A Rocky session
Our latest equine addition, a little colt christened ‘Rocky’ by our kids , was born on December 21.
He’s been a source of enormous delight to us, his proud (and protective) Mama Yvette (whose previous foals were ‘Pistol Annie’ and ‘Vedette’).
ALL of Yvette’s offspring have been chestnuts with a strong blaze – talk about a dominant gene!
We were all absolutely heartbroken when we lost Annie during a terrible heatwave at just a few weeks of age, while Vedette has grown into a very quiet, cheeky two-year-old who will head off to be broken in very soon by an amazing local trainer.
Rocky is Yvette’s first colt – quite a different baby to her fillies (he gets bored very easily and harasses his patient Mama a fair bit). He is also super cute! I decided the washing and folding could WAIT this morning – and this series of snaps I took yesterday of my big handsome hubby and our cheeky young colt needed to be shared.
There is just something about a strapping great bloke being super gentle with a baby, don’t you think?
(Captions from the Rocky’s perspective)
Hey there Human… 
You smell quite interesting… 
And your whiskers are ticklish… 
Stay still while I think about this… 
Ooohhh… hold the phone… 
That feels nice….
You don’t seem so scary now… 
Feeling pretty relaxed … 
Standing up? Oh-kaaaay? 
Oooohhh… now THAT feel good. 
A bit I can’t reach – scratch harder please! 
THERE we go… 
Ah yes, a bit higher… 
GOT it!! 
GOT… 
IT!!!!
Yeah… quite the card!
Rocky is quite tall for his age – so hubby is hoping he grows big enough to carry his 6’2″ frame in three or four years. It’s sweet to see a good relationship underway already…
😉
The roundup!
7 Comments
Gail
Have you noticed that most Big Strapping fella’s are really softies? Great photos.
BB of Oz
LOL… most of them! Thanks 🙂
Helen
Fabulous images and captions. I couldn’t help but notice the change of the lovely green in December to now. I hope some of the northern rain heads down south to you, sooner than later.
BB of Oz
Yes we are VERY dry here – it’s been quite hot and we have had no rain (in our traditionally wet season) for over 7 weeks. Much worse in places further west, of course, but wish that NQ rain would make it’s way south!
Anne@gritandgiggles
What a cutie and it is always nice to see our fellas being softies, melts the heart.
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Andrew
The washing can always wait. Great photos. Had some rain?
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Kelly
Those captioned photos are wonderful! Love the images AND the running commentary! 😀
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