Friends of Abby

Some of the other animals who live at the yard with Abby

Jacky and Abby or; My daughter and her horse.

Back from my daughters a couple of hours ago and this has to be the first thing I share with all of you. I think I’ve had an ‘Epiphany’. Animal lover though I am I’ve always been a little nervous around horses. Jacky, my daughter, has loved them with a passion from a very young age and, finance permitting, I was more than happy to indulge her passion ( from a distance).
This is Abby, the first horse she has owned outright and….. I am totally smitten. She is one big, beautiful beast. She stands 17 hands (which apparently to those in the know, is pretty dam big). My daughter is only 5 ft 3 ½, (the half inch is very important to her, and I’m not allowed to omit it). Abby is really too big for Jacky, in fact to my un-equine eye, Abby looks too big for any one never mind a slight, 5ft3 ½ inch girl, sorry, I mean woman, but as you see, the two of them seem quite happy together. I have totally revised my opinion of horses in general and can’t wait to see Abby again.
Some of these photos are not that good. That's because I've never been close enough to a horse to photograph it before, never mind actually take the photos, pluse I'm still getting used to a brand new camera. Some of the photos are Ok and it was fun taking them.