For the Love of Aria

12/07/2024

🌄Saturday Sunrise in Sand Wash Basin🌄

Sunrise at Monument Rock in 2019 while on our annual Aria retreat would bring much more than a beautiful morning😱 A little later we would end up rescuing a very sick puppy🥹 The first of our two Sand Wash dogs (both Great Pyrenees x Anatolian Shepard)🤍🤍 We had set out that morning to find Honey Spice’s new foal Believe but ended up finding this sweet girl so of course named her Believe💜 We call her Evee🥳

At five years old she still has many long term health issues most likely autoimmune related. So she gets acupuncture every eight weeks with McCorkel Veterinary Services, LLC🖤

Our horses also get acupuncture and we believe in so many complimentary therapies for our herd🩵






# ForTheLoveOfDogs

12/06/2024

The 2pm trivia question at Colorado Gives Foundation🤞💜

12/06/2024

💜Colorado Gives💜

So beyond grateful to all of you who have already donated through our Colorado Gives link and to those sharing our link🙏❤️ We know there are so many deserving organizations in Colorado so your support means the world to us🩵

We will continue sharing our horses, b***os and donkeys and Tuesday should be a fun day🥰 I’m hoping to go live with several of our residents here at Stormie Acres🖤🩶🤍🤎

For the Love of Aria is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk horses, especially America's mustangs. When we started out, our mission was to support and promote the emotional, mental, and physical health and well-being of at-risk, rescue, and...

12/06/2024

🤍🩶Feeling Frisky Friday🩶🤍

Sweet Isabella is now getting turn out with b***os Peanut and Sassy and senior mustang mare Spirit has accepted her into their little family🥳 We waited a long time to add b***os and donkeys to our gentling program but I’m so glad we took the leap of faith💕 And so grateful to have Stacy Jo Beck as part of our team to make this possible❤️ Rhythm, Cade and Katniss are nearing the end of their quarantine so stay tuned for their updates as well🩵💜

12/05/2024

December 5th was Colorado Gives in 2023 and seeing all the memories from that day bring a million emotions🥹But we are still here, still trying to do better, still giving each one a voice and we will continue to honor every horse that comes here🩵💜

12/05/2024

WilsonAxpe PhotoAdvocacy is doing his Winter Series again this year with all different images from last year😍

WILD WINTERS 2024 Day 4: Meteor

Day 4 – Thursday December 5th – in our 2024 Wild Winters Advent Calendar Series goes to Meteor, a wild stallion you hope to see in any season - he is truly spectacular in winter.

Born in 2015 to dam Riddler and sire Renegade, this unique palomino pinto is a firm favorite for visitors to Sand Wash Basin and is rarely seen too far from his little brother, Astro.

If you would like to order today’s image of Meteor against a snowy backdrop, I will also include a second loose same-sized print of your choice from anywhere on www.photoadvocacy.org as a seasonal gift.

Just make a note of your free second print choice in the space for notes when you order (or email [email protected]). If you went for the whole set between December 2 and December 25, you would effectively receive 48 prints for the price of 24.

Here is today's link
https://www.photoadvocacy.org/product-page/wild-palomino-pinto-meteor

Go wild this winter!

12/05/2024

💜Thankful Thursday💜

Before we move into sharing more about two very deserving mustangs and more about our mustangs who have chosen humans, I need to say thank you🩵 And I really wanted this to be “inspirational” but I’ve decided my feelings don’t really have words so it is what it is🥰 And I know so many of you supporting us don’t do it for the thank you. You do it for the horses. And there it is🙌 It’s about the horses, not me or even you really. And how beautiful is that? We all come together to be a part of something so much bigger than ourselves all for those who don’t have a voice. Or do they? If you spend time in my world you would know they do🥳 And they truly share their gratitude. So we will focus on that in trying to thank you all❤️

Literally every time I think I can’t do this anymore or I can’t make this work so it’s time to stop, someone, horse and/or human shows up to remind me WE can do it🙏🤍

So today I’m leaning into WE! Them, you, me, all of us❣️ And I hope with all my heart you truly understand we cannot do this without you now💛 We could before and I will always be grateful we planned well even though no one will ever understand all we have given. Because it got us to here!! Here with you all and I can’t imagine being anywhere else right now💜

And it seems fitting that I share Oda and Moana with you💕 These two mares have held me to the highest standards and have made me better💚 And that now carries over to each mustang who comes into our care and again, I know they are also grateful🖤🩶🤍🤎

And my lesson from Moana this week:
Just be and let me . . . .

So today I am grateful for all of you and all of them and truly know we are Better Together🩵💜










***os

12/05/2024

We will focus our Colorado Gives Day on these two West Douglas mustangs❤️ A three year old mare and a three year old gelding💕 We need your support to support them🩵💜

12/04/2024

Who wants to help us win an extra $1000 through Colorado Gives Foundation? They are posting trivia questions at 10am and 2pm daily. You go to the link to select your answer then pick us as your nonprofit. They then draw a winner from all the correct answers! I’ll be doing it at 10am so wish me luck🩵💜

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱.
Congrats to Michelle and Ho-Bo Care Boxer Rescue!
Correct answer: C. $14,000
Question number 2 will be posted at 2:00pm!

