The weather outside is frightful ... well maybe not but it is cold! There was an awful snowstorm a few days ago that piled up a lot of vehicles on the freeway, but roads here were no problem for us ole snow plow operators!
We have been below - 20 Celcius for about a week now. The barn cats are snugged up and thriving, I take them fresh water twice a day. The kittens are getting big now and lost their interest in milk, so water it is for them
Timbits, the male kitten, is very friendly.
The grey mare has settled in with the herd fairly well. Gussie still bosses her at feeding time but overall they get along; Velvet of course buddied up with her right off the bat. Which probably made Gussie jealous!
I got ahold of the people who raised her and had her until she was 15 as I wanted to know her foaling history and what her original barn name was.
She has 12 registered foals, and 1 more that will be registered, but from 2021 to 2024 nothing- she may have had a couple paint foals with her 2nd owners. So she is currently on at least foal #14.
Her barn name was Appy 😑 which doesn't work for me as it is slang for Appaloosa and she sure is not an Appy! So I modified it...
Her name is Happy!
I am happy with Happy, she is a sweet mare and hey- Happy Christmas to me! She is my Christmas gift to myself.
I had a nice Christmas visit with my sister M, and the rest of my family is all spread out having family Christmas visits. We all live so far apart now, we will probably never have one of those large family Christmas gatherings we had back before everyone went their separate ways. A lot of precious memories there!
So to all my blog friends, may you all have a blessed Christmas, my prayers go out to those who are having health problems or are lonely this season.
9 comments:
Aww, Happy! I like that. <3 A very Merry Christmas to you and your furry friends, Shirley. :)
Thanks!
Merry Happy Christmas! Christmas sure does evolve, doesn’t it? It’s harder to get everyone together all at once here, too, so we do it in parts. Enjoy all the sweet souls blessing your farm!
Merry, and Happy Christmas to you and Ted, kitties, and the horses!
Merry Christmas to you and Ted! Happy is a great name:)
Another great set of images! Didn't take long for your mares to get acclimated. My first thought was you were going to name your new mare Apple, but I like Happy better!! It is fitting and sounds more like Appy. Plus, now you could sing her the catchy Pharrell Williams song "Happy" lol.
Sending my merriest warm wishes for you, Ted and your four legged family!
Merry Christmas to you! Thanks for your blog posts throughout the year. You and 'Beautiful Mustang' are my favs!
I love her blog too!
Yay! I love Happy's name! And I love Aurora's suggestion to sing the song to her, too. Merry belated Christmas, Shirley.
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