Dreaming of Chocolate is here!

Born sometime between 1 am and 3 am on Thursday, May 20, 2010, it's Dreaming of Chocolate (aka Pebbles), a cute and friendly little pony colt! Finally! Beauty's pregnancy went 375 days - well over a month past her due date.



Out of Beautiful Dreamer (Beauty) by Spot My Dream (Spot), he'll be a little pony - probably around 10 hh - when he grows up.


Spot My Dream, Pebbles' father.

He's very friendly and we know Beauty is going to bring him up right. Half sister to Firecracker and Breezy, he's got a white sock in the back, a white coronet band with a splash up the back of his foreleg, and a cute little star on his forehead. No sign of spots, but it looks like he'll be a silvery bay with a chocolate dorsal stripe.

Pebbles almost needs his hooves trimmed as he was so late!

Delilah and Shawn checked him out through the riding ring fence. Shawn wanted to know if he could play with Pebbles, but Pebbles was concentrating on getting lots of milk from mom.

Aggie Moo-Moo has a fly mask on to keep the bugs out of her eyes - she looks like some sort of alien. She quite likes it, though, and doesn't try to rub it off at all.

EastWind Pony Club news

We have two new members! Welcome, Dawn and Emma! We hope you have lots of fun in Pony Club.

Miella and Kiana (from UCPC) are taking Sneakers to the D Rally at Kemptville College this weekend. Miella and Kiana have had a couple of practices with Sneakers to make sure they're ready for Rally - both for the schooling part and for testing on Monday.

The smiles say it all!

The girls had a bit of a challenge as Fire, Breezy, Serenity and S'Heir looked on and occasionally wandered across their path.

Kiana led Emma around the field. Emma even went over the trot poles with Sneakers! Good job, everyone!

Welcome Dreamer and Classy's foal!

Born at 2:05 am, May 14, 2010 - his name is Willie B Classy (barn name Tobby).

Congratulations, Abby, on your handsome new addition!

What a cutie!

Another colt - that makes 3 so far this year.

Still waiting ...

We're still waiting for Beauty to foal. She's overdue now, but she went past due last year, too when she had Breezy. You can watch her on MareStare when the camera and computer are on.

Dreamer, at Dusty Creek Stables, is also keeping us waiting. Dreamer's foal is already sold to Abby, the owner of Dusty Creek, so Dreamer is foaling at her place. You can see Dreamer on MareStare when she's inside.

Once Beauty foals, the camera will be on Daisy. She's due in May, too. After Daisy, it'll be Donna's turn, with Soul following in July. Aggie and Cooba (the cows) are due in June, too. We can't wait to see all the new babies!

Shawn is getting bigger every day! I'll post new pictures shortly.

Annie, the golden retriever, may have found a new home. She's gone for a week-long visit to see if she fits in with the family and their other dogs. Her possible new home has a large fenced yard, two big dogs as playmates. She'll be able to dig all she wants, too, as one of the other dogs is also a digger. We'll miss her exhuberance and sweet temperment, but are happy if she's found a loving home.

The vet was out and gave everyone their shots for 2010; now we just have to pay the bill. The farrier came out last Monday and trimmed 14 horses and ponies in 3 hours of intensive work. Delilah needs to be sedated to have hers done, so that'll mean another visit from the vet.


EastWind Pony Club news

Sneakers is back home from Summerset Stables (Miella, one of our Pony Club members, free leased him for the winter) and is getting ready for D Rally at Kemptville College on the long weekend. Miella and Kiana (a UCPC member) will share him at rally. Sneakers is thrilled to have kids loving him and riding him! Emma is joining EastWind Pony Club this weekend, but will not attend rally this year.

Kiana and her mom came last Sunday to meet Sneakers and Miella, and to practice riding and grooming him.

We plan to practice for rally this Sunday, and the girls (Miella, Kiana and Emma) will have a mock rally (no adults other than the instructor - me - and stable management judge - mom). I think it will be a fun and informative afternoon. Since this is the first time that either Miella or Kiana will attend rally, it should help show them what's expected.

EastWind Pony Club is still accepting members. Please email our District Commissioner at sneakypony@yahoo.com for more information.


More stuff

We're looking for an inexpensive wooden shed to convert into a chicken coop. Right now, the chickens are laying and roosting in the dog house. It's tough to get the eggs out when the door is designed for a dog rather than a human! It won't be warm enough for the winter, either.

Once we have a coop, we will get more laying hens. That means we'll have lots of eggs again!