Really???

Do you ever have those days when you start out with the best intentions, and then, well – things just don’t go as you had thought.  That happens to me a lot – and I guess it is part of being a farmer – sort of the nature of the beast – whatever is needed to be done at hand is what you end up doing, and some of your plans get put off for a while.  It happened to me the other day – again.  The sun was finally shining, and I wanted to seize the moment, so I headed off with camera in hand to try and get some photos of the Curlies. I particularly wanted to photograph Chama, as it was the last day that she would be at pasture with her dam as a foal – the very next day was weaning day for my little girl. (Ok, well so 10 months old is not so little, but I always think of them as little.)  I wanted to capture those last moments – mother and foal, grazing peacefully in the wild, galloping in cadance at each others’ side……looking lovingly at each other, as only mother and foal can do. I wanted that recorded on digital pixels to be treasured for all time to come. Please enjoy the following photos – the results of my unfailing effort to try and catch my Curlies in all their beauty and naturalness.

Here is Chama's mom, but where is the beautiful foalie?

Blanca looks like she is heading somewhere.

Auntie Magpie stopped by a scratching post on her way back from the little water hole.

Morning Dove is hanging out under one of the scratching trees.

And where are you going Sedonia?

And Anibey too.....where is everybody going? And where is Chama?

Huh?

I found her.

 

 

I should have known.....here she is in the perfect sunny spot, with her creamy coat glistening in the sun.

And that extra glint you see in her curls is probably from the lavender baby shampoo she stole from Spirit's stash.

I heard her rummaging around in the tack room the night before, but I thought she was writing me a note to remember to buy more carrot snacks.

Little girls like lavender scented shampoo you know.

And her coat is probably extra healthy looking from the hours and hours of time I spend grooming her. I would do anything for my Curlies. I just love them. A lot.

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