This cooler weather has made Gracie into a very active girl! She runs around more than I have ever seen her do before! I think it is a combination of the cooler weather is more enjoyable than the oppressive hot summer weather, so she is happy and hyper and on those freezing winter mornings she runs to keep warm!
Gracie is in the christmas spirit. I think she is fantasizing about apples and carrots! She is so laid back , she lets me dress her up for all sorts of fun photo opportunities.
Winter has come in full force these past few days, and poor little Blaze has been partially sheared due to his ringworm. But the little guy has two nice warm blankets (so we can put a fresh one on each time we treat him with fungicide). He also has a nice new purple halter that looks good on him.
He sure is growing, getting so tall now! I am anxious to have him come home, but I realize its best for him to heal up well before I put the added stress of moving on him. But we are ready and waiting for his arrival in the new year...!
Blaze is looking better than he has in a long time. His hair is filling in on the sides, his butt and legs look much better. He has a bit of ringworm on his face still, but hopefully with this colder weather we are seeing an end to this now.
Dyna has ringworm as well. I think someone touched Blaze and then touched Dyna and now she has it. I shaved her and she does not have too much, so hopefully her case will be a quick one. She looks funny with these shaved spots, but in due time they will grow in. She is a big strong girl, so hopefully she can fight this quickly.
Everyone was pretty hungry today, I think it has something to do with the cold. Gracie chowed down with a vengence.
Dyna eats a lot, but she is a very big girl! Even from this picture you can tell this is a huge horse!
Blaze loves his hay. The grey horse on his left is his 'nanny mare' Jill, she takes such good care of my little guy. In fact I think I will have to wean him from her too!
There are some new faces at the farm! Muhammad added two pretty goats to his crew, and they are so cute! They are pregnant, one with twins (the grey) and one with triplets (the brown). Baby goats at the end of december, yay!
The little brown one, she is not very big, I love her. No name yet that I know of.
She is a cutie, I love her too!....I want goats!
The day Gracie was rescued from the meat auction. Underweight, wormy and scared. Her mane, which is now so long and beautiful had been roached off. I am eternally greatful to S.A.D Horse Rescue for saving my girl. She is so special. She is 'Amazing Grace'. Note in this picture she was almost 5 months pregnant. It is amazing that Blaze was a big as he was a birth, because Gracie was starved for the first part of her pregnancy. 
This is the first picture I saw of Gracie and this is the image of her that I fell in love with. She looks (and is) so gentle and loving. She just wants attention, a nice grooming session and someone to love her. I fell in love with her when I saw this picture, not just because of her beauty but because of her prescence.
About 5 months after I bought her she had a beautiful colt. No one knew she was pregnant, in fact we did not find out until 5 weeks before she gave birth. Blaze is wonderful too, he is like his mama and I am so lucky ot have them both in my life.
Gracie today. She has come so far. There have been hard times, good times, stressful times and wonderful times. She and I have grown together and have both learned about life, love and believing in someone. My farm is going to be called "For the Love of Grace Farm" and it is my tribute to this wonderful horse whom I love dearly and will be with forever. Gracie has found her forever home with me, and I am so lucky to have her in my life. 
We haven't seen Gracie's boy Blaze for a while, so I was looking through his pictures and found some very cute ones of him that I thought I would share. He looks so cute here. He is different looking now, he will ALWAYS be cute but now he has a lot of bald patches thanks to the ringworm. I am thinking of calling him 'Patch' :) He is hopefully over this now, and I am looking forward to having him home in the spring.
You can see here how he was beginning to go grey already, well now a few months later he is REALLY going grey. He is going to be dappled like his mom. I love this picture of him, it is a picture of his personality if you will. He is so curious, and playful. Now he is not, becasue he is feeling ill, but he will be again.
awwwwww.....I miss you baby.
This pic was taken the day Muffin and Banjo were introduced. So with the donkeys busy meeting each other and getting aquainted, Kiwi and Ebony took the sheep down to graze. It is wonderful to see the llamas taking such good care of the sheep. Ebony loves the sheep, and is a very good guardian. Kiwi is ok at guarding, but is a little self-absorbed :) Llamas to the rescue!
Banjo and Muffin finally made it down to the pasture where Kiwi had to thoroughly inspect the newcomer to make sure that he was not a threat. Kiwi and Ebony are so curious, they remind me of giant cats. 
Its been pretty busy out here, winter is on the way and there is so much to get ready. The girls have moved back to the llamas farm with Banjo the donkey. It is much easier for me to have all my animals in one place. Then I get to spend more time with all of them. The girls are settling in well I think. Banjo is out with the other donkey and the llamas, as these big girls pictured above are too big and rough for a little donkey weanling. I think Dyna kicked him, he was pretty sore on his back 2 weeks ago. He is much happier with Muffin the donkey.
