I was at a friend’s house on Friday and had a very nice lunch with good company. As he is house-sitting for my other friend who is on vacation in his home country, I thought I’d put a post with all his beloved pets, who were more than willing photo subjects! And also to show [...]

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Isolde, Isolde… It really doesn’t feel like a long time ago, when you were a fuzzy little creature that followed us on our trail rides. Our firstborn equine, always so obedient despite your curiosity. You followed us on our trails for two years, before you got to carry your own rider. You grew as tall [...]

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It’s mid-rainy season here in Niger, West Africa, and the trails are beautifully green! There’s nothing to please the crew of Ishtar’s Ark as saddling up and going for a beautiful hike! As soon as Sheba knows where we’re going, she’s happy to lead the way! This time, we were heading for the healin jirgi [...]

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It’s been a month since Zidane settled in his new home, and now our last remaining (and here to stay) equine baby is turning fourteen months old! It wasn’t long since she was a newborn filly, …ready to discover the big world! Today, she’s part of our team of equine teenage, joining big sister Isolde [...]

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Our princess Kalahari is turning three years old today! It was long since she was a little baby filly, being looked after by my only slightly older Rhodesian ridgeback from Sweden… Today, she is a stunningly beautiful young barb adult horse, and well-shaped too! Kalahari is strong, both physically and psychologically. Personalitywise, Kalahari is a [...]

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Ever since Diva was a baby foal, she has loved water. Actually, all our barbs have come to love getting wet and can spend hours splashing their bellies the cold muddy waters, …but Diva has a special approach… Ever since Diva was first introduced to water, …she wanted to be IN it. She’ll make a [...]

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While Diva stole the show last month, today is Zidane’s turn! Our BOY is finally one year old!!! He and Diva have practically grown up as twins. Whatever one has done, …the other has copied and tried to do “better”. Although his time with us is up now, I am grateful to have watching him [...]

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It’s been a rough year for Arwen with many health setbacks but here’s a post saying that she’s still rocking and she’s still the most valuable horse in my life. Due to a lot of health issues, including piroplamosis and lameness both on one front leg and one back leg, I have not been able [...]

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Someone is turning one year old today! And that someone… …is none other… …than our very own Diva! It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since this little dark beauty was born! Although far from fully grown, she has nice round shapes, …beautiful gaits… …and a lot of attitude! Like her mother Arwen [...]

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Yesterday morning, Habu, Isaku and I rode out to the Dadin Serki lake, bringing along a few equine youngsters who love to roll in the mud… On the other side of the lake, nomads were taking their herd down for a drink. It’s always an impressive sight! I love how the nomads always manage to [...]

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On Tabaski this Monday, my friend Naim and I rode our horses King & Isolde to the race track. Isolde is a bit weary of males when she is off heat but after she managed to launch a few warning kicks (touching him but not injuring him), they were fine. Although we were a little [...]

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Happy 11 months, Diva! I can’t believe how big you’ve grown! Such a remarkably beautiful filly, I just can’t wait to see what you all grown up! Thanks for the beautiful eleven months that you’ve given us so far – you are so easy to work with and so much fun. Looking forward to many [...]

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As one can never get enough of horses, festivity & culture, here is the second part of the Ramadan feast that I started telling you about. After we had been to see the Sultan’s parade outside his palace, we followed him as he rode down to greet the governor. Once the greetings had been exchanged, [...]

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