A sunny Sunday spent in the donkey corral

It was a day straight out of my "perfect day" book.
The sun was shining, the sky was blue - and I'm still visiting 7MSN in New Mexico:

Linda and I spent almost the entire day outside.

It was a day of loving on the donkeys (note to myself: one shouldn't sit directly on the ground here, it's a little dusty). (Photo by Linda who was laughing at me):

And grooming beautiful Hank:

There was, of course, some mucking to be done:

But look! This rainy Oregon girl's got sunglasses on!:

It was pretty windy at times:

Hank and I got to know each other a little better:

Lucy and I then took a short rest in the sun:

It felt good to stretch our legs out:

Then Justina and Don from Morning Bray Farm came over and they were totally jazzed when they heard what the plan was for the rest of the afternoon: we'd be hanging with the donkeys and Hank:

Hank loves Justina:

George and Alan were quite intrigued by the saddling up of Lucy:

But it took them a while to get used to the idea of their new sister running around them with their mom on her back:

Then it was Justina's turn. I don't think she stopped smiling the entire time:

And I got a second chance to show Lucy I'm not quite as horrible of a rider as we both thought I was on Friday (though we should really ask Linda since she was the one to take this picture):

Then it was time for the party in the paddock. Even Smooch was able to attend:

George fell asleep for a while. Guess our conversation wasn't as interesting as I thought it was (photo by Linda @7MSN Ranch):

Hank really loves Justina:

No, seriously. He *really* loves her (photo by Linda @7MSN Ranch):

But, of course, he loves Don, too. Here's Don getting a special H.H.N. (a Hank Head Nuzzle):

Did I mention it's quite dusty here? I'm not really used to this:

It was a relaxed and happy day here...:

...spent giggling over animal antics:

And this is pretty much how people, whose lives revolve around their donkeys, love to spend their Sunday afternoons. :-)