Another set of Twins

Each day, as I head to work in the city,

I pass a farm with these two lovelies.

I took this photo, last winter, on my way home.

So lost was I, in the gaze of the horse in the foreground,

that I completely missed an obviously bulging belly belonging to the mare behind him.

Three months later, I was reading an article in one of the local gazettes about a rare pair of Clydesdale-Hackney twins that had just been born. It wasn't until near the end of the article which detailed the farm's location that I realized these were the same horses that greet me twice each workday.

You can still read one online version here.

I keep an eye out for them every day, and can usually find one on each side of mom.

Then this fall, there was a sign; farm raised chickens for sale. The Artist and I, eager to try a local supplier of farm fresh chickens, headed out early one Saturday morning. Once the chicken exchange was complete, we headed over to the barn to meet Lucky and Charm.

 Lucky wasn't the least bit shy and headed over to meet us lickety-split.

 What a handsome boy. 

I tried to imagine how big my dear sweet Andalucia, who is five months and a day older, was in comparison to these two.

The horses were named by the farmer's grandchildren. After reading how rare it is for a mare to carry twins to term, how fortunate they were to go undetected as two foals, and, as you can see from these photos, just how sweetly beautiful they are, I think you'd agree, Lucky and Charm are the perfect names for these twins.

~Be well friends~