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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 12:07:59 GMT -5
Roxi grinned as Coco enjoyed the petting. The tiny foal, Ellie, now called by Luke and Roxi looked up to the people surrounding her monther and gave a small squeal. Then she ran off bucking and kicking till she came back to nurse from her mom. Roxi scratched Coco's nose and watched the little filly. "About 5 years ago now." she said looking back over to the brother and sister.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 12:11:01 GMT -5
David nodded as he listened to his new friend talk. "Wow five years? I guess you like it here huh?" he laughed. Jessica smiled and looked back at the horse. She knelt down to watch Ellie and laughed as she squealed. "Your a funny little filly." she whispered.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 12:14:07 GMT -5
"Yeah it's nice and peaceful around here." she said looking to Luke. They'd been through good times and bad ones and Luke had always been there for her. They shared a speacial bond though they were not involved romantically. She smiled at Luke and then at the new people. Reaching a hand down to Ellie, the filly sniffed it with her soft pink nose and then licked her.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 12:18:08 GMT -5
"It's been pretty nice so far for us too." David replied. Jessica was too involved with the filly to keep listening to their conversation. David continued. "We really like it here so we are hoping to build up our business. We want to breed Thoroughbreds and Arabians." he told her. He looked over at his sister and laughed watching her stick her hand out to the filly and Ellie jumped back.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 12:20:41 GMT -5
Roxi laughed at the filly and the younger girl. "I think you'll do great around here. There's actually another breeder of arabians aroud here." she said with a smile. She only slightly knew the owner as they didn't run into each other often.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 12:37:37 GMT -5
Jessica finally popped back to to reality. "Oh yeah! I met him. Remember David?" Daivd thought for a moment and then nodded. "Yeah that guy, Steven." he said. Jessie stood up and wiped the dirt from her jeans. She was used to dirt from taking care of horses her whole life. David too. He was more an artist. He could sketch, paint, and draw horses with remarkable talent. He watched Coco and Ellie and was perfecting a painting in his mind. Jessica looked at his face and smiled. She knew exactly the look that meant he was thinking up something.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 12:43:19 GMT -5
"Yeah, he's a nice guy. Got some wonderful horses." Luke said watching Jessi stand up. He looked over to Roxi and laughed and she petted Coco and watched the filly silently. She wasn't going to be very big, but she was straight and had good conformation. Roxi finally looked over to her guests and then let her eyes wonder off again.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 13:01:03 GMT -5
Jessica turned to face Luke as he spoke. "Yeah I could tell he's worked with horses. He seemed to like Turner." she said smiling. She remembered the way Steven had worked with Turner and how he told her about his work with Arabians. "I'm hoping to get to work with him sometime. I have an Arab mare I want to use with one of his stallions. Or maybe Turner. I'm not sure yet." She climbed up to the fence and sat next Luke. David watched the horses still working on his painting in his mind. "David!" Jessie yelled. David looked up. "Oh sorry." he laughed.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 13:05:45 GMT -5
Roxi laughed a little as she herself could slip into some sort of daydream too. Luke watched as Jessi sat next to him. "Foals are always fun to have around." he said looking back to Ellie. Roxi shook her head. "Well I'm going to put miss thing here away so I can let my studs out." She grabbed a hold of Coco's halter before she could take off and grinned opening the gate. Leading the mare to her stall, Ellie reluctantly followed swinging her tail around.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 13:16:38 GMT -5
Jessie smiled watching the filly trot inside. "Yeah they sure are." she said. Luke walked to teh barn door and watched Roxi put Coco and Ellie away. Jessica looked back at Luke. "So how's everything going here?" she asked. She pushed her hair away from her face. David leaned against the door and waited. He wanted to see the stallions.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 13:28:22 GMT -5
Luke grinned. "Good, I guess." he said really wondering what she was asking. "All the horses are in good shape and foals are on the way. The studs are ready for show season."
Roxi noticed the man follow here. "Curious?" she asked with a sweet smile. "You can follow me." he said giving permission. She walked out the back door of the mare back and across the dirt roadway to another large barn. Walking inside, she was greeted by some nickers and happy squeals and the pawing of hoofs on the ground. "Hello boys." she said greeting them. Walking down the barn she stopped at Ice's stall and put his halter on. Gripping it tightly, she walked the stud out to his pastre and let him loose. He grazed quietly and kept an eye on Roxi. She laughed and returned back to the barn for Tex.
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Post by mystic on Aug 1, 2008 17:37:31 GMT -5
David smiled and followed happily. He couldn't wait to see them. Once they reached the stallion barn, he looked in awe at all of them. He watched Roxi leave with Ice and patted the stallion called Tex. Once Roxi returned, he stepped back and let her take the stallion from the stall. "Great horses." he said.
Jessica nodded. "I'm hoping to get Turner trained for show soon. I'm going to work with him tomorrow probably..." she said. She looked back at the barn and noticed the two others leave. She could tell David was going to want to draw some of the horses so she knew he'd be studying them. "David is really into art. He'll probably show up with drawing s of your horses soon." she laughed.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 1, 2008 18:54:10 GMT -5
Luke laughed a little. "Fine by me I guess." he said smiling at her.
Roxi grinned. "They're the two best studs I could find thus far." She nodded. "Well behaved and decent showers." She put another halter on Tex and walked him out of his stall revealing the large white patches across his bay coat. She put him out in his own pasture and stood quietly watching them. They were used to each other now and didn't try to pick fights anymore.
Luke looked out over the fields and gave sigh. "I hear arabians are really high strung and pretty fiesty. Yours follow?"
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Post by mystic on Aug 2, 2008 14:38:22 GMT -5
Jessica thought about her horses. "Well Turner is. He can get a little hyper. Remember how he was at the park? But our mare is calm and she will just let you do whatever. So far she hasn't been any problem." she said.
Luke watched them go out to the pasture. "Great coloring and behavior." He crossed his arms and rocked on his heels. He loved watching horses just graze or run around fields.
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Post by Lexi Lu on Aug 2, 2008 15:19:43 GMT -5
Luke smiled at her and hoped off the fence. "That's a good thing. The horses around here are really always calm. You want something to drink?" he asked looking towards the house. All the work on the farm was done for the day and he just wanted to relax.
Roxi chuckled a little and walked over to where David was standing. "You're pretty quiet." she said looking up at his face. She turned then to watch Ice and Tex as they grazed, flicking they're tails every once in a while.
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