A Very Pleasant Day

Today was a very pleasant day. I've had so many unpleasant days theses past few months that this was truly a blessing.

A gorgeous spring day spent in the company of old friends, friendly new friends, beautiful horses, a couple of sweet dogs and wide open country places. It doesn't get much better than that!

Here's a couple beauties we met. (Um, Duane, the sweet, gentle mare on the left is for sale...*hint, hint*)

This palomino had the most unusual eyes, almost marbled looking. 

Such a beautiful part of the country! I could pack up and move here (and it's actually not far from where live.)

And what brought us here? It's an interesting story. The couple we met today have been raising and showing horses for years. They are the caring type of breeders that like to keep track of what happens to their babies. So one day "M" posted an ad in our local area, wondering if anyone knew of this certain horse (he gave a description, name and mentioned the area where the people lived who he sold it two 14 or so years previously.) My friend had purchased the horse from the first buyers when the horse was around three. She now lives across the state but another friend of hers spotted the ad and thought, "what are the chances that's the same horse?" Long story short, it was!

Here's are the breeders seeing their "baby" again after all those years!

And the bonus part, this mare has some old sought after bloodlines that people want, so she came to stay a while and be bred to this flashy, gaited guy.

He wasn't so sure about that camera thing clicking in his face ;)

We got plenty of dog love from this old sweetheart too. Isn't he a handsome thing?

It was an enjoyable day. A very pleasant day indeed!