In November 2008 I had the unique opportunity to spend a month in Iceland watching the house and dog for a friend of a friend. One part of the responsibilities was to make sure that there were 17 horses in the pasture, but counting from the house with binoculars was not nearly as rewrding as walking down and seeing them up close.

These horses are a bit shorter, and wider than their North American cousins, and much much hairier! They were quite photogenic.