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title: "Happy Birthday Gus!"
description: "Celebrate our beloved horse Gus turning 23! In this short post, we wish a happy birthday to Gus, share a photo of our handsome boy, and invite you to meet him and our other four-legged friends at the farm."
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# Happy Birthday Gus!

> [Furniture From The Barn](/index.md): custom furniture handcrafted from reclaimed barn wood and American hardwoods in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. Site guide: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

- **Published:** 2012-05-04
- **Author:** Kelly Tryon-Kelly

#### Happy Birthday to my boy, Gus. He turned 23 years this week!

![Bay horse leaning its head over a weathered red paddock fence toward the camera](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/IMG_1848-e1490557395807.jpg?v=1734474455)

Gus is the Vanna White of my business. Isn't he a handsome model for this equestrian-themed hall tree? That's his friend, Harry, stealing the shot.

![Black barnwood hall tree with open lid and a horse behind the fence](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/Full-Black-Halltree-Lid-Open-with-Harry.jpg?v=1734474479)

He loves to have company, at all times, in his pasture. Meet **Lil Red**.

![White goat looking over the edge of a black metal hay feeder filled with hay in a winter paddock](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/IMG_0357.jpg?v=1734474483)

Gus would like to invite you to come to our farm to see more of our reclaimed barn wood pieces. Visit our website for an appointment at furniturefromthebarn.com.

 **Gus and Caitlyn in their Pony Club days**

![Young woman in a pony club shirt standing beside a bay horse in a stable](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/100_0025.jpg?v=1734474487)

![Rider walking a dark brown horse along a path beside red post-and-rail fencing](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/100_1331.jpg?v=1734474490)

**Kelly riding Gus on our farm** 

![Rider in a competition vest trotting a chestnut horse in an indoor arena with white jump standards](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/100_0735.jpg?v=1734474492)

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