the real ponies
When Paul and I were at Cornell University, we used to go walking Some of the ponies' names and colors are based on horses I knew at South Wind Stable
through the Cornell Plantations above campus. Out there, behind the vet school, are six pretty pony mares that
live in a pasture under a water tower. We'd pick armloads of timothy for them and pet them
every time we walked by. Meeting them convinced me to make this site.
in Binghamton, New York, where I spent most of my free time between ages 10 and 17. The real Sandy
and Bird look almost like their "Six Ponies" versions. Sugar is a fat, pretty fleabitten grey, and Olive was a dark bay
Thoroughbred. Both colors were impossible to create in 8- bit color, so I made Olive bay and Sugar liver
chestnut. Sugar's cat friend is my orange tabby, Chiba. Cream and Feather are
simply imaginary ponies that I've always wanted.
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