Dolly used to be reticent with other herd members but no longer:
Dolly spots me sitting below a rise:
Then comes for a rub and a kiss:
Then off again!
Formerly timid but now so confident!
High self-esteem Dolly Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013
Firefly and Elementa exchanging a few equine words:
And last but not least, here is Juliane later that same day bareback on her beloved Henley:
This afternoon Juliane and I went on a long trail ride with Henley and Elementa. Above freezing and windless, shafts of end of day light turned the snow shades of muted yellow, pink, and gold. The snow was deep so we mostly walked but had a couple of short trots and canters. Both Elementa and Henley began the ride "on the muscle" but soon settled down. It made me wish I were not leaving tomorrow for North Carolina, almost that is. I love the Raleigh Durham area (lots of horses!) and have always enjoyed meeting the gifted and inspiring members of the National Humanities Center. And last, but not least, our hotel has a jacuzzi, a big, big plus for somehow who's been trying to shovel Nemo away from farm gates and barn doors.
Remember, starting tomorrow Valentine's Day and for three days afterwards my novel Trophies, An Equestrian Romance will be available on Amazon for free: http://www.amazon.com/Trophies-An-Equestrian-Romance-ebook/dp/B00998J2B2
See you when I return from below the Mason-Dixon Line.
Until then and thank you for reading The Windflower Weekly.
-- Ainslie
Links:
http://www.amazon.com/Trophies-An-Equestrian-Romance-ebook/dp/B00998J2B2
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kaleidoscope-pony-ainslie-sheridan/1114272809?ean=2940015948592
http://www.allhorsestuff.com/
http://www.facebook.com/YonkersShelter
http://www.saveyourassrescue.org/foradoption.html
http://www.rubysvoiceequine.com/index.asp 
What fantastic images - loved looking at them and wondering what it is like to ride in the snow. If we get a few inches we are lucky.
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