Photo day + today's photo, part two

Yesterday was Christmas photo day at the barn.

Tazz

I took over one thousand photos, twenty nine of which I've already shared.

Fortunataa

I suppose I could leave it at that, but that would be really unlike me.

Jennifer and Olive

Besides, some of these pictures are too good to keep to myself!

Sarah and Amora

Roughly half the horses dressed for the occasion.

Kaffi

Of course, Olive was one of them.

Together with Fortunataa...

and Guaranteed, Olive spent most of her time loose and grazing.

All three of these good trail horses know how to drag a rope and stay put.

It was nice having them there with us.

Well, mostly.

There was a tiny incident with Olive and a bike.

Fortunately, it didn't last long.

Right back to grazing!

When it was her turn in front of the camera, Olive was a little reluctant to go to the cart.

We worked through it pretty quickly.

I am really pleased with these pictures. 

Thank you to Linda's husband, John, for taking them!

I am also really happy with the family pictures of my trainer friend, Sarah, her husband, Joe, their roommate, Jen, and their four horses, Pippin, Amora, Birdie and Olympia.

Taking a picture with four horses - two of them youngsters - can be a challenge.

Worth the effort!

This was such a fun day, filled with two and four legged friends.

Karen and Kaffi

I know I sound like a broken record, but I am just so overwhelmingly grateful to spending another holiday season with my Olive pony. Whatever would I do without her?

Today's prompt for the Advent Model Horse Photo Challenge is Pinto.

I chose to create - what else? - a 1:9 scale Christmas photo shoot with my Eberl Shirley resin, Bangles.

Twenty three down, two to go.