Horsie Saturday visits the present and the past.

[George McGovern]

Maddie and Pete are going okay these days.



We return now to the old farm with retiree Charlie Brown.
On his first day at the farm Charlie took off running checking out his new pasture.


Charlie was so laid back he let Laurie sit on his back.

His family loved him.






Mind Meld with Charlie's Dad

Charlie Brown was a wonderful fellow to have around.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Thank you for sharing Horsie Saturday, George!

It always touches my heart to see humans so in love with their animals.

Where is Charlie Brown now?

[George McGovern]

3. You're welcome. Charlie is in Horsie Heaven Diamond_Dog. He had to be put down.

His Mom, pictured here, made the decision and his remains remained on the farm.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Thanks, George. I was kind of afraid to ask.

His gentle nature brought love and happiness to all who knew him….. Is there a Rainbow Bridge for horses, too?

[George McGovern]

6. Evidently there is Diamond_Dog --

"The Day We Meet Beyond the Bridge."

“I will know you by the sound of your hooves,
the flash of your mane in the sun.
You will run to me,
ears forward, eyes bright,
the years apart falling away like dust.

And we will go home together,
crossing the bridge into forever,
where every ride is the first ride,
and every day is ours.”

Rainbow Bridge Poem for Horses
https://petmemoryguide.com/pet-loss-grief-support/rainbow-bridge-poem-for-horses/

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Thank you for that, George.

It is beautiful.

[George McGovern]

8. You are welcome.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. I love the last photo. Those eyes: so piercing, so mesmerizing. 🐎💕

[George McGovern]

5. Thank You Polly. Charlie was One of a Kind. Sweet. Intelligent. You're right -- to look into his eyes was a revelation.

This second photo, paired with the last, because of his long mane show why Charlie's owner nicknamed him "Fabio."

[LoisB]

9. Horses are such grand animals. Thank you.

[George McGovern]

10. You're welcome. They are Lois. Laurie introduced me to horses when we moved to

the old farm 24 years ago. For several years we raised Paint babies and thereafter boarded retired horses. Horses have taught me much about life. All of it good. Very good. Thank You!

[Bayard]

11. Who does Laurie let you ride?

Charlie looks like he was a very good boy. I've had to bury several terrific equines here on this farm in the past 12 years. Miss every one of them.

[George McGovern]

12. Oh Bayard, Charlie Brown was the best, smartest, friendliest, laid-back-mostest

horse I've ever met. In tribute I created an Album for him on my Flickr site.

It's not a matter of whom I want to ride — I don't want to. At all. Years and years ago, early on in our marriage Laurie let me ride one of her two geldings. He and I were in front of Laurie and hers on a straight ahead path. I knew very little about what I was doing and somehow the horse got it into his head to break into a trot then a canter on into a gallop. At first I felt a thrill which dropped into worry. Prior to panic I managed to get him way back down to a walk. Said to myself "Okay. No more."

When we had the old farm I was much more comfortable photographing horses from the ground. And that worked out well enough.

Horses will slip into your heart. Gotta miss 'em.

[Bayard]

13. It happens

That's exactly how I got my arm broken the first time many years ago, except I got wiped off in a tree.

[George McGovern]

14. Ouch!

[HAB911]

15. Wonderful george!

[George McGovern]

16. Thanks HAB911!