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Sunday December 6 2009
Jose tried and tried to get the baby to play today - but she just didn't want to.
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I braved the biting cold winds several times today, running out with my camera when Jose tried to stir the pot, but nothing ever came of it. I had reached my limit and was just about to give up and go inside and thaw this last time, when Smokey suddenly took off running - across the creek! I'd never seen her go across the creek with her mama - and here she was leading the three boys Jose (who was delighted!) and Kazam and Huckleberry - and not in a panic: she looked like she was enjoying herself.
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She led the herd in a circle through the brush (Jose making sure he didn't pass her - he was encouraging her to keep going), galloping for the neighbor's fence. They crashed across the creek at the far end, thundering hoofbeats heralding their approach. They shot past me, heads-down-ears-pinned-sprinting for all they were worth, first Jose,
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then Kazam,
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then Smokey
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and Huckleberry.
They blasted around the front paddock, prancing, circling, dodging, leaping, switching leads in mid-air, tossing heads,
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flipping tails, cutting corners at Mach 5.
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Does Jose know he's something special?
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Does Kazam know he's gorgeous?
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Brothers Jose and Kazam danced together,
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sparred with each other,
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pranced like the mighty spirited Arabs they are, enjoying another day on this planet.
For me, getting to watch this beauty is just another day in Owyhee Paradise.
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