Abby Week: Home!

April 27, 2012 was a very big day. It was the day I brought Abby home, and it was the day Pony Pal Corinne was born. Since she was a little girl, Cory has been delighted to share her birthday with Abby, and has always called Abby her "twin horse." ("Tin hoss" when she was little.)

The "twins" visiting each other in 2018. I love the joy on Cory's face and the contentment on Abby's.

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Home!

Yesterday morning I picked Leslie up at 6:15 just as the sun was coming up, and we headed down to Frankfort to sign the papers on our two new horses. Cocoa hopped right into the trailer, but Abby needed a little persuading to join him.

Travis Horton, a friend from Church, hauled for us, and took us to Horizon Vet in Delphi for a vet check (both horse and pony passed; we learned Abby throws her head when she does not like something - she bent a needle doing so) and then dropped Cocoa off at Leslie's and Abby off at her new home, Tim Gibb's ranch in West Lafayette.

 

Abby was quite calm; no milling around while on the lead rope, no mad dash for freedom when I turned her loose. She just walked off, looked at her surroundings, and then began grazing.

I admit I got  bit teary as I looked at her. She is SO like Amy.

Tim Gibb's mammoth Quarter Horse, Trouble, was the first of his herd that we introduced to Abby. Trouble was anxious to get to know her but she made it very clear that he had to be friends on HER terms and not his. She has a gorgeous, floaty trot.

Travis, Tim, and I hung out with Abby and Trouble for about a half hour to make sure things were good, but truly, Abby and Trouble were doing fine and did not need monitoring.

I breezed home on cloud nine, feeling very humbled at the blessing of having a horse in my life again. And then I took a shower and napped for a couple hours. Needless to say, the previous night I did not sleep much (well, it WAS sort of like Christmas Eve!) and ended up taking a two hour nap!

Double bonus of the day? As we were hauling the horses, I got a text from Kyle. Ashley was in labor! At 8:32 AM, Corinne joined that family weighing 9 lbs. 14 oz. and  21 1/2 inches long.

New grandbaby, new horse... what a wonderful day it was!

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Indeed it was. Happy Birthday, Cory! I fed Amy some extra carrots in honor of your shared day.

Tomorrow? Saddle up, pardner!

Stay 'tooned!