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After a week of long hours at the office, I took out the horses three times during the weekend, spending all together about six hours of my time on horseback. It was wonderful! On Saturday morning, I rode out with my sister-in-law, and then in the afternoon, I rode out to the track with my […]
Remember this little guy, whom I posted about on March 19? His owner wanted a Scandinavian name for him and ended up calling him Carl-Picasso, as a merge between the suggested Carl-Philip and my personal choice (it is against the custom to give an animal a human name, so Philip couldn’t be used). I however […]
Ali called on me this morning, to tell me that a feline had decided to have her litter in our garden. One of the three was already dead and the red one had a wound on his forehead. They were calling for their mother, who was hiding up in a tree, and I asked Ali […]
Two weeks ago, just after my return to Niger, Anette and I took our two mares Arwen and Sahara to see the third member of their flock: Sahara’s younger sister Maya who now stays with another expat family only a block away.
Maya was happy to see us again and made sure as usual to plant […]
Another of the many questions I asked myself before coming back to Zinder, was whether Arwen was in foal or not, and whether her January injury had healed so that I would be able to ride her again. Well, to answer the second question, she is doing better and walks/trots on her own without limping, […]
Saturday morning means a long sleep-in, a cosy breakfast (including a latte and an Nigerien orange or grapefruit!) and then the tour of the house and garden to see if anything has changed…
Are the basil plants still alive..?
Will Anette’s latest coat of paint keep the water in our mini pool from leaking out?
Have the mares […]
It’s been a long time since I blogged about any of the animals, and since I am in a “longing for Africa” mode tonight, I realised it was time to blog about the horses again!
I never told you what happened to Maya, Sahara’s younger sister who stayed with us for a couple of weeks, the […]
Having worked so much overtime lately, Nettus and I took part of the afternoon off and brought Sahara back to the stallion station to meet with the boys. She was really one thrilled mare as we left the flock (which normally drives her nuts, seeing she’s the boss and they should always accompany her in […]
Our terrace lizards are vegetarians, which is cool, really, except for one thing:
They eat our plants!!!
An expert in the US told us that Sahara might very well be having silent heats, and that it might be wise to let her interact more with stallions.
First up (behind a wall of protection) was Rio, the Snowman’s colt. At first, he was a bit overexcited, but then he calmed down and the two […]
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