Colorado Gives Day Trivia: Question #1

Go to efirstbankblog.com/COGivesDayTrivia to submit your answer. We will randomly select a winner from all correct answers, and the nonprofit mentioned in the response will receive a $1,000 donation.

**Attention Colorado Gives Day Trivia Participants**
We will no longer accept comments on FirstBank’s social media as a form of entry. All comments on our trivia posts will be turned off.

12/03/2024

💖Stormie Acres Ranch💖

Who was Stormie? She was a Sand Wash Basin mare with no bids in March of 2022. So we adopted her along with eight others that day💕 And in a truly freak accident she died in the loading area when she spun around and broke her neck💔 Truly one of the most devastating moments of my rescue life. Really of my life in general. And that put into motion a plan for the next few online adoption events🥰 And how our ranch finally got a name after five years of not being able to come up with one that had meaning😇

I told you about Paz and how we would do so much to bring him here🤍 And in that same auction we also welcomed Silverstorm, Stormie’s 2020 c**t with Silverado🩶 And we brought Watson and his son Whistler home as well❤️ So how does Watson fit into this family plan? Well, soon after all the boys got off the trailer, Watson chose Silverstorm🥳 And the two have been inseparable ever since. So both will live out their lives with us💚 My board of directors sponsors Silverstorm and we are hopeful he will become an ambassador for how amazing mustangs can be with humans! And Watson is still looking for his sponsor💙 Holding on to his wild in the best way he remains the only horse here I have yet to touch but he is trusting more and more everyday🥺

Then in May of 2023 we brought Stormie’s dam, Blue Sky here💕

So adopting one mare has turned into a commitment to five more mustangs💜 Blue Sky currently has no sponsors and this special mare is so deserving❣️

So if you feel moved by their story, we would be grateful for sponsorship of Watson and Blue Sky🙏 Both are on our website but if you do it through our Colorado Gives link, you will double the donation with a one time match by Colorado Gives Foundation🙌

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/For-The-Love-Of-Aria

To do a one time donation for any of these mustangs you can donate at any of these links:

We are a 501c3 so your donations are tax deductible. EIN 84-2492909

You can also donate at:

PayPal and Zelle: [email protected]

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fortheloveofaria

Venmo:

https://account.venmo.com/u/fortheloveofaria

To use a credit card please go to:

https://www.fortheloveofaria.org/donate

Mail cash or check to:
For the Love of Aria
PO Box 952
Kiowa, CO 80117

12/03/2024

Giving Tuesday also happens to be Tom’s birthday this year🥳

And talk about giving. It’s literally what he does day in and day out and none of this works without him🩵

So let’s all give him some love as he turns 29 again😆

12/03/2024

🩵💜Tuesday Truth💜🩵

The truth is we are just humbled and honored to be able to do our small part in our little corner of the rescue and mustang world❤️

And we have all of you to thank for that so on this Giving Tuesday, just know you are WHY🖤🩶🤍🤎

And our “live out” herd made up of Sand Wash Basin Shocktop, Pearl, Lark, Indy, Journey and our honorary mustang Telluride say thank you on behalf of every mustang, b***o and donkey that calls Stormie Acres home💚

12/03/2024

🤎🖤Traveler’s Story🖤🤎

In October of 2022 we participated in an online auction for the Sand Wash Basin geldings and brought 8 of them to Stormie Acres. We put initial bids on a few then stopped bidding if they got to $300. Long story short, Paz who we bid on because that’s who Stormie and her mom Blue Sky (who lives with us now) and son Silverstorm (who did come here) were with at the time of the round up. We got outbid and he got adopted. But he didn’t. He got all the way to Florida and his adopter passed on him. Again long story short, we worked with two other organizations to get Paz and an unknown grey SWB gelding back to CO. Because the BLM wouldn’t just bring them back we had to pay thousands and at one point the BLM office was like you can take Paz sales authority but we have to wait a bit until they get back to CO. You know with the empty trailers they had to get back but couldn’t bring Paz and friend🤦‍♀️ Then they called me and said, hey we have a 4y from Spruce-Pequop who has respiratory issues here in FL, could you also take him🤷🏻‍♀️ And of course I said yes because they know who to ask😆 Anyway, that 4y was named Traveler by Windwalker Ridge Mustang Sanctuary who transported them and he and Paz arrived in March of 2023🩵 And he does have respiratory issues but more mechanical than lung related as well as most likely a fractured nose. He is thriving here🙌 And we love him and are thrilled he is doing well🥰 But at 5y he is most likely not rideable for several reasons. So he is very unlikely to ever get adopted. But he’s very happy here so it is what it is and he is welcome to stay with us forever❤️

Why am I telling you this? Because I’ve been struggling to decide if we are in fact a sanctuary. Many horses will spend the rest of their lives with us💜 and by definition, “a place of safety or refuge” we are a sanctuary. So every time I say we are not, I mean we do not have big acreage, we handle most of our horses and we definitely don’t rewild. Because have you met me🤣 So I would love to hear your thoughts about this. Does Traveler have sanctuary here with us?

Thank you Lo Anderson Photography for this sweet image of Traveler and I🥳