The Colt’s Name Reveal

Thanks so much for your patience. I was able to get this up a half hour early, so, here we go! Instead of just announcing it in a boring old blog post, we wanted to do something special, since this little guy is so very special. He is the calmest foa...

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Apr 04, 2023
Coming Soon – The Colt’s Name

I received 165 name suggestions! It took the family all evening to come up with which name they liked best out of a “short list” of possibilities from the two-page list I printed out for them. They started narrowing the names down yesterday, but I ke...

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Apr 04, 2023
Foal Update

See more horse updates here >> Four days old! Jewel’s Taffy Kandy and the colt (who is as yet unnamed, poor thing). I will still be taking name suggestions until 5pm tonight (Pacific Time). You may suggest your name in these comments. I will ch...

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Apr 03, 2023
Too Many Kittens?

Note . . . if you already got a published version of this post, sorry about that. I clicked “March 3” rather than “March 31.” Ah! WordPress! While Kristel and I were hurrying around trying to decide if Jewels or Scarlett or either or none were going...

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Mar 31, 2023
Name Scarlett’s New Colt

This contest has ended. Stay tuned for the winner and the colt’s new name! Note: This is a time-sensitive contest (5 days). My daughter is anxious to name and register the big guy. So this naming contest runs from Thursday, March 30 and closes Monday...

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Mar 30, 2023
“Taffy” Filly Color Guessing Winner

There were four color possibilities for Jewels’s foal, if you remember. See post >> Six entries guessed “palomino,” the smaller of the odds, and they guessed correctly! JASMINE is the winner (since I have only one prize to award). She has 48 ho...

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Mar 28, 2023
A Colt and a Filly

Believe this if you will. Kristel and I were up all night long. Both mares delivered within six hours of each other! This is so unusual and we are dead tired, but I wanted to announce the entries that qualify for the drawing (those who guessed right...

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Mar 27, 2023
Foal Watch

So… We see Scarlett’s pH dropping and get her stall all ready. She is eating hay. So Kristel says, “I need to tell Kristi her pH has dropped to 6.2.” okay. Fine. I head for the RV and Kristel stops me. “You have to watch her.” I stop. “What? Watch he...

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Mar 25, 2023
Britches Are Not for Little Girls

Listen to more audio short stories in Andi’s Attic >> Mrs. M has recorded another Andi short story, “Britches Are Not for Little Girls” (from Tales from the Circle C Ranch collection, when Andi is young). If you want awesome novel-length audio...

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Mar 24, 2023
Rosa Garduno Character Quiz

See past Character Quizzes >> And the winner is NATALIE L. I salute you all. Thanks for sending in so many fun entries! I received 33 entries! Out of those 33, an eleven got 100% (either all right or missing one but filling out the bonus questi...

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Mar 22, 2023