Life changed again when our newest addition to our farm arrived.   Ben, at 6 days old, is a bouncing ball of energy, curiousity, and playfulness.

Ben is for sale.   That was the plan all along and still is today.   However, already I am hearing voices (namely the spouse, friends, and clients) saying, "Oh, but he's your first on the farm...", "Oh, but he's so very nice quality", "Oh, how could you part with this one?".

With foals, it is often love at first sight.   At the sight of a cute newborn foal, mare owners gets a little bit broody...   searching the Internet and horse magazines for the perfect stud for their own horses...   comparing stats on stallion performances...   dreaming about their own little ball of fuzzy joy.

Less than a week into it, we can see we were very lucky with the excellent broodmare we bought from Frits Donderwinkel in Holland.   And even at this early day, we can see we were blessed with a lovely stud colt.

With the changes at work and the changes on the farm, it's certainly been a banner week....   anything but quiet and boring!