The past few days I've been going through some very old photos of horses at the barn over the years. Some of them have grown, some of them have passed, and some seem to hardly have changed.
This photo was taken in 2001, of Porthos, who has been featured throughout the blog: here, here, here, and here, for instance. Porthos is extremely photogenic. Has been his whole life, obviously. He is also probably one of the oddest horses at the barn. For one, he is probably the only horse I know that would prefer to be inside all day. If he is enjoying his paddock-time, it is only because he's running around like a madman (madgelding?) trying to rile everyone up. He's the trickster, the pest, the goof. He also snores in his sleep and has very active dreams. When he was a foal, it was commonplace to see him "cantering" in his bed of straw.
