Welcome Willowtrail Aimee!
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Willowtrail Aimee
From the moment we met, we’ve liked each other. I first laid eyes on Willowtrail Aimee about an hour after she was born, about 2am. I hung out until 3:30 when the clothes I’d rapidly put on weren’t enough for the snowflakes spitting from the sky. I went inside to change then came back out, and when she heard my voice, she nickered at me!
As the day-old photo shows, she has been my shadow whenever I let her. That fact and our affection suggested her name. I was a student of the French language when I was younger (fluent in high school but don’t test me now!). One of the first verbs we learned was ‘to like’ or aimer (pronounced somewhere between ay-may and ee-mee. Aimee is usually translated as ‘beloved.’ One of the other verbs we learned early was ‘to help’ or aider (pronounced somewhere between ay-day and Eddie). Since the filly and I liked each other and she was such a helper with all my foaling stall chores, the name Aimee (pronounced like Amy) seemed to fit!
I look forward to getting to know Aimee better as her life unfolds. I will enjoy watching her grow up in an environment more like the Cumbrian fells than I’ve ever been able to provide my foals before. Aimee is out of Willowtrail Spring Maiden (a fabulous mom) and by Kinniside Asi. Aimee is Asi’s third offspring and second daughter. Aimee is Madie’s second daughter.
© Jenifer Morrissey, 2020
To read stories about the other Fell Ponies at Willowtrail Farm in my various books, click here.
