Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Little Polka-Dot... Pony?

I love having my horse at a proper boarding facility. It's entirely selfish; Juno is perfectly happy to hang around in a pasture all day, and she has no need of real facilities. But I quite enjoy having round pens and arenas in which to make her work (or, as Juno would probably put it, horribly torture her). You never know how useful it is to have a fenced area in which to isolate your horse until you really need to do it, and even better, at long last I've even found a place where Juno gets her own shed and could, if she ever chose to (which she generally doesn't), get out of all the rain.

Admittedly, I mostly like being in a boarding stable because there are so many interesting horses to take pictures of. Juno's current home is populated by an interesting mix of saddle horses, minis and ponies, one big beautiful draft horse, and a miniature donkey.

This particular miniature horse has a touchably soft winter nose...

...and beautiful blue eyes...

...and on the right side, even the lashes are white.

I have a thing for extreme close-ups, in case you couldn't tell. Here's another of the local minis, Flash:

And another boarder's horse; this handsome young gentleman is a warmblood and does dressage:

I have a huge crush on this gorgeous Percheron mare, Grace. I haven't met her owner, but I've spent a little time leaning over the fence and trying to get Grace to love me. She's a hard one to bring around; she's very interested in people but seems wary at the same time, a little shy. She makes a pretty picture in the fog, though.

I can't seem to get quite enough of these minis. This one is Rudy; he used to be a little terror and very hard to catch, but his new guardian has done great work with him and he's now nearly as friendly as his other little friends.