Monday, July 7, 2008

Mornin' Dolly!

Baby Doll spends her days on Laughing Orca Ranch in one of 3 places: Her smaller paddock, the barn, or the larger paddock. The smaller paddock and barn are at the far west side of our property. We can see them from the house, but the animal sounds are a bit muted. When Baby Doll is in her small paddock, she neighs and nickers loudly for breakfast by 7am and she paces and prances a bit, but it's not too annoying because she's a little farther away.

I do love seeing Baby Doll in the larger paddock because we can see her up close from many of the windows in our house, as well as in the backyard.
But when Baby Doll is in the larger paddock, she can walk up pretty close to the house and get her point across a little more loudly and more insistantly, too.

"Good Morning! You are aware it's time to feed me, right?"
"Did you bring me a carrot or apple slice? I do love a good appetizer"
"Hey Lady! Put down that camera and bring me a nice big slab of delicious green hay, will ya?"
"Ooh! I'm just dreaming of that hay. I can already taste it. Aahh!"
"Ok, I'm really trying hard to be patient here. I'm trying not to pout or put on a scene. But, ya know. I'm STILL waiting!". ("Sigh......Humans")

12 comments :

Andrea said...

She is so beautiful!! I love the one of her "sighing". I often wonder what they think of us with our cameras!!

Carla said...

It's so amazing how you can set your watch by horses and their bellies. They know what time it is within the half hour. Daylight savings time messes them up completely.

sugarcreekstuff said...

That Baby Doll has earned her name. She sure is a beauty and her personality is visible in the pics.

Robbyn said...

I love her personality :)

Pony Girl said...

Horses are so funny, their internal clocks for feeding time! Mine will stand at the gate and whinny, too.
I've said this before but I have to say it again, BD's markings are just beautiful. My sister has a black and white paint. They are so striking!

Meg said...

Baby Doll! Oh my goodness...I am in love!!! I have a passion for black and white paints...how lucky are YOU?!!!

Thanks for stopping by and for you sincerity. I appreciate the people like you who understand where I was coming from on that post! I have got to come back by this weekend and catch up on your blog, it's really, really good!!!

Have a great rest of the week and many, many Blessings to you my new friend!

Meg

Anonymous said...

Baby Doll is BEAUTIFUL.
I am glad she 'posed' for these pictures!!!

Grey Horse Matters said...

Baby Doll is a beautiful horse with a great personality to match.

Christy said...

She's so pretty. I'd love to find a place with multiple paddocks and a barn. I guess we are looking at smaller places.

Anonymous said...

Haha, Baby Doll is awesome! Daisy would say the same things ;-).

She is a very pretty horse, you should be proud. :)

Rural Writer said...

Baby Doll is such a gorgeous horse. Glad you kept the camera handy even tho she had to go hungry a little while longer. ;-)

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

Just want to say a BIG thank you to all of you who posted here for this blog post about our horse, Baby Doll. You all are so sweet and kind to be so complimentary.

Baby Doll really does have an interesting personality and is quite a character. I enjoy being around her and taking photos of her, too. I'm pleased that you enjoyed seeing my photos of her.

Thanks again! :)