May, 2022
Ponies and horses!
I love ponies and horses. I surely do. 🙂
And … this happens often in my travels when I’m camping. I jump into the big white truck and head out to a specific destination but I never get there because I get side-tracked. It happened again this afternoon. Ah me, tsk tsk.
I will eventually get to that intended destination later in this trip, and I’ll show it to you, but what I found this afternoon instead were three locations, three fields, with ponies and horses. I love ponies and horses. 🙂
I drove around the first corner in the road and saw ponies off to the left. The truck’s tires and brakes screeched all on their own I think, stopping fast! Oh, but I can’t just park in the middle of the road! Ok, let’s park this big white truck on the side of the road (no, not in the ditch please!) and then let’s go talk to some ponies. Yes!
The ponies were busy munching away, and the wind was blowing (it was cold even in the sunshine), and they were at a bit of a distance from the road (where I was standing in a ditch, yes in a ditch!, so I could get as close to them as possible). They seemed not to notice me.
I whistled. And three of those ponies immediately trotted over to me. I had three friends!
This one dark-haired pony below was particularly interested in what I might have to offer her. She stuck her nose and mouth through the wire fence, gingerly since there was a bit of barbed wire on that fence. But I had nothing to give her … no carrot, no apple, no raisins or dates, sigh … nothing. I petted her nose and spoke kind, warm words to her. She liked that. But then she went back to her other friends to munch on more grass.
Off to one side in that same pasture was the pony in the photo below. Unlike the others, it didn’t even lift its head when I whistled. She sure was pretty too though.
And then I got back in the big white truck and drove on down the road, trying to remember where it was that I had intended to go today.
Oh, but wait! Horses to the right! Screech went the brakes and tires again. This time there was a bit of gravel roadway on the right where I could pull over without risking driving into the ditch. I jumped out of the truck with camera in hand (and a spare camera battery in my back pocket).
They paid me no mind at first. But, as with the ponies, I whistled and that got their attention. No one came trotting over to the gate, but it was nice to have them looking at me. The young one on the right in the photo above didn’t give me the time of day. Kids these days!
She’s sure nice looking though, isn’t she?
And then they too went back to munching the grass. Those ponies must have told these horses that I had no treats. Next time when I’m out in this area, I’m bringing treats.
Back in the big white truck and driving up the road … I have now completely forgotten where it was that I had intended to go today. Around another turn in the road, and my gosh here’s a gorgeous scene with a green field, trees all around, a brilliant blue sky with fluffy white clouds … and a handsome white horse right in the middle of it all. This time, the truck pulled over to the left very gently and I simply opened the window and took the photos out my driver’s side window.
None of the ponies or horses that I saw today had halters on. I like that. It’s like watching a dog on the beach who is free to run and romp and jump without a leash on. It feels so good to be free.
I wonder where I thought I was going today, what my original intended destination was. It doesn’t matter. I’ll remember later, and I’ll get there later. Somehow the world knew where I was REALLY going … I was going to see ponies and horses. What a great afternoon.