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The Welcome Committee |
A Big Secret we found yesterday.
Saturday we were full of energy even
though there were heavy clouds and the chance of rain we went out to enjoy the
Headwaters Country Stables Tour.
As usual not knowing what it was we were getting
into, our first choice just 15 minutes away is the
OnIce Horse Farm, specialising in Icelandic Ponies and set in the beautiful Ontario Countryside we never knew existed! We arrived just as the Horas family were setting up, Mr & Mrs Horas, Wendy, Mitchell and Brian.
We were
greeted right away and introduced to a very friendly family, we had the
opportunity to look around as they brought the ponies out into the
pasture. I believe they have 19 of these special and unique animals .
Meantime we were invited to have fresh coffee/tea home
made cookies warm from the oven or apples and cider, all made by Oma.
We thought it was a
great way to start our morning watching the goings on. We had the chance to
talk to the Wendy who is very enthusiastic about Icelandic ponies
and we found out the uniqueness of these animals, they are playful and hardy with the ability not to worry about the winter, their coats designed to take all kinds of weather and they can give a smooth ride even though they are small.
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Wendy demonstrating the way to ride a Pony! |
We realized we had
found a family who are totally besotted and only too pleased to give us
all the information they could about being care givers and owners.
We are
looking forward to more trips to Onice Horse Farm again hopefully soon when
they are not
so busy.
We visited 3 other Stables all very different in this area
so lots more to write about with photo's for another
day.