Richter accompanied me everywhere when I rode my Palomino mare, Queenie. Another activity I enjoy is carriage driving with my Welsh Section B Pony, Meadowlawn Penny. I draw and paint pictures of animals. These drawings are of Cailie as a puppy and my Welsh Cob, Robyn, as a foal. Off and on I have kept ducks for herding practice, and on occasion I have supplied eggs for the creative people who are involved in the art of egg decorating.
Duck eggs have a sturdy shell suitable for carving and decorating.
A sheltie lover who also decorates eggs, whom I met via the internet, is Evelyn, who conducts Muffy's entertaining website, the Shelty LUVR's Home Page. I've also sent eggs to Texas to be transformed into Ukrainian pysanky. And since I became involved with herding I've gotten to know a lot of sheep, including Lambie, a Suffolk ewe, who will steal your sandwich if you're not careful, opens gates and barn doors, and sometimes likes to turn the tables on the dogs and chase them. Lambie can also turn into the Invisible Sheep. Lambie and some of her sisters and her cousins and her aunts.