Saturday, October 31, 2015

Saturday Critters

Here are a few critters we've seen the past few weeks.  On Thanksgiving weekend we headed out for a walk at a pick-your-own orchard.  This orchard keeps a few animals around to help amuse the families who visit, and a LOT of families do visit on Thanksgiving weekend.  We took the lazy way out this year though, and just bought our apples instead of picking them.

There were a couple of friendly goats in pens.

All of these were close enough that the kids could pet them, or feed them.  And you can bet that gramma made sure hands were washed afterwards!

There were a couple of friendly donkeys.

And some chickens of various breeds, though they were protected somewhat from the visiting kids.

Another day, while out gathering pictures of fall colours, I drove by Hope Haven, a farm that provides riding for people with disabilities.  Most of their horses were out grazing.

These two just seemed to stand there while I watched.  Beautiful horses.=!

And at least one came over to the fence to say hello.

This little fella on the other hand was climbing up the wall of our house.  In early fall we always see a Praying Mantis or two around here.

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Another cool gray day here, and rain has started this evening.  The rest of the weekend will be wet.  I did get out to inspect the Bruce Trail property that I'm Land Steward for, both yesterday and today, so I'll have some pictures of that sometime.  But it was hard going off the trail, slogging through tall grass and weeds, and over jumbles of logs from the plantation thinning two years ago.  Just have to write up my reports now.

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16 comments:

  1. It's good that there are places in the country that give kids some experience other than city streets.

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  2. All wonderful critter photos! All very precious!

    Happy Weekend to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  3. What a great place to visit, and friendly animals or pets for everyone .

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  4. Well, it is a beautiful area and all of the animals look very healthy and strong. Good care!

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  5. Hello, it does look like a great place for the families to visit. I love all the critters. I just love the cute donkey. The horses are beautiful. Thank you so much for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy day and new week ahead!

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  6. Wonderful pictures! And as you said, beautiful horses. That praying mantis is even sort of cute. :-)

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  7. Wonderful critters! I love the goats and the donkeys.

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  8. Marvelous pictures! I love the horses.

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  9. Lovely photos . Thanks for sharing , Have a good weekend !

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  10. Any idea what breed those pale horses with the cream manes are? They look Icelandic but I'm not an expert.
    The praying mantis gave me the shivers. I find them really creepy. Perhaps because their heads are weirdly triangular?

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  11. The horses are particularly a welcome sight!

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  12. that's a great group of critters...i am a lover of all critters!! pretty horses, i like those cream colored ones!!!

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  13. Great pictures. Like those chickens. : )

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  14. Lovely animals every one. You need a very placid sort of horse for disabled riding, particularly if they are to become accustomed to having riders hoisted onto their backs.

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  15. Nice variety of critters. Freshly picket apples are always nice.

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