Snow!

 Willow is smart... she is such a queen and stayed in the barn to watch the snow fall... ♥

Raven, however, seemed to enjoy the pretty snow flakes...   So glad these two have each other now... ♥

Raven (Miss Lucky Deluxe)

Willow's new pasture mate arrived today!!!  Sweet Leah and Mark have had her for a little over a year... they rescued her from a poor situation (they are the sweetest). She was skin and bones and has apparently been ridden and/or worked too hard in her short life at some point. But Leah and Mark loved her and nursed her back to health, and now feel that she would be a perfect fit for us.  She is a nine year old Quarter Horse... black with two back white socks and a white star on her head.  I love her star. ♥  Like Leah said she would be, she is quiet and super sweet.  She loves attention and will be a great horse for me and Sophie Lu to ride.  We are going to start groundwork training with her next week once she is all settled in.  Here she is taking a gallop (she and Willow were so frisky) out in the back pasture.  They had so much fun together, but only after Willow planted a firm kick on this sweet girl's rear end (leaving a hoof mark and all) to establish her dominance.  Was there ever any doubt that Willow would be the boss?  lol... she is a queen, that is for sure.  But like Leah said, Willow will be happy to have her own pasture mate... even though she would never admit it. ♥

A suprise!

Leah is coming to see Willow tomorrow, and she is bringing someone special with her! ♥

As much as Martha and I thought that Willow would do better in her own pasture, we are now convinced that she needs a pasture mate.  While discussing it with Leah (who rescued her and cared for her the first three months before I bought her), Leah came up with a lovely idea.  She has a sweet mare.. a quarter horse named Raven* that she loves very much...  Leah knows how much we love and care for our horses, and she generously offered to bring Raven to us so Willow can have a pasture mate, and I can have a horse to ride while Willow recovers.  Michael rides Paloma now (she is just too much of a power house for me), so a quiet quarter horse will be perfect.  Leah says Raven loves to be groomed and loved on, so she will fit right in around here.  I can't wait to meet her!  And I realize Willow may not "bond" with her, since she's so independent, but I just know that she will feel safter and more secure with another horse in her pasture.  Leah is just the sweetest! ♥

* Raven is what Leah calls her... but get this... her registerd name is "Miss Lucky Deluxe"!!! How Florabella is that??  She is black with two back white socks and a white star on her head.  We'll have to wait and see what exactly we end up calling her...  I'm so excited! :)

(photo above is Willow of course) :)