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GOD, FAMILY, HORSES, WRITING, FARMING, SCHOOL, ART, AND LIFE FOR A 14-YEAR-OLD* ON HYDEAWAY FARM

*Please note careful avoidance of the word "teenager".

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Everyday Miracles - My Blog

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

First of all, God. He spends a lot of time looking after us. If it wasn't for Him, we wouldn't be anything.

This is Dinki Hyde, AKA Mom. Mom is small and made out of steel and roses. She loves cows, her family, and beauty with tremendous passion. Dare to underestimate Mom, and pay the price.

This is William Jon Hyde, AKA Dad. Dad is big and made out of brawn and brains. He loves machines, his family, farms, and work with quiet strength. Dad fixes things when we break them.

This is Rain Megan Hyde, AKA Rainy. Rainy is twelve years old, slender and made out of swan feathers and lilies. She loves ballet, grace, puppies, rabbits, chickens and her family. She can move like moonlight.

This is Skye. Skye is beautiful, gentle, patient, brave and wonderful. She's ten years old, 14.2hh tall, and my best friend in the whole wide world. No one knows what breed she is. She is golden chestnut with two white socks, a star, and a stripe.

This is Thunderbird, AKA Thunder. Thunder is Skye's eleven-month-old son. He's unflappable, patient, loving, and willing. His father is Achilles (see below), so he has a bit of Friesian in him. He's bay with a star and two socks.

This is Arwen, AKA Miss A. Arwen is very pretty, sweet, sensitive, scatterbrained and silly. She's five years old and mainly a Nooitgedachter, standing 14.1hh. She's grey roan with a star and rather a darling.

This is Siobhan, sometimes known as The Mustang. Siobhan is rebellious, quick to get bored, spirited, playful, and extremely intelligent. She's three years old and Arwen's daughter. She's bay with two socks, and stands 13.2hh.

This is Shall We Dance, AKA Dancer. Dancer is Arwen's yearling daughter, her father being Achilles (see below). She's much like Siobhan; loyal, naughty, and very feisty. She's trying to decide whether she is black or bay.

This is Arwen's Little Secret, AKA Secret. Secret is a young colt born in early December, dark bay with a star, the pest to end all pests and desperately lovable.

This is Copper, Siobhan's son. Copper was born in early January and is a tiny and very adorable furball. He loves to run and is a medium bay without any markings.

This is Achilles. Achilles is five years old and stands 15.1h tall. His father is a registered Friesian stallion named Dana Yvette; his mom looked like a Friesian but had white spots. He is affectionate, clumsy, and majestic. He's pure black all over. Achi is for sale right now so please contact us for details if you're interested.

This is Benjamin the Donkey. He is fifteen, grumpy, much too intelligent for his own good and knows exactly how to get his way. Benji has laminitis but it is under control and he is a happy spoilt donkey.

This is Flower. Flower is nine years old and a Border collie. She is a dear friend; loving, gentle, kind, incredibly intelligent, and pretty. Flower has a golden heart and has been my friend since I was five years old.

This is Hope Has Wings, AKA Hope. Hope is three years old and a greyhound. She is golden brindle and white, fast as a north wind, never listens to anyone, and the most affectionate dog that ever lived.

This is Yakita von Kazandi. She's not a puppy, she's a natural disaster, so we call her Cyclone. Cyclone is only a few months old and a German shepherd. She is very intelligent, but VERY naughty. Appearances can be deceiving.

This is Romy von Kazandi AKA Blizzard. Blizzard is the Second Disaster. She is very cute, very intelligent, very affectionate and adept at inventig mischief, which Cyclone helps her to carry out.

Oh yeah, and then there's me. I'm fourteen going on forty and much too obsessive about horses.

AND A FULL SUPPORTING CAST OF CATTLE, WORKERS, GEESE, CHICKENS, OTHER DOGS, UNICORNS, GOATS, WEREWOLVES, SCARY THINGS IN TREES (INVISIBLE TO EVERYONE BUT HORSES), AND OTHER STRANGE AND MYSTIC CREATURES OF HYDEAWAY FARM.