Rightsizing, part four

Last month, I flew to California to spend time with my mom and sister.

While I was there, I did what I always do: I went down to the basement, dusted off a couple model horses and brought them upstairs to keep me company during my visit.

Both of these models were holiday special runs from my high school years. I can't remember the Andalusian's name, but the Arabian was called Shimmeree. I named her after the main character in the Stephen Cosgrove book of the same name.

Another thing I always do while I'm in California is visit my hobby friend, Tara Reich.

Tara lives just seven miles from my mom in a cute LA apartment with this glorious hobby space.

I love to spend time there,

ogling Tara's newest acquisitions...

and playing with her cats.

I brought Shimmeree with me, mostly because I wanted to get a picture of her with Screaming Man and CenThor. I didn't plan to give her to Tara, but that's what happened.

Several weeks later, I was cleaning my basement and came across Shimmeree's baby.

She was wearing one of the little green corduroy blankets I used to make for all my models.

This one was actually made for Golden Sun, another model on the same mold, but same close enough.

I made her a little halter.

Then I put her in a box and sent her away.

A few days later, Tara sent me this photo. Yay! That is exactly what I wanted to see!

Thank you, Tara, for taking care of Shimmeree and her baby. And be warned: The stallion is here somewhere. There could be another box in your future!