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Related: About this forumLaurie's horse is here. Maddie is a 20 year old Paint mare raised from birth at the old farm.
Shadow "welcoming" Maddie by barking at her.
Checking out her new paddock at sundown.
Maddie's first barefoot trim here.
Grain time with Mommy.

SheltieLover
(72,051 posts)Gorgeous horse!
Ty for sharing!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)SamKnause
(14,363 posts)Please snuggle and kiss her nose for me.
There is nothing softer than the nose of a horse.
Polly Hennessey
(7,975 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)SamKnause
(14,363 posts)I had a beautiful paint horse.
I loved snuggling her nose on my face and giving it a little kiss.
I miss her (Lucy was her name).
Thank Maddie's mom for me.
brer cat
(27,036 posts)have a special bond being together since Maddie's birth. Very cool!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Diamond_Dog
(37,739 posts)You have such a lovely new farm and your animals are so precious. What a sweet pretty horse Maddie is!
Thank you for sharing your slice of paradise with us.
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Deuxcents
(23,185 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)GiqueCee
(2,588 posts)... 60-odd years ago, I had a wonderful horse. He was a 14'2 Pinto (Paint?) gelding named Patch, who also had a watch eye on his left. He was a jug-head Mustang from somewhere out west, I assumed, because he had a brand on his left flank, H Bar E. The H and the E shared a vertical stroke, and the horizontal stroke crossed between the two letters. I was always curious about the brand, but in the early 1960's, I didn't know where to begin to research it.
Seeing Maddie's markings, so close in pattern to Patch's, though his were dark brown, got me to thinking about that brand again.
Thanks, George, for bringing back the memory!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)GiqueCee
(2,588 posts)... is me at about 14, aside my faithful steed, Patch! I'm 78 now, and haven't been on a horse in 10 years or so. I miss it. One thing I don't miss, though, is when he got tired of a ride, he'd buck a little bit, and I invariably came down on the saddle horn. It's a wonder I'm not a soprano, instead of a baritone!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)twodogsbarking
(14,560 posts)All so sweet.
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)CousinIT
(11,660 posts)Give her a nose pet and kiss for me!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Fla Dem
(26,909 posts)Not knowing the full background, Maddie is Laurie's (Wife or Daughter) horse who has not been on your farm for a while?
Thanks,
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Prior to moving week Laurie trailered her horses, Maddie and her half-brother Pete, to board with good friends close to our soon-to-be new farm. Whereas Maddie's with us now, Pete's still boarding because our friends' seven--year-old son took a shine to Pete. Laurie's been giving the youngster riding lessons on Pete in exchange for all the board. Pete will move in with us sometime before next winter.
Thank You for your interest!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Prior to moving week Laurie trailered her horses, Maddie and her half-brother Pete, to board with good friends close to our soon-to-be new farm. Whereas Maddie's with us now, Pete's still boarding because our friends' seven--year-old son took a shine to Pete. Laurie's been giving the youngster riding lessons on Pete in exchange for all the board. Pete will move in with us sometime before next winter.
Thank You for your interest!
Fla Dem
(26,909 posts)All the best to You, Laurie and Maddie. I hope you all enjoy your new home.
hamsterjill
(16,127 posts)As an animal person (I do cat rescue!), I am always grateful to see one of them loved and cared for. Thank you! She's beautiful!
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)1WorldHope
(1,477 posts)But from these pictures it looks like you already went to heaven and are living the perfect life. You have been blessed George McGovern. Sometimes, good things do come to good people. Thank you for sharing, you never disappoint.
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)AllaN01Bear
(26,625 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)LoisB
(11,130 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Karadeniz
(24,584 posts)George McGovern
(8,174 posts)Bayard
(26,095 posts)Didn't you also have another horse that was coming with you?
George McGovern
(8,174 posts)montanacowboy
(6,547 posts)nothing like warm horse breath in the morning!!