Here I am with that nice mare from the pasture next door and her little colt. She's a very good momma. She keeps a good eye on her little one, but I notice that she also lets the little fellow roam and romp. He occasionally gets in trouble with the other broodmares, who put the scamp in place pretty quickly if he is even moderately annoying.

Which, of course, he is.

It's amazing to me how one horse can stop another in its tracks with a flick of a nostril, the look in an eye. Especially the effect of such subtle physical gestures on a colt. Imp that he seems to be, he minds his mom and the brood mares as far as I can tell.

Baby animals are such a wonder. And then again, so are our own children.