2009 Filly by Paisano

Jul 032009
 

She was likely born sometime in the early hours last Friday morning, June 26th. This is Paisano’s forth foal and Lily’s second. Lily will now have a long, probably permanent break from carrying any more foals. This filly is nearly a carbon copy of her dam, with the addition of a cute blaze and a front sock. She has a similar hind right sock to Lily’s. Here are a few photos from her first day. More may be found here and here.


Choctaw Lily and AR Oko-Ohn-Sipa

Choctaw Lily and AR Margarita de los Prados

It's tiring being only a few hours old!

It's tiring being only a few hours old!

Very sweet face...

Very sweet face...

Baby whiskers

Baby whiskers

She will also be known as Margarita de los Prados (Daisy of the Grasslands)

She will also be known as Margarita de los Prados (Daisy of the Grasslands)


Margarita is owned by Amy Jo Maurer & Sally Harmon of Tired Dog Ranch. Be sure to visit their blog often for updates. I will very much enjoy watching this little girl grow up.

And if you are in western Oregon looking for a great getaway, stop in, visit and stay in their lovely rentals.

New Beginings

May 292009
 

Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.

  • Only two weeks until I head up the hill to do the last set up for the SMR meeting. I am very thankful for all the work that Amy Jo and Sally have put in so far to get ready for it. The long house now has a lovely metal roof, in case it rains during the business meeting. And we will have a round pen for demos and working horses. I have to say that it is a little hard to concentrate on much else. I’m really looking forward to meeting people that I’ve met online. Putting faces to names and friendships already started. And, of course, spending time with those I know and have not seen for a year or more.
  • I am grateful for the sun shining down through the maples in my front yard. They remind me of my childhood home in the Catskills. My truck bed ended up filled with the little fluttery seed wings. It was so much fun to see the piles of them as I swept them out. I love the small moments like this that bring small joys that grow to large ones.
  • And… one reason that I am late to post my Thankful Thursday … Paisano has another son! Mare (Dove Tree’s Marcha de la Luna) and baby are healthy and doing well. Photos are from his owner, Patty Vandiver in Sisters. Now we are just waiting on Lily in about a month or so.


    • I think that he may end up black, but won't know for a while.

    I think that he may end up black, but won't know for a while.

    It looks like has has 4 stockings and might have appy traits too.

    It looks like has has 4 stockings and might have appy traits too.



    Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.

    How:

  • Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
  • Post about gratitude on your blog. If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments here instead.
  • If you blog, please link back here or leave a comment.
  • Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
    • Visit these other blogs that often participate in Thankful Thursday:

  • The Pony Expression
  • Tired Dog Ranch
  • Enlightened Horsemanship Through Touch