Poor Mr Pibb!

I have a friend named Mr Pibb. He is a SAFE horse like me, and when he came to SAFE he was very, very pointy. This is how pointy Mr Pibb was.————–>

I know that horses are not supposed to be pointy, and you know that horses are not supposed to be pointy, but apparently his owners did not know this because somehow he ended up very, very pointy. I found out that yesterday his owners were charged with a thing called Animal Cruelty. That is a very bad thing. I do not like that thing at all. Being charged means that the human court of law will decide if Mr Pibb’s owners were cruel to let him become so pointy. Humans have a thing called Innocent Until Proven Guilty, but I am just a horse who doesn’t understand how Mr Pibb could have gotten so pointy.

Mr Pibb is a very lucky horse because he had SAFE to turn him from a pointy horse into a lovely round horse. Many peoples give dollars to SAFE to buy hays and tasty, tasty grain, and it is because of them that Pibb is not pointy anymore. People who give dollars to SAFE to buy hays and tasty, tasty grain and PLY Woods for horse houses are all my good good friends who love horses and don’t want them to be pointy.

Here is a thing called a news story about Mr Pibb that was on the TV last night. See how round he is! When I see how round Mr Pibb is, it makes me want to run across my field and buck as high as I can!

Mr Pibb on TV!

Icicles, in my hair!

Last night after Second Dinner, Mom said goodnight and told us all to be sure to stay dry because Bad Weather was coming. We all ignored her, of course, and now Bad Weather is here and we are all a little sorry for that. I have icicles in my hair! Icicles! In my hair!!

Whoever said that horses love the snow did not get my opinion on the subject.

An interview is a thing where someone asks you questions and then shares your answers with people who are interested in the subject you’re talking about. This interview is about me being an artist. It was done for HeART of the Horse which is a very special SAFE event that is coming soon.

"Flowers to Eat" by Honeycutt

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AN ARTIST?

I’ve been an artist ever since I was a tiny foal, but it was not until May of this year that I was finally given a platform from which to express myself. At first, I could just share my thoughts from time to time on the SAFE website, then I got a Facebook page for my poems. At the suggestion of one of my good friends, I created and published a book called Poem Book which is filled with many pictures of me and poems that tell about the pictures. I decided to try my nose at painting and began creating pieces in tempura poster paint on canvas, one of which I donated to the SAFE auction so it could be traded for dollars to help the SAFE horses.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO CREATE?

I am very interested in the world around me and I have many questions, such as “When is breakfast coming?” As a horse, I have a lot of free time to think about these sorts of questions and so it was only natural that my thoughts and feelings about breakfast and other meals would begin to manifest themselves in art.

TELL US ABOUT THE SUBJECTS OF YOUR ART

I have two paintings that I am very proud of. The first painting was a picture from in my head of the field at my house called “Flowers To Eat”. My second painting was a thing called a portrait, do you know that thing? It is called “Painter Lady Please Paint Me” and it is a picture of my friend Maeve Harris.

WHO IS/ARE YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST(S)?

I am very inspired by the work of the great racemare Zenyatta, who retired from racing to devote herself full time to painting. Many people say that my work is derivative of hers, but I feel that my paintings more closely resemble those of Smarty Jones or even Point Given. I may just be saying that because Zenyatta’s a girl though.

WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT YOU?

Even though I am a very friendly horse in writing, in real life I am actually very scared of peoples. Something happened to me a long time ago, something so terrible that I can’t even say what it was! I remain very scared and afraid of humans even though every human I meet is very kind and gentle. I may never stop being afraid.

WHY DO YOU SUPPORT HORSE RESCUE?

Because I am a very lucky horse! Other horses are not so lucky. Other horses are pointy and have no food and that is a very bad thing! Horses are very nice people who just want to have hays and tasty, tasty grain, with no yelling or hitting, no pain, and no being scared or alone. I am a lucky horse and I want to help other horses be lucky too. The people at SAFE work very hard to stop horses from having to be afraid, or worry about no food, or be cold or alone. The people at SAFE love horses and they love me most of all. But helping horses costs many many dollars, so I want to do things to get dollars for SAFE so that more horses can be lucky and SAFE peoples can stop being so worried about no dollars.

FEEL FREE TO SHARE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR ART…

Thank you for letting me say things about things that are important to me, like SAFE and breakfast.

I am the gift horse

Mom is very very busy making and sending holiday cards to people whose friends have sent dollars to SAFE as a present for them. Sending dollars to SAFE as a present for your friends is a very fine way to help SAFE and also do good Christmas shopping. Another fine, fine way to help SAFE is to buy a gift horse for your friend. Your friend will get a very nice picture of the gift horse as a present in the mail! Here is what it would look like if you bought me as a gift horse——–>

But I digress.

I am happy about all the new dollars for SAFE but I am sad because I am not the Santa horse this year. Instead it is one of those devilish little mini horses that everyone thinks is so cute. I thought that I was going to be the Santa horse because one day not so long ago, Mom put a funny hat on my ears and took some pictures of me. Mom & I were outside the fence taking pictures and Jay & Chance were inside the fence getting very excited because I was outside the fence and that was a thing that was Different. Horses will get very excited when there is Different, no matter if it is Good Different or Bad Different. Most of the times we like The Same. But that day was Different, so Jay & Chance were running back and forth behind us when we were taking the Santa pictures. When it was done, Mom laughed and laughed because she got these two pictures:

Pictures with Santa Horse

My friends are so silly.

I tried my best to be a Santa Horse for the Holiday Card, but in the end, the photos were not quite right. However, I’m sure that if you asked, my mom would make you a special card with a picture of me instead of the picture of the devil mini horse.

If you want to make a gift donation to SAFE for one of your good friends, just click on this sentence with the underline and you’ll be taken to the place where the cards are!

Dreadful weather has me feeling like a not very happy horse today. Water is pouring from the sky, dripping down my forelock and into my eye. Everything is wet. We can’t play or even hear each other over the sound of pounding rain. All I can do is stand in my little house and think. Today my thoughts are grey and gloomy, so I’m not enjoying this thinking time like I normally do.

You are living in this wet world too, at least if you live anywhere near me, so maybe you could think about horses while you’re standing in your little house. You and I are lucky because we can get out of the rain and eat our hays and even though we think we feel miserable, we still have it pretty good, don’t we? There are horses that don’t have any little houses or hays and those are the horses that are truly miserable. My friends at SAFE think about those miserable horses a lot because they know that some of them will get very thin and pointy, which is not how a horse is supposed to be!

Can you help a pointy horse? Do you have a nice barn and many dollars for hays and tasty grain and the vet? If the answer is Oh Honeycutt! I don’t have those things! then don’t be sad because you can still help pointy horses! The way to help is to be with the peoples of SAFE and everyone helping pointy horses TOGETHER! Maybe you come out and scoop poos! Maybe you give a horse a ride to the vet! Or maybe…you give SAFE some dollars so you can be part of the healing process. Wouldn’t that be good? I know it would because I have raised dollars to help SAFE and it made me a very happy horse.

Here are two ways for you to help SAFE:

I know you care about pointy horses just like I do. Thank you for helping them be round like horses should be!