybody. Myf's the only one who seems to make an attempt to stay clean.

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Baby carrots

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:59:15 -0500

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.

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Morgana update

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:16:51 -0500

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.

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in the paddock

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:25:52 -0500

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:

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The boys were being rowdy off-camera in this one. Morgana is very interested in them.

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In other news, Morgana's papers arrived. She is officially Trevethan Lady Morgana in the Sec B Welsh books now.

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Morgana pics

nobody@vox.com(Sport Horses of Crickhollow) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:32:03 -0500

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.

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