Do you like horses? Photos from today inside (dialup warning)

[bertha katzenengel]

Today Mrs. V. and I spent time with some friends' quarter horses:

Sabre, a roan
Kimmy, a bay
Cookie, a chestnut filly (is 4 mos. still a filly?)

I fell in love with these horses.

This is Cookie


and this is Cookie, the silly filly


Mrs. V. is crazy about Cookie


Sabre and Kimmy were very curious (okay, they were looking for horse cookies)


then they got closer


and then I got mobbed


I fell in love with these horses today. I wish my life were different so that I could own a horse or two.

:bounce:

[bluethruandthru]

1. What great pictures!

Especially the last one!

[AirmensMom]

2. Fabulous pics!

:bounce: :woohoo: Those horses look so sweet! :loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

3. It looks like they traded horse kisses for the horse cookies.

Great pictures!

I like the last one the best.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. too bad these photos don't show

that i have lost a significant amount of weight - about 10 lbs per month so far . . . :bounce:

that's all i'm going to say about that!

tonight it's about these gorgeous creatures -- i don't remember the last time i was this close to some living thing that outweighed me :rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

8. I noticed.

:thumbsup: !!!

And yes, the horses are truly beautiful.

[bertha katzenengel]

22. really?

how is that possible? :shrug:

oh, well. NRN. I don't feel any difference and in the last few days my committment has been nil. but i'm not getting off this road.

i'm going home in December to surprise my BIL by appearing at his 50th BD party. I can't wait for my family to notice, but he's going to have TWO shocks. :7 ("Excuse me, didn't you used to be my youngest sister in law?")

[wildhorses]

4. does the wildhorses like horses, of courses!!

those are great pics, Bertha. Thanks for sharing:hi:

[swag]

6. They're so big, generally, that they're kind of scary, but I find horses

I know to be kind and smart. Genial with soft noses.

I'm not a competent rider, even after lessons, but I like the horses.



Thanks for posting the great pictures.

[bertha katzenengel]

7. Our friend kept saying "if they get too close, push them away" --

but I loved it. I just freaking loved it. They smelled so good (yeah, horsey, kinda stinky, but they smelled like LIFE), and I could feel their breath, and their hair, their velvety noses, their whiskers on my face . . .

:love: What wonderful animals.

[u4ic]

9. Great pictures, Bertha!

Yes, a 4 month old is still a filly - and remains so until 5 years of age, then she becomes a mare.

They look like they were having just as much fun as you were. They're obviously well socialized, and well cared for.

I hope you will have your wish come true some day, to own one. A lot of work, but well worth it. :-)

Horses are magnificent animals. I rode for much of my life, and had the priviledge of owning my own for a time. (mine was an Appendix QH, a Thoroughbred/Quarter Horse cross; I rode English - dressage and jumping)

[Tsiyu]

10. They look like very sweet horses

Looks like you guys had a wonderful day.

Guess you better start buying land and building a barn for Cookie. Mrs. V has a serious case of Horsesickness. :)

[aaronbees]

11. Cookie is adorable

There's nothing like being mobbed and nuzzled. I got a chance to meet a local thoroughbred trainer and her little filly and paddock-mates totally got in my space like that; simultaneously sweet and a little unnerving but beautiful nonetheless. The most majestic of creatures in my book. Glad you got to experience some time with your new friends :hi:

[two gun sid]

12. Nice photos. I can't tell who is having more fun...

you or the hosses.

[Flaxbee]

13. looooove horses! thanks for the pictures, bertha.

I used to ride quite a bit - English, some jumping - when I was younger; unfortunately I'm pretty allergic these days, it would take a lot of benadryl for me to build up a decent resistance again.

There is nothing like the smell of barns/stalls with horses around (its a good smell for me, though brings nostalgia/some regret instantly to mind). And not to sound like a perv, but the feeling of swinging your leg up and over, and settling into a saddle, is just divine.


You DO look slimmer, btw. :toast:

[Ptah]

14. Excellent photos, bertha.

Thanks for sharing.

:hug:

[auntAgonist]

15. wow! That 3rd photo is wonderful!

they are all wonderful but the 3rd one says it all!

they luv ya!!

and I can see the feeling is mutual.


:hug:
aA

[Broken_Hero]

16. Great pictures, looks like you had fun...:) nt

[buddhamama]

17. i love horses

my grandparents were horse breeders; my earliest childhood memories are of riding and enjoying their company.

nice pics! thank you for sharing.

[Maestro]

18. Nice pics.

a friend of mine raises miniature horses. Here are some pics of them.

[bertha katzenengel]

19. They're great! That palomino (?) looks like it's laughing it's ass off.

:bounce: Thanks for showing these!

[u4ic]

24. It's a flaxen chestnut

:-)

[zanne]

20. I wish you could own some horses, too, Bertha.

You look so happy with them.

[RetroLounge]

21. Those are GREAT pictures...

The look of joy in the last one especially!

:hi:

:hug:

RL

[China_cat]

23. She's a filly until she gives birth

then she's a mare.

[bertha katzenengel]

25. I had no idea.

See why I want horses? Besides that they're magnificent animals, and I could give them so much love, there is so much to learn! I haven't learned much in a long time.

:hi:

[bridgit]

26. love horses, believe it or not i used to be a barrel racer, those guys...

in your pics look to have 'good blood', very personable :bounce:

these guys are scruffy & un-shod, but they sure were sweet :hug: