Sky and Mariah

 

This past summer I was allowed to bring some horses over to The Olive Branch to graze on one of their unused pastures.  This was symbiotic to both parties, as my horses kept the grass down so it didn’t need to be mowed, and it gave my pastures at home a bit of a break.  I should have taken more horses than I did, but since this was a first for me, I wanted to keep it simple.  I ended up taking three old fogies and two youngsters that were not yet available for adoption:  Semi, Junior, Stride, Mariah, and Sky. 

Semi and Junior have been married for many years so they were pretty much inseparable throughout the summer.  Stride has always been a loner so didn’t mind being a third wheel.  Which left Mariah and Sky, only one year apart in age, to become the best of buddies.

 

They didn’t seem to mind.

 

They ate out of the same tub every day.  I tried giving them separate tubs, but Mariah just couldn’t stand eating by herself, so they’d polish off one tub and move on to the other as a team.

 

When it was time to run and play the two were always within feet of each other, usually running belly to belly.

 

I originally took these pictures for the purpose of getting one or two good ones of Sky to put up on the website, but I could never get him alone!

 

Sky’s adoption is currently pending – it didn’t take long after I put him up as available for someone to fall in love with the handsome fella.

 

I know I’ll miss him, but probably not as much as Mariah will!