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Sunday, May 8, 2022

First Horse Sale

Grandpa (Thomas Nye) and Grandma took our little  2-year-old Ruby to her first draft horse sale a few weeks ago. First, you need to understand, Ruby is horse-crazy just like her grandpa. When we stepped out onto this catwalk she literally shook with excitement. See how she is pointing in the photo below? She pointed at every horse in sight and squealed, "Horsey!"
 
We went down among the horses. Ruby made a special point of saying a friendly, "Hello" to anyone who happened to be on horseback. She ignored people on foot. LOL
When we headed outside she enjoyed watching buggies and horse-drawn wagons rolling past.




We ate in the Sale Barn diner where the cooks and waitresses are Amish or Plain Mennonite. Ruby smiled at everyone and cleaned up everything on her plate!

We watched horses sell to the relaxing rhythmic sounds of an auctioneer. Horses are super pricy right now. A horse that would have sold for a thousand dollars five years ago would sell for three times that amount today.

Horse sales are a place where the Amish and non-Amish worlds come together. It probably feels to them like a day in the modern world. And to us, as if we stepped into the past.


 If you love horses, the good-old-days, or if you're intrigued by Amish culture...

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6 comments:

  1. Aww, thanks for sharing this special day with your little cutie doll. I loved it!!🥰🥰

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    1. Aww- thank you for your comment. She is such a fun granddaughter!

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  2. That is so cool you got to do that with your grand daughter and she has the same interests as you. Why do you think horses are so expensive right now?

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    1. She does love horses just like grandpa! There are several factors to the rising cost of draft horses. Livestock markets fluctuate based on supply and demand. When it looks profitable to start raising foals, people get into the business. Suddenly, there are too many foals and everyone gets out. There are other factors too many to list here. Maybe I should write a blog about that subject?

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  3. How do I sign up for your blog? Where can I buy your books? Susan Campbell. steveac@bellsouth.net

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    1. Hello Susan, If you scroll up... at the bottom of this blog you will find a link to click on for a list of books and how to purchase them. I also have a list of tabs at the top. There is a list of "Followers" on the side bar. If you click "Follow" you will get an email whenever I post a new blog. Thank you for asking!!

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