woho - snow!!

Today we woke up and it was all white outside. Its so nice - we've had rain, raind and mor rain this month. The horses were happy to - Thinka and Penny were happy to pose for me in a little photo shoot. Tomorrow the wether forecast is talking about more rain....

"Come on Penny, do lite this!"

A little breake - Penny is so hairy it is impossible to see what she looks like uinderneat all the coat.

Ickie

Just some new photos of Ickie - He'll be 5 years this year. Today I brought him with me to Elisabeth and Mikal - Mikal had to put on some new shoes. He was a bit exited about seeing the colts - and I had to take some new photos. Is this the best stallion in Norway?? I'm so looking forwards to hear wath the judges think of him march 8 we will know!!

Maia and Thinka

This fall Maia started taking riding classes. After we got Thinka we bring here allong and Maia ride her. Thinka is so inkredible nice and calm with her. So calm that Maia can ride her all by herselfe.
I sat up on her a bit yesterday - and then she was nothing but calm - trotting and jumping because she wanted to walk in front of the other horses. No doubt that se sees the different between adult and young riders.

She is sooking wet in theese photos - and her tummy is growing a lot theese days. During a break yesterday we coud see the foal moving arround - I'm affraid we have to give her a break from the riding soon. Dont know how I'm gonna get mye 5 year old to understand that thoug.

The kavaletti fence is a huge sucsess - only walking over it - but Maia is so proud - she had to make shore I got it with the camera.
There are 6 pupils in Maia's group. All the same age as here. She is the only one that rides all by her selfe - an off course - mommy is soo proud:)
Look at that tummy!! I believe she is due in march - I'm so looking forwards to see what's inside. One thing is for shore - it is an active foal - I seldom se that much activity as in her.

Jens Peder whom I bougt her from told me that Thinka is a nice driving horse. Itried it out a couple of days ago - an yes - I have another driving horse as well. Rigth now I'm playing with the thougt of putting her together with Ickie in front of a waggon. I sooo want to drive two hoses at once.

- Mona -

nice offsprings!!!

I got these photos from Mona Nordholm - The new owner of Timmy. Stallion born 2005. Sired by Herkules, and mother is my mare Netta. Isn't he something?? Hopefully he will be meeting at the stallion approving in march.

Wish you all a Happy New Year!!!!

- Mona -

Merry Christmas!!!!

We wish all of our family and friends a very, merry X-mas!!!!

Hope you are doing well !

Enjoy the happy holiday together with your loved ones (both the two - and fourlegged ones :)

Looking forward to seeing you all again - hopefully sometime in 2008!!!MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Ickie

Okay - so we swapped stallions. I'm not shore if Ickie is to happy about it. In stead of being in the field with his ladies he now has to work. The fist few days he tried to pretend to be lacy - so I had to tell him off a bit - letting him know wat I expected of him. Now he seems to find it fun to play. His favorite is playing run and play in the indoor arena, but it is almost impossible to get good photo shots in there... t bad - he is really nice to watch when he show off like that. To day we have been outside "tømkjørt" Don't know the English word for it, driving without a waggon.
He is a pretty boy, don't you think?

Not to clean on his feet - but o'yes - he has hair!!!

- Mona -

Okay.....

...long time - no see ;)

You may have noticed that recently Mona has been doing all the blogging....

I have ben so busy renovating our new home because we are moving before X - mas; and that is way I have been so quiet lately.

And because of my lack of time; Ickie has recently moved to Monas place where she will be training him for the approval in March.

Corny has "moved in" with me :)

He is growing into a heavy little stallion and I just had to snap some pics of him today when he was trying to show off for some of my mares (who wasn`t interested at all hihihi...)

He isn`t that clean in these photos though.......

Hey girls - check this out!!!
Where are you going???

Stupid halter - let me loose!!!

Ahh, I give up.......

~ Elisabeth ~

Thinka

Finally (I seems that I say this a lot these days..) Today i got some new photos taken of my new mare Thinka. I am so pleased with her. She is very easy to ride. Yesterday my daugther used her on her riding class. Thinka was behaving just at I wanted her to.
I think she is a bit slim - and was wondering if she migth not be in foal, but the other day I saw something moving in there!First she is standing quiet posing for me. Then I shouted for my dog - hes is my best companion when I need the horses to move and play a bit:)

new stable!!!

Finally - things are happening with my stable. I've been waiting for this almost two years now! The happening was so big for me that I had to take photos through my window (it was raining outside, and I guess the construction workers would smile at me if the saw me taking the photos:)) Okay, so it is at least a beginning. The whole thing measure 9x18 meters. The room at the left are for the horses to go together in and out as the want. The will be fed inside. At the left the will be 4 small stables. Two of them will have doors so they can walk inn and out as the wanted. I believe this will be nice for the stallions and mares in labour/ newborn foals.


- Mona -

Some of the girls...

Her are some photos taken last week... just wanted to share my darling girls:)
Mommy Lone and her two daughters. Penny ( 6 mont's - father:Ickie) And Rose (1,5 years - father: Herkules)
Lone is still acting like a mother for Rose - they are never far apart from each other.
It is almost impossible to get photos of Penny - Guess what she wants:)

aha, I managed to get one - she is on her way towards me thou..
Eliza (1,5 year Nelly/Spot) and Rose - "hello girls!!"
Eliza is my favorite .... love her heavy body and nice colour.

- Mona -