We visited a miniature horse farm - run by nuns!

This farm was in a small town called Brenham in TX. It's official name was the Monastery of St. Clare. The St. Clare nuns were the originators of the farm, but unfortunately, there were only three nuns left: one in her 80's and two in their 90's. Obviously, there were others there to run the place, an older man to oversee things on the farm, and some other lay people to do other things. The overseer was saying that these living nuns are just about the last of the order, no young people are entering the convent anymore.

On to the pix: the second shot is of a one day old foal, so big! Next is me petting some horses (they let us roam free with them); next shot is of Ed, just prior to getting a nip on the leg from a particularly agressive male (they're little, but they're still horses); next two pix are of particularly pretty "children"; and, finally, a couple hugging (actually, I think they were cleaning each other up).