October Morning, After Glorious Rain

 

We’ve had a very dry autumn and so this morning’s unexpected rain was such a gift!  How fresh and moist it was as we went about morning chores.  I’m thinking the horses found it a nice sensory experience, too.

It is also the time of year for punk hairstyles, thanks to the Greater Burdock ingenious method of seed dispersal.  Believe it or not, last week I had all the boys tresses free from burrs - that only lasted a day!  So there are many more de-burring sessions for us this autumn and winter.

For a more dedicated ode to burdock season, I’ll post a link to one of my archived entries:

http://ravenseyrie.blogspot.com/2011/02/equus-ferus-ibericus-and-arctium-lappa.html

A September Morning at Ravenseyrie

 

A little movie to share how marvellous and magical it feels to live here!  The magical morning was so full of gentle delights!

https://youtu.be/c8naqkrTl2w?si=EHAh7dg0e2JUBi06

Summertime

Fidalgo

 

Off island forest fires bring us hazy skies and smokey air at times this summer and though things are dry, for us at Ravenseyrie, conditions are not as dry as other years have been.  We’ve been fortunate to get in on a few rains that have kept the landscape from withering and our well from going dry.

The horses are doing great, both here on the home range and the mares down on the Twinravens range.  

There is a great rhythm to the way seasons come and go and the wild ones flow with it effortlessly.

Sandhill Crane family

Altamiro

Whitetail Doe

Legado and Ousado

Altamiro aka Big Daddy

Snoozy Snowshoe Hare

Lady’s Slipper

Ground Hogs (Florence and two of her kits)

The Sensation of the Wilderness

Fidalgo (Altamiro x Belina)

Sometimes,

Like tonight,

I look out my window,

And I do not know if I am on

Manitoulin Island,

or 

the 

Mongolian Steppe. 

Fidalgo, Sorraia Mustang Stallion

 

The Remaining Players

 

Some might wonder which horses remain in our Sorraia preservation project that was based on our Portuguese Sorraia stallion, Altamiro and 4 Sorraia Mustang mares from North America.

Today let’s list them!

Here with us at our home range we have all the boys:

Altamiro

Interessado

Silvestre

Legado

Fidalgo

Sedutor

Capaz

Destemido

Ousado

And our mares living on the Twinravens range:

Bella

Belina

Zorita

Fada

Pinoteia

Esperanda

Altavida

Riga