Ross' place

So we stopped at Maple Heights Arabians (aka as Ross' Place) to say hi to Ross and Erin after our buffalo adventure. Finn and Lily just love it there. The poor cats get cuddled, carried around, smooched (eew!), petted, squeezed and so on. They seem to like it though! Parker the dog is treated with a tiny bit more respect and only gets hugged and scratched behind his ears, which is mainly due to his size, not his temperament. He is the mellowest dog I know.

Here they are having fun with the cats on the trampoline.

Finn and Lily had great fun jumping! After involuntarily hopping up and down for a while the cats decided that under the trampoline was way more comfortable than on top.

Parker could only watch so much action from a shady spot.

While Ross and Kurt visited and the kids played Erin and I had a look at some horses. This handsome fellow is a 3-year old Arabian race horse prospect. He is the son of the mare I rode when I lived on the place 11 years ago and he looks very much like her.

And this cutie was just a few hours old!

Finn decided to join us in one of the paddocks. He was very brave and didn't panic when all the horses came to check him out. They thought he might have a treat for them, so they were quite nosy.

This is Rocky getting his nose stroked.

After a while Finn decided to check out machinery with more hp than just 1.

Lily got Finn to help her feed the horses some grass and hay and whatever Lily thought was appropriate horse feed.

Anyone else want some old straw mixed with horse poop?

Mmm, edible or not edible? Better lick it first to see what it tastes like.

Tomorrow morning I will go and ride "my" horse from way back when. Highland Fling is a 15 year old mare now who looks just as beautiful as she did as a 4 year old. I'm excited to find out if we still get along after all these years! (Man, I start to sound like my own grandmother. :)