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(It has been a while!

BigBayBaby had a beautiful colt in 2024. She then had a one night stand with my shire stallion and delivered a cracker of a filly. Black with all the bling and 3/4 shire like her first baby.

Baby is now 10 weeks old and just as friendly as her mama. Photos will be coming shortly.

I do need names though!

She was born in a thunderstorm and it rained for the first 4 weeks of her life.

Good thing she has Tripple B as a mum. The amount of milk this mare can pump out is ridiculous.

Watch out for updates! Thanks for sticking with me!)

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(I had written a whole giant post a couple of months ago...but tumble has eaten it. I'm not in the right headspace to write it again, but I will leave you all with this for now. BBB delivered a beautiful, big, pinto colt at 0245 25th November 2024.)

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Well I'm back! I went and found myself a boyfriend and am due to foal in November.

I REALLY liked my boyfriend and refused to let any of the other mares near him and because he's such a sweetie, he didn't argue.

My human was not impressed but who cares what they think?

Beanie is growing like a weed and is almost as big as me! The human thinks they'll need to sell her soon but I doubt that's gonna happen.

Thanks for sticking around! Love you all xx

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(Beautiful girl.)

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The human and her spawn have been terribly sick since July but Bean is here to wish everyone a joyous New Year.

She is now a yearling! Still aloof, friendly on her terms and growing like a weed.

I think the human might keep her...

I'm currently at my boyfriend's place...so watch this space in the next 11 months!

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Winter is kicking butt this year. Thick frosts every morning and generally only an hour or two of unruggable weather.

It's fine because we get YUM balage!

Bean and I spent a couple days in the 'Bad Pony Paddock' because she was being a little snot with not wanting to be caught or touched or anything.

Our Human said NO to that nonsense.

So now Bean is a model horse citizen - Easy to catch, happy to be groomed and handled and rugged up. Even ties better than mum!

Speaking of mum - she's doing great. Here we are being Good Ponies whilst Bean was having her Bad Pony moment.

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Beanie has a nice new rug that fits! Sure, it's not as flash as mine, but apparently, it is nice and warm, which is very important as the frosts here are getting pretty yuck, even for us fluffy horses.

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Tiabeanie is getting lots of attention and it sucks.

Luckily, she thinks so too.

(The rug is too big so only on for educational purposes until I can get her one that fits.)

(She is such a good lil 6 month old bean.)

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An embarrassing day today.

I forgot what the river was.

As some of you long time followers will remember, I used to love the river as a wee 2 year old.

Today, my head was full of fluff because The Human had plopped her Little Human on my back and taken us for a walk.

I like the Little Human. He gives me treats when TH isn't looking.

So down the river we went, and I had a bit of a brain fart.

But I am a big, brave baby!

(She's also a fool and chose the rockiest path.)

So we had some fun, got wet and went back home, where Little Human decided he wanted me to TROT.

I do NOT trot.

Except I had to because The Horrible Human made me.

To my horror, Little Human then wanted to JUMP! Well, thankfully, Horrible Human said no and untacked me.

So that was my day.

(Please ignore the scruff on her forlock. Absolutely no idea where she found burrs and didn't have the time or patience to remove them with my 3 year old running about, desperate to ride. Triple B did really well and wasn't as daft as she looked. They both really enjoyed their little adventure.)

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Finally had some sun! Rugs off!

Beanie got loved on again and hated it. TH gave her a mohawk and laughed at her.

Bean JUDGED.

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The weather has been terrible. We've all been rugged up nice and warm...except Bean.

She doesn't have her own rug yet because she's a baby and likely to trash it...and The Human can't afford that nonsense.

So The Human tried to find her a rug in the pile of old rugs...

This was the smallest - an old mini rug. Of course it didn't fit but TH thought it was a good educational moment for Bean.

She was a very good girl...much to my annoyance.

My only solace is that she is still a pain to catch and doesn't like smoochies...so I still got that going for me!

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(Isn't she lovely? Yes her blaze is a bit weird and one eye has white eye lashes and she's not as snuggly as Sol but then again, who is? but you can see what a lovely strong hunter type she will grow to be and I love it.)

(Sol is not convinced)

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So yesterday, the human stupidly took off my rug. Fair, it was a beautiful, sunny autumn day, but the fool forgot to put it BACK ON.

And it RAINED.

The heinous human tells me I am very fat and very fluffy so I can get over myself.

What they fail to mention is that MY rug was left hanging on a gate whilst my mother's was hung up nice and neatly inside.

So...I have to wear my old, poop stained rug whilst my nice one dries out.

We are NOT amused.

(The Matriarch is modelling her nice, dry rug. I have matching rugs for the two big girls and Ham...because I could afford it way back when.

Do you guys see how huge Bean is?! Yes, my nags are mega fat right now because they are basically paddock ornaments, but autumn is cold and wet, and winter is rushing towards us at full tilt. It's better to have some covering on them than frantically throwing feed at skeletons.)

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I'm in disgrace.

I pulled back, almost squashed the farrier, broke the fence post and scared Bean.

So...the human held me and told me that I was a disappointment, whilst Bean was a good little pony.

Bean showed me up and I was NOT impressed.

I sulked.

But then I remembered that Bean had never seen the farrier before and was sure to be stupid and mess up even more than I had so the human would forget about my behaviour.

EXCEPT SHE DIDN'T.

She stood beautifully, picked up all four feet, didn't kick or muck about or pull back...

Basically, she made me look like a fool.

(Tripple B is in disgrace. It's totally out of character for her to pull back and act like an idiot. She did not spook or lose balance, she just decided that she wasn't going to lift up her left hoof and leant back until she couldn't any more, then pulled until the fence post came out. She looked absolutely shocked with herself as she ended up on her butt. Luckily, no one was hurt, but it did give Bean a fright. She was a very good girl, though, and didn't panic or pull back. Triple B was then untied and held for the rest of her trim, and she SULKED the whole time. She hates being growled at. She is usually so well behaved. The farrier was shocked. He's been trimming her for almost 5 years and has never had an issue.

Today was clearly just an off day.

Just to add that I usually hold my horses for the farrier. However, he made a start whilst I was catching the minis. He's done this before, and has never had a problem. Just goes to show, it doesn't matter how well you train your horse, sh!t can still happen.

But I am VERY proud of Bean.)