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George McGovern

(12,555 posts)
Fri May 1, 2026, 06:29 AM Yesterday

Friday's Horses - Maddie and Pete are out on pasture all afternoon now.

The other day our "ponies" stood outside the barn while
Laurie poured grain. Her handmade rope gate is a deterrent.

We caught up with Maddie and Pete this afternoon.

Maddie's gotten good at finding grass.

She stepped away and took a look at her new environment,
still under construction.

Is this a skeptical look in her eye (or my imagination)?

Meanwhile Pete grazed himself into a corner, sort of . . .

While in the mean Maddie found some more good green grass.

In the meantime Pete found another resource.



Once he'd gotten what he wanted, Pete pressed on.

In time it was time for grain. The kids gathered again
in late-day sunlight.

Mommy completed dinner delivery and parked the tractor.
Her horsies were set until tomorrow.
Thank You for looking. See you next Friday.


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Friday's Horses - Maddie and Pete are out on pasture all afternoon now. (Original Post) George McGovern Yesterday OP
Piebald horsey jfz9580m Yesterday #1
Yes, jfz9580m. My wife says Maddie is a Piebald and a Pinto and a Registered Paint. Thanks! George McGovern Yesterday #3
Awwww piddyprints Yesterday #2
You are most welcome piddyprints! Thank You! George McGovern Yesterday #4
Beautiful! Horses are wonderful and I miss all of mine biophile Yesterday #5
You do that biophile and I'll come take pictures at the ceremony. George McGovern Yesterday #6
Today is the heavenly birthday of my beauty boy, Oliver, my Friesian biophile 23 hrs ago #7
Happy Forever Birthday Oliver 🐎🎶 Thank You biophile. George McGovern 22 hrs ago #8

George McGovern

(12,555 posts)
3. Yes, jfz9580m. My wife says Maddie is a Piebald and a Pinto and a Registered Paint. Thanks!
Fri May 1, 2026, 10:15 AM
Yesterday

biophile

(1,508 posts)
5. Beautiful! Horses are wonderful and I miss all of mine
Fri May 1, 2026, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

If I win the lottery and can hire a stable boy, I’ll have more! 😂

George McGovern

(12,555 posts)
6. You do that biophile and I'll come take pictures at the ceremony.
Fri May 1, 2026, 10:51 AM
Yesterday

Thank You for your kind reply. When a horse leaves us they stay with us always.

biophile

(1,508 posts)
7. Today is the heavenly birthday of my beauty boy, Oliver, my Friesian
Fri May 1, 2026, 01:12 PM
23 hrs ago

He would have been 30 today but he passed at age 23. There wasn’t a day that I walked out in the barn that I didn’t think he was the most beautiful horse I’d ever seen! Miss him always but today it’s more intense.

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