Settling into Summer

Summer has arrived! It really has felt like it today too, thanks to a glorious early sunrise and abundant warmth and sunshine. It was a cool and wet spring here, so it's refreshing to have some more summer-like weather settling in. 

Now that we're well into June and haven't caught any horses with stats even close to +80, I finally conceded that Sandstorm and Mr. Devoted Disciple can stay permanently. M.D.D. has even been named. Meet Widget!

He was so named because one of the definitions of a widget is "a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, especially one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled." (Thank you, Dictionary.com.) It seemed fitting for a sleek, solid black horse who was nameless for such a long time.

Here is Sandstorm modeling his tack: 

It's fun to have a curly-eared horse! We've gotten so used to calling him Sandstorm, the name we quickly picked out to replace the weird one he came with, that he may as well remain Sandstorm.

We named our new RHD mare "Kite" because she carries her tail high and because we really wanted to use one of the current rump arts for sale. Here she is!

I'm not sure this is the best color combo for her, though... Hmm, I'm sure she won't mind trying on other tack colors until we make up our minds.

And now, just for fun, here are some interesting things we've encountered during the last few weeks of spring on HI2.

PepsiSummer got stranded on Timbuktoo Isle again. This time it was Bethany and Promise who lucked out.

They found adventure gear!

Apparently geriatric travelers occasionally end up in Timbuktoo too.

Felicity and Cheeto fluted an overo APH on Brown Isle! This is the one APH spotting pattern that is still sadly lacking in our herd. Would this finally be the stunner who would complete our APH collection? 

Alas, he was not. Drat that negative intelligence stat! This would've been a much bigger blow to Felicity if she didn't have her beloved Focaccia to console her. 

She's a blue roan tovero. <3

The disappointing overo APH was not the only cool pinto we've recently caught on Brown Isle. Bethany and Krypton fluted one too, this time a tobiano Waler.

His personality is so fun that we may retire him to our Millennium Fields. We also think it's cool that his eel stripe is visible. =)

My last horse of note is this pale stallion that I, of all people, noticed was up for adoption.

How sad that somebody surrendered their first +6/6 horse, especially one as handsome as this guy!

I didn't tell my sisters - or Vega - about him for obvious reasons. He wasn't there when Bethany was livery stalking later, so I hope that means he found a home.

Vega, my +6/6 fluted Furioso <3