Wassailing the Ponies 2017

Each year during the holidays we take time out to thank the ponies for their presence in our lives.  We had planned to express our gratitude on Christmas Day, but we had the kind of white Christmas when snow blows sideways and no one was really in the mood for that kind of interaction.  It was much more enjoyable the day after Christmas!

Because we feed apples and carrots to the ponies during this ritual, we call it wassailing.  One pony will take carrots and not apples, and three ponies this year didn’t want either treat.  That didn’t stop us from expressing our appreciation for them!  Enjoy the pictures!

Guards Apollo

Kinniside Asi

Willowtrail Mountain Honey

Willowtrail Moonlit Lady

Restar Lucky Joe

Willowtrail Spring Maiden

Bowthorne Matty

Mya the Wonder Pony

Willowtrail Wild Rose

Restar Mountain Shelley III

Old Hickory Torrin (Fjord)

The Wassailing Basket

© Jenifer Morrissey, 2017

There are more stories about how ponies enrich our lives at the holidays and at other times of the year in the books What an Honor:  A Dozen Years with Fell Ponies and The Partnered Pony:  What's Possible, Practical, and Powerful with Small Equines, available by clicking on the book covers or titles.  Happy New Year!