Nigella Bryant Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Welcome to the forum Karen, great advice given already. Have fun with this fantastic hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Thank you Nigella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Belated welcome from SW Scotland. I used to work and live briefly in New Milton 30 years ago. The New Forest was/is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, merlin100 said: Belated welcome from SW Scotland. I used to work and live briefly in New Milton 30 years ago. The New Forest was/is beautiful. Thank you Merlin. I feel very lucky to be able to live in the New Forest. I can fulfil my passion for walking, photography, communing with the ponies (and, of course, astronomy) 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Karen Bexley said: Thank you Merlin. I feel very lucky to be able to live in the New Forest. I can fulfil my passion for walking, photography, communing with the ponies (and, of course, astronomy) 😃 I've seen the New Forest ponies, in the wild, as it were. I commune with my own 2 ponies, a Gypsy Cob mare and a miniature Shetland mare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) They're adorable Merlin 😍 I don't own any ponies, although I would love to one day, so I get my pleasure from photographing them as much as I can, and going to my local stables for hacks into the Forest (at least I did until the lockdown came into effect). It's a much cheaper way of doing it, and I can still fulfil my passion for riding. Edited May 1, 2020 by Karen Bexley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeoastronomer Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Hi Karen, I am new here as well, You are lucky to live in the New Forest, it is a lovely place to live. You never know it might inspire you to write fiction! I have included a link for all about the ponies:- https://www.newforestliving.co.uk/guides/new-forest-ponies I live in Mill Hill, thought of as central London, however some parts make you feel you are in the country, which is amazing, i love rural environments:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the Forum Archaeoastronomer. I have found the members to be very helpful and friendly, and I'm sure you'll find that also. I like that link about the New Forest Ponies. I just wish that visitors coming here would read something like that. A lot of them think it is a petting zoo and will stop to give them food and pet them. Although owned by Commoners, they are still wild ponies and can be unpredictable. Plus, overfeeding, especially the wrong kinds of food, can give them serious health issues. It gets me so mad when I see this 😠 As for writing fiction...🤔 The Forest inspires many things in me, but I don't think a best-seller is one of them 🤭 Mill Hill looks like an idyllic setting. Enjoy the forum. Edited May 1, 2020 by Karen Bexley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Karen Bexley said: Welcome to the Forum Archaeoastronomer. I have found the members to be very helpful and friendly, and I'm sure you'll find that also. I like that link about the New Forest Ponies. I just wish that visitors coming here would read something like that. A lot of them think it is a petting zoo and will stop to give them food and pet them. Although owned by Commoners, they are still wild ponies and can be unpredictable. Plus, overfeeding, especially the wrong kinds of food, can give them serious health issues. It gets me so mad when I see this 😠 As for writing fiction...🤔 The Forest inspires many things in me, but I don't think a best-seller is one of them 🤭 Mill Hill looks like an idyllic setting. Enjoy the forum. What gets to me is the amount of equine loss of life in the New Forest and other places, due to people driving too fast and recklessly!😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeoastronomer Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 You never know Karen, you might include the stars with writing fiction, it has happened, LOL https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Sirius_Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 29 minutes ago, Archaeoastronomer said: You never know Karen, you might include the stars with writing fiction, it has happened, LOL https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Sirius_Black Quite a few of the Black family are named for stars or constellations as far as I recall. As well as Sirius, Bellatrix, Regulus and Orion spring to mind immediately, but there are definitely more. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Archaeoastronomer said: I always thought that a true hidden story was underneath the fiction. Certainly some of it ties into JK Rowling's own life. I was at school with the person for whom one of the "magical" families is named for instance and I suspect one of the incidental characters is named after her. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 hours ago, merlin100 said: What gets to me is the amount of equine loss of life in the New Forest and other places, due to people driving too fast and recklessly!😠 Very sad indeed 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Archaeoastronomer said: You never know Karen, you might include the stars with writing fiction, it has happened, LOL https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Sirius_Black If that ever happens, at least you could say you knew me before I became famous 🤭 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Karen Bexley said: They're adorable Merlin 😍 I don't own any ponies, although I would love to one day, so I get my pleasure from photographing them as much as I can, and going to my local stables for hacks into the Forest (at least I did until the lockdown came into effect). It's a much cheaper way of doing it, and I can still fulfil my passion for riding. My two girls have their own Facebook page. 😉 https://www.facebook.com/TillyMistyPage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bexley Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, merlin100 said: My two girls have their own Facebook page. 😉 https://www.facebook.com/TillyMistyPage/ A lovely page your two girls have there Merlin 🥰 There are quite a few Shetland ponies allowed to roam freely around the Forest, they are so adorable. Edited May 1, 2020 by Karen Bexley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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