Animals
- Giving Oakley His Due
Those of you who have horses will understand when I say...keeping horses clean and groomed is like shoveling sand uphill. You bathe them....they roll in dirt.You brush them....they stand out in the rain.You get their mane or tail brushed out fluffy...another...
- Memories.. An Encore Post
It has snowed again here on the farm, and we are holding our breaths,hoping that Spring is following soon. (The only one happy with the white stuff, though beautiful, is Sadie!) I can't write another post about snowy days, so instead,...
- Who's Who....part 7
I often get the question..."Which animals take the most time to care for?" The answer to that is easy...no thought necessary.The horses! Cleaning up their manure three times daily...plus cleaning the pastures,feeding (in the winter time, they need lots...
- A Love Story
This is Sid.Sidney. Sidney is a 5 year old, off-the-track thoroughbred,that Becky brought home to the farm this past Spring.(Becky or "Dr. Becky" is Hubbs sister, and shares our farmland.) When Sid arrived he was underweight, injured...a very sad horse...
- Moonbeam
He is in need of a bath and some general grooming....but with the weather as it has been for the last several days (rainy), it will have to wait. Still....he is quite lovely, don't you think? Though a bit on the chubby side, (he really loves to graze)...
Animals
Horse Power!
It's two days until Spring.
(Can you believe it?)
And exactly two days and three months until the longest day of the year....
the first day of SUMMER!
AND.... Tim and Amanda's Wedding Day.
The list of farm chores that need to be accomplished over the next three months is daunting.
First and foremost....
everyone and everything is filthy from winter!
All of our equines will need a major make-over in the next three months.
And the barn...
oy!
Even our cobwebs have cobwebs.
Yesterday I bought myself an early birthday present.
A shop vac.
I bought the one that had the most horsepower (suction).
Now tell me, please....how does horsepower translate into a vacuum?
I understand horsepower when talking about engines.
But vacuums?
Does 6.5 horsepower mean that there is as much suction as 6 and a half inhaling horses?
And what is a half of a horse?
Shouldn't it be 6 or 7 horsepower?
6 and a half horses?
Which half of the horse did I get?
The right or left?
The front or back?
Or is this what they mean by a half of a horse?
Well regardless, this little vacuum will be working quite hard over the next few weeks.
I plan to make the barn shine!
As for the equines.... they'll be clipped and shampooed and brushed.
Any possibility they'll stay that way?
About as much as half a sucking horse!
- Giving Oakley His Due
Those of you who have horses will understand when I say...keeping horses clean and groomed is like shoveling sand uphill. You bathe them....they roll in dirt.You brush them....they stand out in the rain.You get their mane or tail brushed out fluffy...another...
- Memories.. An Encore Post
It has snowed again here on the farm, and we are holding our breaths,hoping that Spring is following soon. (The only one happy with the white stuff, though beautiful, is Sadie!) I can't write another post about snowy days, so instead,...
- Who's Who....part 7
I often get the question..."Which animals take the most time to care for?" The answer to that is easy...no thought necessary.The horses! Cleaning up their manure three times daily...plus cleaning the pastures,feeding (in the winter time, they need lots...
- A Love Story
This is Sid.Sidney. Sidney is a 5 year old, off-the-track thoroughbred,that Becky brought home to the farm this past Spring.(Becky or "Dr. Becky" is Hubbs sister, and shares our farmland.) When Sid arrived he was underweight, injured...a very sad horse...
- Moonbeam
He is in need of a bath and some general grooming....but with the weather as it has been for the last several days (rainy), it will have to wait. Still....he is quite lovely, don't you think? Though a bit on the chubby side, (he really loves to graze)...