Paris (Cherokee's Paris), Pam's first horse - half Quarter Horse, half Paint - a rescue from Crosswinds
Sonny Dee, Pam's second horse - a B.L.M. Mustang rescue horse (also from Crosswinds) and shaman extraordinaire
Sonny and Pam in the roundpen - pasture 2
Pam with Sonny and Paris. I was trying to get a picture of just Pam and Sonny, but the ever curious
and quintessential ham Paris couldn't resist butting in.
Paris and Sonny romping in the snow
Paris and Sonny out on pasture 3
Sierra, Pam's third horse - another Mustang, also from Crosswinds - with Sonny and Paris in the snow
Sally, who we fostered for a while from Crosswinds Equine Rescue
Sally has gone on to be a "therapy horse" for Special Olympic kids in Atlanta, Georgia! Yay Sally!
Miss Sally with Miss Paris.
Sonny, Sally, and Paris in the morning on pasture 4
Sonny, Sally, and Paris in the late afternoon on pasture 4
Our 3 guys in the foreground - 2 boarders in the back - making snow art
Tennyson (AKA Defense Motion - great great grandson of Secretariat!) - our first boarder - with Dana, Tenny's
temporary owner. Tenny also came from Crosswinds and is now at another stable, happy with other Thorougbreds.
Dana and Tenny on the north barn dry lot. Tenny, as Defense Motion, won over $100,000 as a 3 year old.
His pedigree also includes Northern Dancer, Native Dancer, War Relic, and Man o War.
More info on this beautiful guy can be found on Crosswinds' site about
Tennyson.
Scroll down to the bottom of their page for his pedigree chart.
One of our favorite pictures of "Chocolate" Tennyson after a roll in the mud
Tennyson and Sierra, foreground in pasture 4 - Sonny and Paris, background in pasture 3
Bonaparte (and next picture Shazam) were boarded with us for a little over a year. From Connecticut (owners
transferred here so husband could attend UoI Vet Med School), both horses were Olympically trained
jumpers - had to increase the height of their pasture fence as we found Bonaparte had jumped into the adjoining pasture
one evening! Whoops!
Bonaparte and Shazam (here), though upper echelon horses, were both perfect gentlemen. In December, 2010,
they moved to another stable with more elaborate facilities. We miss them both, especially Shazam, who had to
be put down this January, 2011 due to colic. Both Shazam and Bonaparte and their owners, Dustin and Kelly, taught
us a lot! And, I think they learned a lot from us....
Rest in peace, Shazam!
View of the south barn looking NE with the 4-horse stall addition on the south end
View of the overhang over the dry lot on the east side of the north barn as well as a portion of pasture 1.
An older picture this, since now there are 4 doors that lead to the inside stalls.
Interior view of the north barn showing the 8 stalls
View looking SW at the machine shed - where tractors and other tools are housed, as well as sawdust for bedding
One of the two rainwater collection systems. This one is 325 gallons located at the NW corner of the south barn.
The other one, at the SW corner of the north barn is 425 gallons. They supply most of the water for the horses.
Larry on the Case IH tractor scooping poop. The old Case has pretty much been retired.
It's a pretty cranky thing to try and operate.
This is the new workhorse - a JD 3520, 37 hp, heated and air conditioned cab w/stereo. Sweet.
That's one of our totally spoiled barn cats checking out this new thang.
Another indispensible tool - the Grasshopper Zero-turn mower, shown here sans front 60" mower deck with the adjustable
blade attachment
Our 2008 Trail-et New Yorker 2-horse trailer - straight load with ramp. Tack room at the front.
Actually, we haul more hay with it than horses. We can haul 60 bales with it and the truck.
A summer double rainbow looking east from the house. We see a lot of these!
Looking east at sunset from pasture 7 - the future vineyard
Looking SSE from pasture 1 to pastures 2 and 3
Looking south from pasture 5 to pastures 6 and 7
View of the north end of the house on a very snowy day
Pam tending to the flowers on our east patio
Front view of the house showing its Greek Revival architecture
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