Catching Pixie

It’s getting chilly out at the farm.  Chilly and snowy.  But I kind of like it.  Horses are beautiful anyway, but they are especially beautiful in the snow.  Just look at the snow on Pixie’s two front hooves.  It’s too much!  My goal is to get some really nice pictures of Pixie in the snow this weekend.  Hopefully it sticks around.  The contrast in color is stunning – black horse on white snow.  I hope I successfully  capture it on camera.  

I’ve been the subject of much horse envy around the barn.  I mean I usually am…I envy how Paulette works with Misty at liberty (no rope), I envy how Emma rides Drifter bareback, I envy Judy’s TWO horses, I envy Ted’s confidence and peacefulness with the horses.  I’m always jealous of someone, something or some horse.  But this horse envy is different.  I’m on the receiving end this time.  Since Pixie has come down from her pasture and has been hanging out in front of the barn, she’s had many admirers.  People ask if she is for sale or lease, who owns her, what her story is, etc.  She’s probably the most beautiful horse out there, and I’m not just saying that because she’s… mine.

Justice will be two next spring.  She’s my greatest personal/mental challenge at Harmony Horsemanship. Simply put, she freaks me out.  She’s young and full of energy and I’m really scared around her (…I’m really trying work on it).  Of course, when she’s with “super horse woman” Paulette, she’s the sweetest thing.  And in this picture you can see her performing as the “Bean Bag Baby!”  She’s been gently trained (without pressure or force) to sit in the bean bag chair since she was a wee one.  It’s pretty cool to watch.