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Effex ([personal profile] effex) wrote2011-01-03 11:39 am
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Ranch Picspam

I've got a major project to wrap up this week and won't be online much (not that [cough] I do most of my internet-ing at work or anything...). Internet readalongs, etc, will resume on the 12th.

Before I go, have some photos of cats and donkeys! All taken Sunday at my parent's ranch.







From left to right: Richie, Dude, Tia Rose and Roberta.



I've got a dozen photos like this - donkey noses, cat noses, horse noses, goat noses. They were all Very Interested in what I was doing.







Donkey hugs are the best. I don't know if this holds true for all donkeys, but our crew is very affectionate. Very.



In the back pasture, from left to right: Lance, Misty, Echo and Pipsqueak (these are their barn names, not their ~show names~). Everybody's got their winter fuzz on (regular sized horses stay sleek year-round, but these guys have a lot of pony in 'em).



My sister will hurt me if she ever finds out I posted a photo of Misty with goobers in her eyes, but it's too awesome not to.



Front pasture: Rufus and Ray.



Ray's kinda an asshole (that's not a friendly nuzzle; he's pulling on Dickie's whiskers).



Which is why the otherwise lovely Dickie (who's actually a pony, btw - the rest are all miniature horses) has a bald spot on his face.



Romo! Named after Tony Romo (I had nothing to do with it) and shares his athletic ability, but otherwise they are nothing alike.





She's very photogenic.



Cecil.





Zipper.



His lordship Gandolf.



And some random around-the-ranch photos.





ETA: I should add - if you liked these and/or enjoy photos of horses, you should check out [personal profile] redroanchronicles's work. She's amazing.
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[personal profile] zanzando 2011-01-03 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Waah, what a wonderful post. I envy you the cats, mostly. (Knowing me I'd develop an allergy within a week ...)

Hmm.

I'll just go back to looking at the pictures some more and alternate with the film I'm watching. :)
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[personal profile] cimorene 2011-01-03 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww♥

DONKEYS! and ponies! and some nice shots of the trees, too.
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[personal profile] cimorene 2011-01-04 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to pet a donkey. I keep asking Wax randomly "Can we get a donkey?" "Can I have a baby alpaca?" "Can we have that kind of sheep some day?"
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[personal profile] bookshop 2011-01-03 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)

i enjoyed this post so much! <3333333 AWWW, MISTY. <3
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[personal profile] iambickilometer 2011-01-03 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
This is really cool. I feel like I would go crazy from isolation, living on a ranch, but I really like the idea of it, and I love seeing pictures of them. Your miniature horses (and cats and pony) are adorable.
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[personal profile] sinatra 2011-01-04 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
MINI RANCH. *grabby hands*

Misty is gorgeous! and I love tiny donkeys <3
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[personal profile] afuna 2011-01-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Noses! Fuzzy fuzzy noses! *melts into incomprehensible goo*
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[personal profile] afuna 2011-01-08 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha, I am envious :)