Friday, May 30, 2008

She's here!

This has nothing to do with knitting, or spinning, or weaving, or dyeing, or really any sort of fiber. Too bad!


This lovely filly was born a couple weeks ago, and she's a dandy! Saying a newborn is cute is redundant, but true. Here she is, about a day old - already contemplating hay. What IS this stuff that mom chews on all the time?



And this is about a day later, out for a romp in the arena, getting mom her exercise as well.

She likes to jump things, but I didn't catch any good photos of that. She's a Davenport Arabian, and if you'd like to know more about this bloodline, this is a good starting point - http://www.davenporthorses.org/history/ . Homer Davenport, who imported the ancestors of these horses in 1906, was born in Silverton Oregon!

Hurray for babies!

3 comments:

normanack said...

Adorable foal! And I love the look in Mama's eye.

Did you know that over on ravelry there's been quite a discussion about your Swirl Pullover? Someone found a picture of it but not its origin, and that set off a detective hunt. And we found you!

You might want to print some extras of this pattern as sales will probably go up. I want one myself. :-)

Michelle said...

So is this beautiful pair yours? Thanks for the link; I had never heard of Davenport Arabians before this.

Anonymous said...

Oh! She's a beauty, and look at her diamond.

I have a soft spot for the Davenport line since having a sweet, do-anything-for-me gelding about 15 years ago.

Hope you survived BSG in good shape.