A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-21-03....My Kingdom for a Horse

Billie

[AnAmericanMother]

I just adore that shot of your two nuzzling each other in the pasture.

I hadn't seen the jumping shots before. Superb muscular development on that horse! (my horse also does the "balk at the little cavaletti" trick - once. How do you hold the longe line, longe whip AND a camera all together?)

[sweetliberty]

No, Aspen was double registered Appaloosa/Arab. I knew somebody would make a remark about the pants. Dead giveaway to the time frame. That was taken in about 1979 I think.

[Billie]

Hi, sweet - knew we'd 'get' to some of you with the horse angle! :) What an pretty and unusual coloring on Aspen! Pretty face, too, but it sure looks cold there - you're not the only one with the winter coat on!

[HairOfTheDog]

(Back in the 70s I used to have some pants like that too! :-o )

Ohhh..... we are posting horse pics with bad pants!

Here's me and my Mustang.... I am about 14 here.

[Billie]

Here's our coffee! (Are you 'back' from your interview?)

[The Thin Man]

Billie, you had me really scared for a moment. I was in the process of writing my most complimentary post ever for this presentation, but then I found something.......

To my great joy chagrin, you used the outdated link for The Freeper Foto Album!

What a shame! Now, how could I possibly praise you after such an awful mistake?

Well maybe next time......but I doubt it.

:-)

[sweetliberty]

Actually, I have seen, and used, that quote, only it was in reference to a pig and is attributed to Winston Churchhill.

"A dog looks up to you, a cat looks down on you, a pig sees you as an equal.."

As the one time owner housemate of a pig, I can attest to the accuracy of that statement.

[Billie]

Oh, they ARE small! Still, gosh, they're gorgeous. Thank you - I'm enjoying your posts and your pictures.

[Billie]

BEAUTIFUL!

[HairOfTheDog]

How do you hold the longe line, longe whip AND a camera all together?)

22 year old horses that have been around have some bad memories. Bay has always (since I got him back) been a little too nuts if I have a lunge whip so I never use it. That frees my other hand! Part of why he gets away with balking when I have the camera is that I am so focused on the jump in the view finder that he gets away with an unenthusiastic approach.

And thanks as always for complimenting my boy....

[Billie]

Darn! I tried sooooooooooo hard, too, to make you admit this was nothing but perfection! LOL! You just don't know how many typos and misspelled words I corrected in those paragraphs I copied from those three links (Clydesdales, Lipizzaners, Tennessee Walking Horses)

Maybe we should check yesterday's link to the album - I copied and pasted the bottom part from there! LOL

[Calpernia]

What is the white ribbon?

[Calpernia]

>>>When my friend went to a farm (real farm, NOT puppy farm) to get her 6-week old little dachsie

Is that the puppy you went to see that used your arm as a chew toy?

[sweetliberty]

Hey horsie, over here.

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[Calpernia]

LOL! Be back. I have to pick up my son from preschool and stop by my new clients office.

See ya'll in a few.

[HairOfTheDog]

The with ribbon is actually a line I am controlling him with so he works in a circle around me.... called a lunge line.

[HairOfTheDog]

Couple more - clowning around...

[Aeronaut]

Hope it's a beautiful day for you!

It is for now. By monday we are supposed to get up to 10" of s... s... sn.... (You know, the "S" word)

[sweetliberty]

"I have been also lucky enough to see the Lipizzaner Stallions"

The Lipizzaners are awesome! I have been fortunate enough to see them perform several times over the years. And the Andalusians in their breeding are the most incredibly beautiful animals I've ever seen!

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[HairOfTheDog]

Here is a pretty one to show your daughter Calpernia...

Here is the original shot, and I love the intensity of him, and the lighting...

And here it is after ecurbh photoshopped it for me! It is my favorite desktop shot!