Happy 2009 to all Green Equestrians :-))

"Hoppy New Years"

to all

Green Equestrians ;-)

Hello everyone,

on 5th of January WINTER finally arrived at our stables - and it din't leave us, yet. Temperatures have stayed below the 20's most of the time and just today we are reaching 28 Fahrenheit during daytime.

So now, by "popular demand" and as promissed to some very dear friends, here are the pictures of our winterized estate .....

Stable for three, closed to keep the waterpipes from freezing....

House (back)& Dog-kennel( lft. frt.) At 03:20 pm the sun is about to go down, too....

Looky here, front of my favorite "horse-car" 1988 Jeep Cherokee :-))

And here is our meadow with "Aunt Gwendolyn (lft) and Mr. Marengo (rght.)

I would love to see your stables, too. Send me your pics, I will post them on our blog for everyone to see !!!!

Regards from Germany :-))

and good luck and health in 2009 to family, horses and friends .

Does Your Horse smile ?

In between all this serious talk about "green" equestrian issues I would like to share a funny story with you. This way I am also following numerous requests to send pictures of our horses.

In summer of 2007 my second oldest son needed pictures for his portfolio (He was and still is trying to start a career as model... ) So the idea was to go ahead and try something extraordinary and somewhat unusual. I will refrain from adding any comments to the pictures which you are about to see, other than "the outcome supported my very own theory about the way horses look at us and wonder from time to time" :-)

See for yourself and tell me: " Have you ever seen your horse smile at you ?"

Those "happy fellows" from left to right are "Fixstern" daughter of the famous Hannoveranian stallion "Feiner Stern" out of Lucina from Lemon Park XX and "Marengo" Mecklenburger son of the famous thoroughbred Matador 3484XX.

Before I forget, there is one more picture of "Number Three", aunt Gwendolyn who charmed her way into our hearts with her beautiful eyes and her determination to "get her way" no matter what