When my kids were tiny tots, they went everwhere with me. If there was fence to fix, they walked with me, hay to haul, same story. They learned about chores, responsiblity, and how to get on with it, from a very young age. One day, when my
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Getting Thow-ra I had finally chosen my first horse, despite the cautions of all the onlookers. Even the owner slash horsetrader, felt the need to say something. “You know, Trudy, I would say she’s a very old horse. She’s a Standardbred that raced a few years, and
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One would think it would, or should, take some time to get to know a new horse, and for the horse to become familiar with it’s new person. Not so, with Thow-ra and myself. It was, as if we’d been friends forever. Right off the bat, she
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It never really felt like spring, until the foals began to arrive. There’s little that can create a smile like a foal skipping and gamboling about. Multiply that, and you’re guaranteed more smiles, and a good many chuckles as well. Sadly, things don’t always work to plan.
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The whole time I was saving to buy a horse, I was also negotiating with my parents to allow me to buy one. It was only when a neighbour, who lived about a mile away, offered to let me use a chunk of land that they finally
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