Somewhere around the beginning of February, deep in the bowels of winter, there is a feeling of the coming spring. A quickening. Maybe it is the light that now lasts past 5:00 pm. Maybe it is the angle of the light or maybe it is the slight moisture in or direction of the wind. In spite of yesterdays snow that has turned now to a thick coating of ice, we have a sense of having made it through our first winter. We managed to keep the horses fed and watered.
We managed to plow the driveway and keep the stove going. For me, the biggest triumph is how the ponies have thrived. They seem better than ever with glossy fur and playful relaxed temperments. Of course we have many days of cold and icy percipitation coming but we are on our way out.
Zoe and I have been getting ready for spring by reading up on seeds and gardening, ordering trees and bushes (walnut, mulberry, lindon berry, blueberry….) and planning out next Ancient Ponies farm group potluck (next week)
Also, big news, our garden shed arrived two days ago! It’s beautiful and seems to fit right into the landscape. Three men worked 5 hours to put it up. At first it was snowing hard but then, while it was still snowing, the sun came out and then the snow stopped. It will hold all of our tools, pots, amendments and mower.
Yay! Here is a picture from across the pasture. An then a close up. Cute!
By the way, our friend Mikko Sage is an amazing photographer. The photos of the ponies above are his. We have hired him to be the farm photographer. He is able to capture the magic here. I highly recommend his work.
Jasper is such a ham that most of the pony pictures are of him. Here is a picture of the regal Spencer taken by Mikko.
I’ve taken so many pictures of my horses and have never been able to capture their beauty and personalities.
But Mikko has.
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