Betty Boop

Betty Boop is already 12 days old!! She is growing so fast - and is so difficult to get any good pictures of. Normaly she wants to stay rigth beside me and cuddle. To day I put her and mom inside for a couple of houers - and them let them into horse heaven - the green field - yes my purpouse was to take som photos of them:)
I bleive I've made my dissision to put her up for sale. I'd really like to keep her - so i figured out it woud be wise to sell her off as soon as posible. (otherwise I'll be to found off her)

Hey mummy - what are you dooing??

- Mona -

Ickie and Thinka

Ickie love this time of the year:) Last week I vent to Elisabeth's place to bring him with me home. It was almost ar he knew sonthing fun was gonna happen - he was really eager to come along.
Back home he got to meet Thinka - and she was oviously worth the travell... At fist she was so afraid for her foal - but then she also really wanted to spend some quality time with Ickie.
I'll let the Photos tell the rest of the storie:) All done... Just look at his face... "I'm the king" " I love my job"

"And I know I'm a really handsome guy"

- Mona -

More foals!

Emily had her foal today - a beautiful, little black fellow!

She`s mum for the first time and enjoyes it a lot :)

Here are some pictures of her boy - he will return to Emilys` previous owners when he is old enough to leave his mummy.

A little sweetheart!

~ Elisabeth ~

Viggo outside for the first time

I snapped some pics of Viggo today - outside for the first time.

He really enjoyed it :)

Sorry - a lot of photos - I got a little carried away hihihi.....

His first glanze at the "big world"......

Look - I can dance!

Hihaaaaa......!

This is fun!!!!

Hey - who are you?

Wanna play?

~ Elisabeth ~

The foaling season has definitly started!!!

Finally - after keeping me waiting for weeks and weeks - Nancy had her foal late last night!
Once again a stunning colt and I was lucky enough to be there and observe the birth!

He is black with 3 white socks and his daddy is our stallion Ickie.
I also snapped lots of photo and I thought I`d share some of them with you :)

So meet our first boy of the season - Vestlandsbandens Viggo!

The first meeting between mare and foal.......

Mummy taking care of her newborn making sure he is getting clean...
...all over his body.

Tired from the hard experience a birth is.

Trying to get up and stand on four legs for the first time...

...it is not easy, but he gets there:)

What are you doing mummy?

Mmmmmmm, milk......

Finally I can get some rest.

What - more photos?

I`ll get up....

Do I look okay like this? Say cheeeeeeeese!

~ Elisabeth ~

Meet Betty Boop!

FINALY!!!!!! This morning my husband came inn early and woke me up. Normaly I'd be quit grumpy - but today I jumped out of bed. Thinka had her foal early this morning. She was already walking arround - when I arrived.
Her father is an unknown gypsey/tinker stallion. She is just so adorable. Already so trusty, wanted to talk to me and loved when I gave here a pat.

- Mona -

No foals yet...

So I just have to make a blog post.. moarning and complaining. No foals in sight. And I've been waiting for weeks. At least it feels like it. Rosie was due the 8 th this month, but it still seems like it will take a couple of more days. And Thinka, well I was told she was due in march... The only comfort is that two of Elisabeth's mares is due the same day as Rosie, and they are making her waite for it to.
Spring is such a marvelous time... but waiting for the first foal - It is almoust paifull!!!

Well - no blog post without a picture...
I spend my days waiting.. and while I'm waiting I do som work at the new stable. Slow progres.. and mabye a bit difficult to imagine the result from these photos - I'll put them up anyway. The largest half of the stable. It will have 4 induvidual horse stables, a tack room and a smal feed rom. The horses in the large stable will put theire heads thru the wall in the middle - and get thire feed on the floor. It's the front of the induvidual stables laying at the floor at the photo.
The stable part where the horses may walk inn and out as they want.
Two of the induvidual stables has a door that goes outside. I'll make them a smaal paddock - thinking theese will be nice for the horses I need to take from the heard to keep an eye on.

Hopfully we will get started on the roof next week... I'm som not looking forwards to it. I'm not happy in a ladder 5 meeters over the ground.