The Slower Road

There wasn’t much going on in the CDE barn when I wandered over this afternoon. A few people were organizing things. Horses and ponies were hanging out in their stalls. One couple was giving their horse a bath.

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it was a pretty quiet afternoon in the CDE barns

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So I kept going, over to the National Drive barns, where I saw more dogs out in the aisles than horses / ponies / minis / donkeys. Here, too, some equines were hanging out in their stalls, and a few people were hanging out at the trade fair or relaxing by their horses’ stalls, or unhitching or putting to. But this is such a gorgeous day that I would venture a guess that most folks were out driving.

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this dalmatian was hanging out with his people

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the big curly-haired dog standing on the back step of this carriage, with his (her?) paws on the seat, just might be bigger than the pair of miniature horses

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And, I have to admit, I sought out Bond (the miniature donkey from yesterday’s post) and his brothers. They are stabled two to a stall, they’re so little (and so darned cute). They were all moving around too much to get any good overall photos, but here’s an ear:

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