[deutsche-bahn]

Noch mehr Pferde. Gouache und der legendäre Grundschul-Deckfarbenkasten auf Tonpapier

[suspiciousmammal]

Have been diagnosed with the human equivalent of kissing spine. Or at least I now have spinal arthritis and inflammations alongside the scoliosis. Jfc, if I were a racehorse they'd have taken me out the back already

[craigslisthorses]

This is a stallion...

[suspiciousmammal]

Ah I always wondered what would happen if we invented a horse that had all the structural issues of an english bulldog

[deutsche-bahn]

Da ich hier ja quasi schon damit gedroht habe, und die Fotos ansonsten in einer Cloud einstauben:

Falls ihr Interesse an meinem weirden Stadttauben-Fotografie-Hobby habt, findet ihr das jetzt auf Instagram unter "tauben.auf.gleis.drei".

[deutsche-bahn]

Da ich hier ja quasi schon damit gedroht habe, und die Fotos ansonsten in einer Cloud einstauben:

Falls ihr Interesse an meinem weirden Stadttauben-Fotografie-Hobby habt, findet ihr das jetzt auf Instagram unter "tauben.auf.gleis.drei".

[stinkybrowndogs]

I’ve decided to start a new conspiracy theory that coonhounds don’t actually exist. the setter people are frantically shaving their dogs in between shows and then showing them again as “coonhounds”. So they can win extra ribbons I presume.

[suspiciousmammal]

Got admitted to the psych ward, which is rather good news since I've tried to get treatment for ages, and this seems like the only option without a 12+ month waitlist for now. My first day here falls on a bank holiday tho so it's about as boring as a day spent filing taxes in an empty highschool hallway. Did meet a tiny jumping spider. Truly, the fun never ends on the closed psych unit

[suspiciousmammal]

some draft horses in traditional decorated 'prunkgeschirr' harnesses.

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests #2

[thezabajabajungle]

Favorite bird genre has got to be 'that's literally just a dinosaur'

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

Pheasant Coucal

[elbiotipo]

Pirincho! (Guira guira)

[conspiring-limabean]

must include the fact that baby hoatzins have claws too

[moth-time]

@suspiciousmammal asked for some pictures of horses in cool tack and I thought I'd already posted these guys but I can't find the post anywhere, so I'm uploading 'em now. They're shitty pics but I took them with the intention of collecting references of the tack, so they serve that purpose well I'd say!

The only part I like about the Oktoberfest are the horses in their gorgeous tack :) Not pictured: All the big draft horses with the huge padded collar pieces are pulling wagons containing up to 20 metric tons of beer. They're usually four our six horses a wagon.

[suspiciousmammal]

Oh this is absolutely wonderful, thank you!

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests

[suspiciousmammal]

Btw, I'm still looking for reference pictures of different carriage and plough harnesses specifically, but also of just discipline-specific pieces of tack in general. So if you happen to have a clear sideview photo of your horse tacked up in anything like that, let me know!

[suspiciousmammal]

Fabric painting tests

[suspiciousmammal]

Hi I made some tick patches. I learned so much about ticks while making these and I really wish I hadn't

[suspiciousmammal]

Took the perfect picture of a squirrel today.

I imagine that this is what the world is like for people who aren't shortsighted

[suspiciousmammal]

Jfc all these reptile groups and forums with "non-judgemental" in the title are really just filled with people showing you some of the worst neglect cases you've come across, expecting someone to have an easy and cheap solution ready to bring their leopard gecko back to perfect health. And nooo don't point out their terrible setup, we're judgement-free here

[suspiciousmammal]

So whenever the news cycle gets too depressing, I scroll through horse sales ads while drinking my morning coffee instead. Even tho I'm not around horses anymore, and don't intend on getting back into that world.

Now, my partner hasn't been around horses much at all. So you can imagine my surprise when he not only became very invested in looking at random horses with me, but started actively enforcing horse ad time like it's some long-established relationship ritual we have.

After like three months of this, he has a surprising amount of opinions on horses and horse breeds despite never having been around one since he was 8. And since I kinda live for his comments on these horses by now anyways, here are some highlights:

he seems to have a nagging suspicion that irish cob yearlings aren't real, because they look too fluffy to be true. I'm with him on this

he likes Mustangs the most, because they have the friendliest faces.

He groups ottbs into the 'boring' or 'looks like a very big dog' category.

He dislikes American Miniature Horses so much that whenever we come across one, it's like he's discovering them all over again

He has developed a certain dislike for Icelandic Horses specifically. When I asked him what makes him hate Icelandics but love shetlands for example, he gave me a rather passionate explanation of how Shetland Pony ads are at least honest about selling some equine poltergeist, while Icenaldic Horse people act like they're selling Sleipnir itself. And jfc he's got a point?

Speaking of shetlands, he's a big fan of shetland sales ads and the euphemistic language they use

He also always asks me to save particularly... memorable pictures of horses to add to his growing collection. Here are some of the recent additions: