Plastic Pony Photos

After homework I took some models outside to take pictures because the light was just right and I had nothing better to do. I'm starting to put the pictures up in a larger format so you can see them more easily without having to click.

The first horse is the WEG Driving Stablemate. He's new and I think--and hope--he may be LSQ. Still it's unlikely he will ever show.
His name is Benjamin or Ben for short. Sara and Zoe, who may or may not read this post, know of my LOST obsession so this makes sense. Possibly.

Benjamin

Next up is GG Valentine. I wanted her for a while and my dad eventually bought her for me. (Thanks again!) I call her Victoria because of the real GG Valentine's great success.

Victoria

And her son, Heartbreaker. He obviously came with Valentine.  His name with me is Abu, or "Nobility." Because the real foal Heartbreaker comes from Hunter breeding nobility. He's shown here with his momma.

Abu

My last Original Finish model for today, Headley Britannia. She was already in this post but the photos weren't great and I've been wanting to get new ones. This mare is known to me as Iphigenia, just because I like the story about the daughter of Agamemnon. It's sad, but it's one of my favorites.

Iphigenia

The last horse we have for today is the one I customized for the Stablemate Swap on Blab. He's my first finished one and with him I learned many lessons (mostly about protecting the horse from snowflakes under sealer). Nothing special in the least. I think his coloring is about two times less rich and two times more grainy in person, but you get the general idea. I'm only posting him because I highly doubt that the person he's for reads this blog.

That's all for today. Enjoy the photos!

Crazy Cat Lady

Somehow I have a feeling that when I'm a grandmother, I'm going to have about fifty cats, all from the shelter, and my grandchildren will all be terrified to enter the house for fear of stepping on a cat.

I already have four cats, and strangely enough I want more. This could be a very dangerous affliction (not least due to the nature of the model horses I collect). After I finished most of my homework I went to the local animal shelter web page on a whim and searched cats for adoption. Oh my goodness... it's worse than going on MH$P. EVERY single cat I see, I want to adopt. Is there a treatment for this?

...oh wait. Yes--cleaning litter boxes. The strain I picked up is immune, it seems.

Since I'm definitely not going to be getting any more cats any time soon (mother has made this very clear), I'll just post some pictures of the cats I own and know. They're pretty bad photos but they're of cats so they're good enough.

Maricruz

Maricruz

Lucie

Veronica sleeping on laundry

Myler, the barn cat

One last and very important thing: If you are looking for a pet, try the shelter first! There are hundreds of animals there and they all want homes; if they don't get one, they may be put down. Animals from breeders are fine but shelter should always take priority (in my opinion).

Silence On The Phone

Or blog, or whatever. Anyway, sorry about the week long absence. I've been planning blog posts, mainly extolling Jones's awesomeness, since we got back--but I never quite managed to post. I've had four lessons since I last posted and Jones has been very good in three of them. Today he was very lazy and most of the time was spent making him actually canter when I asked him to, and then not trotting before the fence. When he did one perfectly we stopped so it would be on a good note.

Since one of those lessons was on a Saturday and that means that I got a lot of pictures, here are a few.

Jones first.

Getting pictures of Jones in his paddock is pretty hard because he always walks over to me to have his face rubbed. And even if he didn't, it's small enough that a good picture is hard to get. But I like these two of him.

And now for the other horses. These may not be totally in focus, sadly--I'm still working out how to keep the camera still with the heavy lens on the end.

Delbert

Gabby

Chad (Ochocinco)

 Chad was being very friendly this Saturday, and let me get some nice pictures of him.

And last of all--I couldn't stay away from the flowers. They were very vividly colored and fun to photograph, although again I think some could be in better focus.

'Night!