What????

We needed to fill the road with gravel that  we use to get to the horses next door.  So the gravel truck showed up and this is the horses reaction to "this huge monster" invading their space:
You can click on the photos to make them larger.

"WHAT IS THIS?"

The horses lead the truck:

"We are out of here:"

Photos from the Pinto Event

I was so busy at the event that I did not have much time to take pictures but here are a few highlights:
The horses lining up to be introduced:

Kathe Smothers talking the the audience:

 Kathe working with Little Lady in the round pen:

 Kendra and Little One going through the obstacle course:

My grandson running through the obstacle course with his yearling filly, Luna:

Our dear friend, Sally, who is an amazing baker, made some delicious  treats for everyone to enjoy: 

Come See Suki, Little Lady, Moonbeam at the Point Arena Pinto Event

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

10:00am – 1:00pm

AT THE PINTO RANCH IN POINT ARENA

TICKET/RAFFLE COST:

$60.00 FOR ADULTS;  $10.00 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12

(FOR SAFETY REASONS PLEASE ONLY TWO CHILDREN PER ADULT)

THE PRICE OF YOUR TICKET INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE RAFFLE ANDYOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.

TICKETS SOLD AT

FOUR EYED FROG BOOKS, ARFF FEED AND PET SUPPLIES , AND THE SEA TRADER

IN GUALALA, CA

OUTBACK GARDEN AND FEED (STORE ON MAIN ST), POINT ARENA, CA

TICKETS ALSO SOLD AT THE GATE

KATHE SMOTHERS, HORSE GENTLER, WILL DEMONSTRATE HER WORK WITH 

THE PINTOS AND JOHN FLING, D.V.M. WILL JOIN HER TO ANSWER EQUINE QUESTIONS

            RAFFLE PRIZES

                      FREE ONE HOUR LESSON WITH KATHE WITH YOUR HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

                      A 16 X 20 GICLEE PRINT OF AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF TWO PINTOS BY LOCAL ARTIST JEANI MARTINI

                      SMALL HAND MADE CERAMIC PINTO - BY LOCAL ARTIST, CATE CARRE, TAIL AND MANE MADE FROM MANE OF PINTOS

                      A RIDE NEXT DOOR TO VISIT THUNDER AND THE NEW FOAL

                      A COPY OF THE POINT ARENA PINTO BOOK

           TWO PINTO BASKETS WITH A PINTO T-SHIRT, A 2014 PINTO CALENDAR, A POSTER AND A BOX OF  PINTO CARDS

CONTACT ME AT pa@photographycreated.com if you have any questions

Introducing the Point Arena Pinto T-shirt!!!

I am very excited to show you our new Pinto item for sale.  Long sleeved T-shrits, medium light gray ( color will look different on different monitors), which are made with a nice soft fabric. A few people have them already and really like them!

The front has the Pinto logo which is of Majestic's face and his mother's pinto design in the background.

The back has my favorite photo of Thunder, prancing proudly through the meadow:

The unisex sizes for sale are

Adult - small, medium, large, extra large, 2x large and large youth.

They are being sold at the Pinto event (see the post for August 19th) at a  special discount price of 

$20.00 for all sizes except the 2x large which is $25.00.

Or you can order them online for $25.00 for all sizes except the 2x large which is $30.00.  You can place an order and get shipping charges by emailing me at pa@photographycreated.com (copy and paste address into your email)

Sweetie is now a riding horse!

Sweetie and Suki were down at Kathe Smothers' ranch in Southern California for the past few months. This is the first time he has been ridden at the ranch since he came home. Kendra one of the Pinto human family is riding him.   Quite amazing the work Kathe has done with him - when they first met he was a wild yearling!

Point Arena Pinto Event and Raffle Update

We have some new donations for the raffle from two local artists.
Cate Carry creates beautiful small horse statues and she uses real mane hair for their tale and mane.  Sweetie and Suki donated some of their hair for the sculptures. She is donating two to the event.  One will be part of the raffle and the other will be part of our silent auction.

Jeani Martini not only donated a lovely giclee print of a painting she did of two black and white pintos to the raffle, but she recently made another donation of anothergiclee print of her painting of two brown and white pintos.  This second one will be included in the silent auction.

Don't forget also included in the raffle are:
1) a one hour lesson with our wondeful horse gentler, Kathe Smothers.The lesson would be on a different day and with your horse.
2) A ride in the ATV over to see Thunder, mares,  new colt Majestic and super punk/rock star Otumwa!
3) Acopy of the Point Arena Pinto boo
4) and 5) A basket with the new pinto T-shirt, the  2014 Point Arena Pinto Calendar hot off the press, a poster of Thunder and a box of pinto cards.

Come to the event and win a prize!!!

Sweetie, Kathe and Obstacle Course

We have had a lot of fun recently with our lovely horse gentler, Kathe Smothers, http://quietmindhorsemanship.com/.  She set up an obstacle course for us to use with the horses.
Below is a photo of Kathe introducing Sweetie to the course: