21 posts tagged “annie”
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:
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.
A few shots of Morgana & Annie with me. Please focus on the cute ponies; I look terrible.
Mostly I've been taking video of Morgana the last few days, which I'd like to post at least some of, if I can get the camcorder talking to the computer to convert the video to a file I can upload. Do have a few pics, though. Some are even action shots.
Neck's not quite long enough yet...
Yesterday, she figured out how to get her nose down to the ground so she can lip at the grass. She's also realising that she doesn't have to stick right next to mom, & that running around is quite a lot of fun. She seems to find it particularly entertaining to run up into the stall & back out again. She did wipe out on the slope at one point yesterday, but it only curbed her enthusiasm briefly.
My vet came out to do her check-up on Annie and Morgana this afternoon/early evening & said that she couldn't even tell that Annie had foaled this morning! No bruising or anything. Morgana's teeth haven't erupted yet since she was born so early, but she's very healthy so no harm done. I bet Annie's relieved not to be carrying all that extra bulk anymore. (My mother thought she looked smug about it all.) She's a good mom & helped us with Morgana during her exam -- Annie stood and licked her while I held her for the vet to keep her calm. Morgana got a little pissy towards the end, but that was the longest she'd had to stand still ever, so one can't really blame her.
May I present Trevethan Lady Morgana, a.k.a. "Ana":
Annie had a little surprise for me when I went out to the barn this morning: a nice little filly foal on the ground. Nevermind that she was a good 2 weeks earlier than even her supposedly usual 2 weeks early, or that, while bagging up nicely, she hadn't shown any sign that foaling was immanent. ::sigh:: Mares. What can you do?
I now have to call my boss and see if it's okay to push my scheduled PTO up a week (or at least part of it). And then the vet to get her out to look at mom and baby before she goes on vacation. I will post pictures later.
But first, a peevish barn cat:
Myf & me by the girls' old paddock fence:
And in their own, newly fenced in paddock:
The paddocks aren't quite finished yet. The gates need to be installed (I'm using my Preifert panels as gates right now, as you can kind of see in one shot above), and there are a couple short sections of the central paddock that need to be finished. When Annie gets closer to foaling, Myf will be moved to the middle paddock. Annie will still be able to see her there, but she won't be underfoot.
