A big cold front has parked itself overhead, leading to one rainy day after another here in the Mitten. Guess we're getting a taste of living in Forks, or one of the other exceedingly rainy places in the Pacific Northwest. This has, predictably, lead to lots of HI3 time lately, and lots has happened to show and tell you about since our last post!
First off, appropriately, is a pony named "Show And Tell."
His performance metrics are decent, as is his personality. The only drawbacks are his small size and his very narrow back, which lead to that awkward Pepsi butt levitation we've seen before. *Sighs*
We're not sure if we can justify keeping him or not - especially in light of what else has happened recently...
While exploring a stone forest biome, we happened upon this horse. As we approached, I remember thinking, wow, what a chunker. I wasn't expecting the "lucky find!" pop ups, though, not after just finding "Whinney" the Hokkaido Pony stallion a mere 3 days earlier.
But there he was, our very own dramatically dappled Latvian Draft stallion! We'll gladly take him!
He's skittish and lazy, which has always been a bit of a puzzling combination to me, but at least he's far from ornery! Here is Pepsi taking him for a spin:
Pepsi looks so much more comfy here than she did on little Show And Tell! He looked nothing like a "Sass," however, so we are now calling him "Erglu" after some cool sandstone cliffs in Latvia.
Last Saturday, this time out in a volcanic biome, we found yet another cool stallion.
Hee hee, what perfect geyser placement. XD Maybe we should rename him "Spout."
He has that foalish,"legs are too long for length of body" look about him that I've frequently noticed on volcanic wilds, though it's not as extreme as in some...
...but it seems to work for him! He's speedy, and he has the highest jump power of any wild horse we've caught so far. (Interestingly, 3 wild ponies we've caught have him beat, though: Driftwood and two smaller ponies that we did not keep.)
The streak of only nice stallions broke the same day we caught "Skyla," which was welcome news for Kite, our zebra stallion.
This fancy pony mare was hanging out near our ranch:
Though the same height as "Show And Tell," she was even more finely built, and as a result, Pepsi looked even more awkwardly oversized on her. You'll have to take our word for it, since we forgot to take screenshots. Oops. Kite was not a big fan either, so we did not keep her.
While skirting a snowy mountain region today, we found another fancy mare, but this time an enormous one!
She maneuvers better than you'd expect for such a huge horse, and her personality is quite pleasant.
I think she's gorgeous, but she isn't the one Kite chose either.
Kite only had eyes for Eleanor. We found her in a region where fall forest mountains were transitioning to savanna. (From her size and personality, it's clear that savanna was her home turf!)
Her personality leaves much to be desired, but we love her coloring, and she has decent speed for a horse of her size.
Despite the size difference, it was love at first sight between the two. We've been eagerly anticipating their zorse foal all week - so eager that we placed Eleanor for the last few minutes of her pregnancy, just to see what would happen.
She poofed away back to our horse list the instant the foal was born.
Here he is!
Yay for stripes! He also got Eleanor's silver and her blue eyes!
Assuming the foal height predictor applies to zorses, he should mature over 16 hands. His genetic stat total and personality are a bit disappointing, but hey, it could be way worse.
We're so excited to watch him grow up! <3
We think we'll let his parents have another foal to see if pinto and/or dilution show up, just for the fun of it, but that doesn't mean we don't like him, never fear. We were so worried he'd end up tiny and either too dark or too covered in white spots to see his stripes. Whew, so glad none of that happened!
