May 2000

	Oops! How did this 1975 shot of Joe get in here? <giggle>
	*Here's Joe now, with his new horse, "Doc". He points to his rump and he turns on the forehand. What a horse trainer! p.s. note dorsal shading...*
	Amir doing his favorite thing. Eating. This time, it's clover.
	An attempt at posing Doc.
	"Hey, Amir!" "Huh?"
	Let's get Doc's face this time ... or, "Joe with his mini" <ducking and running>
	The Arabs believe that the white "star" is the thumbprint of Allah. Amir Halam = Arabic for Prince of Sweetness, and he surely is a sweet little horse.
	Second, here's Bailey proving you can do a lot of misleading things with cameras. For this demonstration, he shows how he can disguise himself to look like a sooty buckskin. No flash was used. Amazing, huh? You can see his "real" color above.
	Doc's body is going pretty much pale beige all over now. I hope you can see it here. He still has some "winter white" hair on his belly, etc. (The pink skin on his nose is due to his large blaze.)
	Although this cocked-hip picture does not show off his conformation very well, it DOES show the darker top line, which I assumed was just counter shading, as it lacked the sharp edges common with a dun-type dorsal stripe. It bleached away a month later in the sun, revealing a grey dorsal stripe...dun type! Also, though I saw no evidence of leg barring as his summer coat first came in (left), that showed up a month later, too. Sorry about the dirty tail and stockings.

Happy May! What lovely summer-y weather!