Tails From Provence

Phew, I’m onto number ten already!  Only four more to go after this…

This commercial is pure Christmas Schmaltz – but I unashamedly love it!  The little girl always reminds me of our own Youngest Daughter when she was a smallie.  I believe Cornflake Girl was married recently – best wishes to her & her husband!

One of the bloggers I follow gave birth to a little girl earlier this year, so she and her husband are heading into their first Christmas as parents.  What an exciting time for them!  Val, I wish you many, many Happy Christmases with your little SweetPea.  And you will find time in your life for your gorgeous (yellow!) horse again, I promise!

If you haven’t already found Memoirs of a Horse Girl, I suggest you check it out (if only to admire Harley!)

What could be more Christmassy than a dream-come-true present?

There’s quite a few ‘pony for Christmas’ videos out there in YouTube land.  I have to confess that some of them give me a fair old lump in the throat – you can see that those kids had wished and wished for this, but never thought it would actually happen.

This one’s only a little bit tear-inducing, but it’s got a special kind of a horse in it – a Haflinger horse!  So I could only ever dedicate today’s video to Allie and her haflinger, Shyloh.  They started off ‘Green on Green’ two and a half years ago, but they’ve made steady progress ever since and I look forward to reading all about their future escapades and achievements.

(I’m deep-down-jealous of all those lucky kids, if the truth be told.)

I saw this video on Facebook recently.  It made me laugh!  I wanted to use it for this series of video posts, but who could I dedicate it to?  Then I managed to make a tenuous connection.  My friend Leah wants me to try her pumpkin pie – she’s certain she can convince me of the worthiness of pumpkin pies in general if she only has a chance.  There’s a pumpkin in this video.  Phew.  Connection made.  No-one offended (I hope).  Enjoy, Leah!

Take a look at Leah’s blog if you’ve got a few minutes to spare, or if you’re looking for inspiration for dinner tonight.  She’s not a horse person, but she painstakingly trawls her way through my long-winded horsey posts and she told me recently that she’s learned loads about horses by reading this blog (particularly about cleaning Certain Parts).  Her blog used to be called – wait for it – Tales From Provence!  What a coincidence!  She changed the name to Tales and Travel a while ago because, nowadays, she mostly writes about her travels.  And food.  Her blog always makes me hungry, and she has a handy list of recipes for readers like me who want to try things out.  Bon appetite!