I haven’t been very good at posting a photo of the week, so I’ll try to be more diligent in that regard in 2009. This week’s photo of the week is of the newest member of our animal menagerie. Her name is not 100% decided yet, but our current thinking is either Gingerbread Horse or perhaps Butterscotch.

This little mare came from the Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue. She wasn’t abused, but the previous owner had more animals than he could take care of, so he gave her up. We believe she is around three years old. She looks to be in good shape, other than she is a little on the heavy side, which is a fairly common problem with miniature breeds.

Like many of the animals at the farm, she is going to be a group project between me, my wife, and the farm owner — our friend Steve. The vet took a look at her this week and pronounced her in good health, which is also good news. I’m sure you’ll see many, many more pictures of her in the days, weeks, and months ahead on my Flickr photostream.

To see all of the latest photos that I’ve taken, head to my Flickr photo stream by clicking here.

–Pete

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