Three Months Later

On Oct 2, three months after our first visit to the Farm of the Mini Ponies we returned with our daughter Lucia Leoni, and her friend Paulo Prado, both Vets in Curitiba, PR, Brasil.

When we arrived we didn't see Mini Ponies we saw Sheep and Chickens. The Mini Ponies were all out in the far pasture.


Here the Sheep greet us!




We met Beto, the son of Sr. José. Beto is also a Vet. When we arrived he recognized Lucia. Coincidently, they had both been at University at the same time, 12 years ago.

Here the three vets discuss the vare and feeding of the sheep.




Paulo chats with Beto about farming.




We went into the barn to meet the sheep. Look at the young ones.




Notice the wide variety of colours of these sheep.




Both young and old were all very shy and kept running away from us.




But they were curious about us. Look at those beautiful faces!




There were lots of them!




They decided to have lunch.




Lucia just wanted to touch them . . .




Finally she caught "Daddy" by his harness so she could say hello to him.




But the others wouldn't stand still for her.




Next we went outside to see the chickens.




This handsome fellow said, "Take my picture".




He even sat on the fence to pose for another pic.




Then all the chickens headed off for their lunch.




They went down the road toward their hen house.




Here we see the cows in the pasture.






As usual, our visit to the Farm of the Mini Ponies was an interesting and enjoyable experience. We will be back again for sure.


Watch for more pics and stories about the Farm of the Mini Ponies in the future!

Photos by Urso Branco