Photos from the last days of spring, June 21, 2011

[Soapweed]

Rainy day ride

Archimedes plodding through a puddle

Drying off

Neighbor's mare with baby hiding

Up and stretching

Now you see it

Now you don't

An older playmate

Fence over the ridge

Cattle on new grass

They seem happy

The cheatgrass is knee high before the Fourth of July.

End of a cloudy day

 

[George]

Good looking foals, do you have a picture of the stud?

 

[nenmrancher]

You all can send us some of that rain anytime, we have never even turned green here. Seems all we are on the recieving end of is smoke from the fires that are burning.

 

[VB RANCH]

You all can send us some of that rain anytime, we have never even turned green here. Seems all we are on the recieving end of is smoke from the fires that are burning.

needless to say that really sucks, way to much rain is way better then way to little rain, oh ya, nice pictures soapweed, looks like the rain is doing wonderfull things

 

[Faster horses]

Nice mares and colts and so nice to see all that green grass.
I liked the last one of the windmill. You take great windmill
pictures!

 

[Soapweed]

Good looking foals, do you have a picture of the stud?

The stud

Has a nice disposition

He is actually quite gentle.

Hope he doesn't take off running and bucking.

Cool clear water

Nice little filly

Stud feeling his oats

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

He looks to have a bit of age.

Throws some nice looking colts.

 

[Faster horses]

Kinda what I was thinking, BMR. Actually, it looks like he
outproduces himself. Which is supposed to the the mark of
a good stallion.

 

[JF Ranch]

The colts look nice.

My Grandpa loved horses. I remember him saying, "There's nothing prettier than a baby colt." I probably got it from him, as I suffer from what I call "foal euphoria". I'll see a nice colt and get to thinking it's the best one I've ever seen... then it inevitably turns into a yearling.

In reality, they all look their best at that age. How they look at 3, 4, 5 and 6 is much more important and how they ride is more important yet.

I agree with BMR and FH that the stud seems to outproduce himself.

 

[George]

When you see my kids you would either say I out produced myself - - - or maybe the mailman just out produced me???

Either way I think they will leave this old man in the dust!

 

[Soapweed]

When you see my kids you would either say I out produced myself - - - or maybe the mailman just out produced me???

Either way I think they will leave this old man in the dust!

I once witnessed an average-sized man introducing his bigger son to an acquaintance who he'd not seen for many years. The fellow looked both father and son over, and promptly proclaimed, "Looks like you outbred yourself."