3 minis and a pony

Hello 3 minis and 1 pony. It's so nice to see you all getting along so well. Left to right: Princess Buttercup, Paisley, Nelson, Pearl & Zanina in the background.

Hand-washing station

I made this! This was one of those Pinterest inspired projects, I thought - I can do that! I started the project right - I asked someone much smarter than me to help me plan (thank you Stephanie), she drew me a diagram. Then I thought, this will be a $20 project because I have the barrel! and some left-over PVC pipe!

In the end, it cost around $100, it took a whole bunch of banging head against keyboard moments, and approximately 14 trips to Home Depot. I switched to copper pipe for some reason? And, in true form, I didn’t exactly finish it. I think it needs to be topped off with some prettier rock, or even some flowers? And the faucet is kinda spray-ey. I’m just thrilled we have a place to wash our hands near the playground.

Our herd of horses

Have you ever tried getting all of your children, or dogs or cats or whatever all in the same photo? This is the closest I can get with all 5 horses... Princess Buttercup, Pearl, Lucy & Nelson all waiting for Lujen to return from his walk.

Welcome Princess Buttercup!

Look who arrived at Cheyne ranch on Sunday, Feb 16th! We are so lucky to welcome Princess Buttercup into our herd! She is young, adventurous, super people loving and full of spunk. Within 5 minutes of being in our pasture she found an open gate and bolted half mile down the road to a neighbor's barn. It was a village effort to get her back home (the day 1 photos include Princess being very sweaty after quite a sprint, as well as Philip walking her out of the neighbors yard). Thankfully her lovely owner dropping her off was gracious and even helped us get her home after this gate mishap. Thank you to our fabulous neighbor Marian for connecting us with our new miniature, Princess!