reunion

(L-R) Cierra & Harmony

Who is THAT...can it be true?

Yes Harmony, you can be with them soon.
(background butt's are resident horses)

Harmony's boys are home, she was sooo excited to see them!  It's been just over 9 months since our little herd has been together. I can't figure out who's happier to see who. We separated the horses at first, and saw things like this...

(L-R) Koda & Harmony
There was a lot of friendly love going around

We let horses out into the larger pasture with Nemo & Koda one-by-one. First Cierra, she was a little overwhelmed and resorted back to doing her baby mouthing. It was uneventful. We added Harmony, same thing. Our herd was happy to be back together...

Girls on the left ~ boys on the right

We let Resident Pony "Barbie" out, no issues. That makes five. All that was left was Old Man "JD" also a resident (aka not ours). He came to the farm while our boys were gone. There was some of this going on...

Nemo

...and then things went from good to bad...to be continued...

Sunday Stills ~ Vanishing Points

On the way home from our horse trainers ranch today (with Koda & Nemo in tow) we stopped before crossing the bridge that we've driven over many many times ~ so that I could capture the view:

See other vanishing points from Sunday Stills.

Ride for the Cure 2011

We had beautiful Fall weather for the Ride for the Cure. 75 trailers were expected. Not sure what the final count was, but the fundraiser was well attended. It was a good experience for all. Everyone was considerate, and came together for a good cause. I was really proud of Koda & Nemo, we experienced a lot of new firsts. In our riding group we had Brad & Nemo, Trainer Patty rode Walter (a show horse, trying out the trail) and Sue was on her horse Rasta. It was Sue's first trail ride and Rasta's second (you might remember him from our recent White Mound trip) they did great. Just look at her smile...

Sue & Rasta's first trail ride

The event was held at the Kettle Moraine Ranch, we rode in Kettle Moraine State Forest. There was a silent auction, raffle, a few vendors, good homemade food, free apples, a drill team show and a costume contest. This little guy should have gotten first place in the costume contest...

Costume contest

Below is a pic of us watering our un-thirsty horses...why is that? All the humans were very thirsty after our trail ride, the horses not so much. At least until later, when Koda drained the bucket. No one else drank tho...

(L-R) Nemo & Brad, Rasta & Sue, Patty & Walter

We watched the Kettle Moraine Rough Riders drill team show...

A major highlight was seeing Koda & Nemo's breeder, Diane. She hasn't seen them in person since we bought them as yearlings...

(L-R) Brad & Nemo, Diane, Koda & me
(Nemo & Koda were born one day apart)

Koda got to say hi to his mom, Pistol...

Hi Mom, remember me?

Is that really you mom?

Below is a another photo of Koda's mom (on the left) unfortunately they were already loaded up by the time we connected. Pistol is not only Koda's Dam, she is also Nemo's Grand Dam. Nemo looks a lot like her, Koda doesn't look anything like her.

(L-R) Pistol (Koda's dam, Nemo's grand dam) & Cash

We did the raffle, some bidding, and enjoyed lunch - it was a great day!

Nemo & Brad

Sunday Stills ~ Water Droplets