Royle Prince Bishop

First is Bish's real mum: Sidney Conner:

Conner jan 02Conner june 02

(Above left: Conner January 2002, pregnant with Bish, and above right: June 2002 after being separated from him, before leaving for her new home in the USA)

Conner july 02 at airportConner july 02 at Grace RanchConner at Grace Ranch, Vermont

(Above left: Conner at the airport in the UK waiting to get on the plane to America.  Above centre: Conner out of quarantine and newly arrived at Gypsy Grace Ranch.  Above right: Conner relaxing at her new home in Vermont.)


Photos of Bish growing up:

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Bish on arrivalsleepy babysurveying his domain

left - right: Bish tries to hide behind the manger, having just arrived with us, middle: snoozing after his 3am bottle feeding, and out playing in the paddock.

exploring the paddockmeeting Maplenose to nose with Maplelook at me!ambling aboutmmmm hay!looking cute and fuzzy

Above: playing in the paddock, making friends with matriarch of the yard Maple, and generally looking cute, which is what he does best!


Bish with his foster mum, the thoroughbred mare Creamcake:

Bish and Creamcake: ZOOM!in stepfoals can pick their noses too!off into the treesnap timelook at me!nap timemummy!

Below: Bish on the 12th June 2002

my favourite photo of him

white eyelashes - how cute

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Above: Bish makes friends with my dad - I love these photos!


Below: taken January 2003, showing how HAIRY he has got!

somebody needs a ladyshave! (joke!)Frank Sinatra eyes...lovely draughty hockset

I'm gorgeous!completley gorgeous!

and I'm even pretty darned gorgeous from this side too!polo mint? well if I MUST (sigh) LOL


Below: in April 2003:

you scratch my back I'll scratch yoursduh, what's this piebald thing?I could jump over there if I wanted but I'm busy eating right nowhotblood pony, coldblood pony - caspian and gypsy

I was TRYING to sleep you stupid woman!aawww mum!is the camera edible?

(Now you see why he gets called Dandelion!)

duh mum, you photographed my bed head!you gonna go away yet?that's it - you've ruined my beauty sleep!

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