Ahhh, sunshine!

Beautiful sunny day!

The calm after the storms -- 6/11/2009.

Driving to work this morning and saw a herd of mares and their babies silhouetted against the morning sky ...

It's been a nice day so far, but thunderstorms threaten throughout the next week. While the sun shone today "we" got the camper ready for our first outing -- hopefully next week. I tidied up around the house -- nice days are coming and we want to be ready to GO!

This is Chip. He's 13 and we've had him since he was 9. He's a big beautiful bay and the boss of our herd -- sometimes wants to be the boss of us, too! Usually doesn't succeed ...

This is Penny. She belongs to a friend of ours, but lives with us and enjoys all the adventures our other horses do. If she sees us with a brush in our hands, she'll follow us around until we brush her!

Here are the extraordinary equines that manage to drag our butts up and down the mountainsides -- not just horses, but cherished members of our family. We'll start with Shorty -- the "Old Man" of the bunch. Isn't he beautiful? 26 years old, and we've had him since he was 5.