Random Horsey Happiness

The moon was very full and bright this morning when I got up. I'm an early riser (a holdover from my mama days) and had taken Pepper out to do her business. I shivered on the patio in my nightgown and sweater, but the sight of that beautiful moon made me feel a burst of happiness.

Something else that makes me feel happy are what I call "random horsey happiness." Those are horsey connections that I come across, often unexpectedly.  

Here's a text I recently got Mountain Mama Jessica - we were discussing the birthday gifts I'd just sent Pony Pal Cambria. The end of Jessica's text made me start in surprise.

Jessica? Fond of horses? My girl who has always had tepid feelings for horses? Random horsey happiness!

This photo that my daughter-in-love Emily sent me of Pony Pal Susie playing with a horse brought me some random horsey happiness.

So did this one of Pony Pal Julie. She was doing a book report on the book The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde and wanted me to know that one of the main characters in her book was a pony named Blacky.

Pony Pal Mila showed me her horse collection during the holidays. I see Cupcake in the blanket that we made together and Aurora, the unicorn I got her for this Christmas! Random horsey happiness!

Yesterday we had freezing rain and there was a glaze of ice on everything.

Look at the beauty of the icy glaze on my outdoor horsey decor. Random horsey happiness!

 

So treacherous, but so lovely, too.

This garden stake is in my stepping stone garden. I love how the rain froze as it dripped off its hooves.

Other random horsey happiness includes the seasonal decor I put out. I'm still experimenting on this year's Valentine decorations, but I have already grouped some of my red and pink horses on an open shelf in my office.

And in my library, too. (Truth: there are more horses than books in there.) I have Stablemates along with the pink NaMoPaiMo medallion I received last year on display.

I have never been able to explain why horses bring me such happiness, but they do.

And during this bleak, cold January, I am grateful for the happiness those random horsey connections bring me.