A Day AT THE FARM

Trying to cut hay but the rake needs new parts...$400 worth. Put the parts on backwards and have to start over. Hay is on the ground and waiting. Take the ranger to check on the new pond and pop a tire that will have to replaced. The horses got out and ate the chestnuts and Princess pooped all over the front porch! The roof is still half off the barn from our tornado. No one seems to have the time, strengh or money to get everything done. This hay will have to be baled and tarped in part of the barn that has no roof. The dogs are chasing the cats, the cats are chasing the roosters and I am hiding from it all. Tomorrow will be better.

My kingdom for a horse...

I have always dreamed of horses. When most young girls were making paper dolls I was making paper horses. Something about the smell of horse, that soft muzzle and those big eyes just had me hooked.

I did lots of research when we were moving to the farm. I purchased miniature horses. Fell in love with them. Just like big horses except it did not hurt as much if you got stepped on.

I progressed by showing horses, giving tours and watching them give birth. The first one I sold, I cried like a baby.

Along the way I acquired an Arabian colt, then a Haflinger mare, bred(Surprise!!). Charme had her colt, Magic Man. Charme also surprised us the next year with Chadir's Broken Arrow out of Talley Ho's Kadir or "Knothead". Guess we had him cut a couple of weeks too late! During this I decided big was the way to go and sold all my miniatures. Charme is my saddle horse, Knot has been trained to ride and next to the trainer will be Magic since he is coming three.

Magic looks just like his dad, a Doc Bar descendant, except he got some thickness from the Haflinger side. Will not be able to register him but that does not matter. He is perfect to me.