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Day Lily: A Chincoteague Pony's Journey

by Karen E. Giles

38 pages; Saddle stitched; contains colour illustrations; catalogue #06-1477; ISBN 1-4120-9721-5; US$19.99, C$22.99, EUR16.42, £11.49

Day Lily: A Chicoteague Pony's Journey is about a wild pony who is sold at Pony Penning. Through a dream, she is shown the connection she has with her owner.

Day Lily: A Chicoteague Pony’s Journey is the story of a wild pony, written from her point of view. She tells about living on Assateague Island. She describes the roundup, the swim, and the auction during Pony Penning. She returns to the island to live with her wild herd for a few months. While there, she makes new friends and survives a hurricane. After a second roundup, Day Lily is taken to Maine to live with Karen, the woman who bought her at the auction.

At the end of the long, frightening journey to Maine, she has a dream of a past life that she and Karen shared together. In the dream, Karen was a Native American and Day Lily was her favorite horse. Both badly wounded as they are searching for their tribe’s stolen horses, Day Lily saves Karen form drowning and carries her back to safely back to the tribe.

Not understanding the meaning behind the dream, Day Lily remains wary of Karen in her new home. She bonds with Muffin her new pony friend, Muffin, in her happy way, teaches her about the wonderful advantages of living with people. Day Lily also experiences winter for the first time.

Finally, Day Lily has an epiphany, where she remembers her dream and recognizes Karen as her special partner form a past life.

Karen E. Giles lives in Maine with her son, Colt. They live on a farm with a herd of horses and ponies (including Day Lily and her colt), a goat, a dog, and a cat. She teaches horseback riding, and is certified through American Riding Instructors Association, and North American Riding for the Handicapped.

Karen operates Four Winds Design, and paints mandalas and other spiritual art, murals, animal portraits, and illustrations . She is also writing more books.

She is a Reiki Master, and Integrated Energy Therapy Master-Instructor. She has studied shamanistic healing techniques, and animal communication.

Karen is the founder of the Shamatha Retreat and Healing Center, helping people and animals on their journeys to growth and enlightenment. She is also the founder of the Chiron Society, an organization dedicated to helping other healing centers around the world.

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