Photo shoot day!

 I decided to open up the top two pens for the mares, mostly so that when I take Ruby out to saddle her up Velvet can come up and watch; she does get a bit hyped up when I take Ruby out. Ruby doesn't care, but Velvet does. There is a lot of drifted snow in the pens, and they had fun exploring. 

Of course, that made for a good chance to get in a photo shoot. 

Pawing to check for nummies

Hmmm is that a saggy baby belly?

Foreshortening with the zoom lens, but Velvet, you do look a little extra wide!

It's hard to tell she's a roan in the winter

Ruby is such a pretty mare in a strong way; not dainty but I think her looks speak to her personality. 

The strong silent type. She doesn't holler when she can't see the other horses, and she notices everything. 

She is in good shape, not fat and not thin. 

Beamer, of course, was keeping an eye on them!

It's warm enough to leave his blanket off until the next bout of stupid cold. 

Later on I brought Ruby out and saddled her up. I tried out the old saddle I restored. It almost fits; she has really wide shoulders, very similar in build to Sophie. 

I feel that the bars are a bit narrow and sit higher on her back than I like.

It's very close to fitting, I might get away with riding in it. But next time I saddle her I will try the saddle I used on Sophie and see how that fits.