I wanted to put out there that I just updated the final chapter count on AO3 and I wanted to let you know here that, with reasonable certainty, the last chapter of Yearling will be chapter 40. I'm working on chapter 36 now, though no promises on it wrapping today (we're hosting Mother's Day and I'm cooking for 10 this afternoon) but it's coming soon.
I hope you've enjoyed the ride with these two as we're coming to a close. Thank you for being here!
A young polar bear, a yearling, is playing in the water, testing the fresh ice and jumping back and forth with his sibling, while their mother is resting nearby. This image is the result of five months in the field, living with and near the bears in a remote camp on the east coast of Svalbard.
It's close but not quite there yet! But here's a taste ❤️
Something inside of Joel snapped then. It was a sharp, clean break, one that he could he could feel deep at the core of him. A severing of his humanity, a setting aside of the things that made him who he was - the love he held for his family, the care he had for the place he called home, the parts of him that were gentle and good - were closed to him now. Joel Miller had been called monster many times in his life but, he knew now, he’d never become one. Not truly. He knew it because this had always been there, lurking below the surface, brought forward when he needed it most but always controlled, always contained. It wasn’t contained now. It couldn’t be.
Gala is a yearling Belgian x filly that I got in July 2022 after her owner decided to sell her due to lack of time. Gala was originally rescued from shipping to slaughter back in November 2021 by the person I bought her from and arrived from the auction completely unhandled and terrified of people. At the auction, she was apparently trying to nurse off of other horses in the sales pen because she’d presumably been weaned cold Turkey much too young 😞
When I got her, she was very much still afraid of people and wasn’t handled due to the lack of time on the part of her owner. She is now extremely friendly and very much enjoys being around people.
She is about 14hh tall and still growing. I plan to let her continue to grow up in a herd setting and then eventually start her under saddle and sell her. She’s super brave and bold so I think will make an amazing trail and all around type horse.
So back at the end of April/beginning of May I did a thing. Thanks to @mariekebrel I was able buy this guy. His registered name is Del Mar. he is an inspected and branded Hanoverian. He is 1. (Photos in chronological order so you can see the glow up) appearance by @snarksassandalittlecrass
These horses are part of the March 2023 auction and are currently held in Wheatland WY. (Some are not included because the photos were quite bad/out of focus/blurry, and with 700 horses, I am being choosy). They are a mix of Little Colorado, Little Owyhee, Nevada HA, and Pancake HMAs.
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4044) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4045) 13.3hh
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4046) 13hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4048) 13.1 hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4051) 13hh
2 YEAR OLD PINTO FEMALE HORSE (4054) 13.3hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4055)
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4061) 13.3hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4063) 13.1hh
2 YEAR OLD BLACK FEMALE HORSE (4080) 14.2hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4083) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4085) 14hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4087) 13.3hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4089) 13.2hh√
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4093) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4094) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4096) 13hh
2 YEAR OLD SORREL FEMALE HORSE (4097) 13.3hh
2 YEAR OLD PINTO FEMALE HORSE (4098) 13.1hh
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4100) 14hh
2 YEAR OLD PINTO FEMALE HORSE (4101) 14hh
2 YEAR OLD BLACK FEMALE HORSE (4102) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4104) 13.1hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4107) 14hh
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4111) 14hh (this one can come home with me thx)
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4112) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD PINTO FEMALE HORSE (4130) 13.2hh
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4131) ( i see pinto)
2 YEAR OLD BROWN FEMALE HORSE (4138) 14.2hh
2 YEAR OLD BAY FEMALE HORSE (4140) 13.33hh (cutest face ever)