As promised -- picspam! (and some educational content, too)

[lagilman]

So last night I went to the opening of the "Horse" exhibit at the Museum of Natural History.

Wow.

Unlike the Mythic Creatures exhibit, which was nice but a little light, this has (forgive me) more meat to it, from the genetic origins of equus through to the contemporary uses of therapy horses. There were a few blank spots, and I was heard to fact-check a few of the non-scientific displays, but we took a full two hours going through that one exhibit, and felt quite pleased with it, after. If you have any interest in horses, even just to see why they've been so important (in a relatively short time) to mankind's evolution, this is of interest.

And oh my gawd, if you go through with young girls, just blindfold them when you walk out, because as usual it dumps you into the gift shop where they have Prepared for the 12 year old [in all of us] with horse-related gear in every size, shape, color and price range..... (including chocolate!)

Museum horse!

Ancient Equus (three-toed variety)

Man and Beast (relative scale)

Horse in Art (ritual and otherwise)

Live Horse!

Scout, wondering if I have a carrot for her, too.

Am I sure?


Peewee has more dignity (when you're that big, you can be patient)


All a girl needs: dog, horse, & cell phone.
and some feline picspam

Cat, in reality and representation, with bird.


Pandora wants to know what was more important than her nap.
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Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*beams* This post made me terribly cheery. :) I think it's mostly 'cause of Scout's big horsey nose streeeetching for the camera. hee hee hee. :)

[lagilman]

Scout's a total mooch. All school horses are, really -- they get sweetly spoiled -- but she's younger than the others and still thinks she has to beg.

(if Peewee were to beg, nobody would go near him. Seeing a head that large loom over the half-gate can be a scary thing if you don't know him)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is lovely. Thank you. :)

[windrose.livejournal.com]

Yay picspam! And that looks like an exhibit I'd love to see.

[isabeau.livejournal.com]

...I love horses. So freaking much. (Well, not as much as I did when I literally /was/ a 12-year-old horse-obsessed girl, but, y'know.)

(the pictures of Scout make me crack up.)

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Love the kitty spam.

Is Peewee a Lipp like CB/JT's horses?

[lagilman]

Is Peewee a Lipp like CB/JT's horses?

Nope. The body's all wrong for that -- he's got some draft blood in him, for sure. Bigguy.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

The museum shots are interesting, but the Scout shots are hilarious.

[handlebar605.livejournal.com]

it looks to me as if the scout pics are in more need of MORE