Animals
- What Was Frozen Last Week Is Mud This Week
One of the differences between donkeys and horses,aside from the obvious,is the fact that.... horses (ponies, too) don't have enough sense to come in out of the weather. They will stand out in the rain or snow or hail...totally oblivious to the...
- Pete And His Two Bobs
Last evening, we visited Becky's barn so that Hubbs could take sutures out ofSid's back. Sid is Becky's eventing horse... a thoroughbred racetrack rescue.About a week ago Becky removed a few small growths from Sid's backand was not home...
- Please Send Rain!
We awoke yesterday (July 4th) to evidence that it had rained during the night. It has been incredibly hot and dry here for the past month,so any little bit of rain is a help! Our 4th of July was a stay-at-home day.We took delivery of 175 bales of beautiful...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- A Bad Hair Day
Yesterday evening was crazy busy...bringing in the hay before more rain came. We were able to harvest another 200 bales of beautiful grass hay from our field. The weather has been so rainy this summer, that making hay has been "touch and go". The hay...
Animals
May Showers
And the rain continues!!
We are getting our April showers in May this year.
Any one with any sense around the farm stayed indoors yesterday as it poured.
Those of us who had to be outside looked like this...
 |
Don't be fooled by those gals' sad expressions...
they have a very nice shelter where they can get out of the rain...
but no, they'd rather stand outside looking pathetic!
Perhaps Henri needs a rain bonnet!
Even Ginger and MaryAnn had no desire to go out in the rain,
and opted for room service.
I returned to the local greenhouse for just a few more essentials.
And planted 5 more flats of flowers... in the rain!
Don't be fooled by the innocence portrayed in this photo...
it was snapped just after 5 very naughty horses escaped
through an unlatched stall door and proceeded to run willy-nilly
up to our hay field!
They were in heaven...that is until Hubbs and I captured each one of them and marched
them right back home again.
Bad horses! (and bad me for leaving the stall door unlatched!)
It seems that even on a grey and gloomy day,
we have to have a bit of excitement around here!
It has been a while since I have shown you a picture of Pete (Becky's rescue).
He has put weight on quite nicely.
Isn't he handsome?
He's made good friends with her companion horses Ava (r) and Duffy (l).
(The three of them were quite excited as my five equines dashed up the road past them!)
Pete has turned out to be quite a lovely horse...
light grey with mahogany spots.
Well, we've had our share of rain and are quite eager for the sun to shine again.
But when that happens, we will have acres to mow and trim,
and weeds, galore, to pull!
PS....Edith is still on her nest and doing fine!
- What Was Frozen Last Week Is Mud This Week
One of the differences between donkeys and horses,aside from the obvious,is the fact that.... horses (ponies, too) don't have enough sense to come in out of the weather. They will stand out in the rain or snow or hail...totally oblivious to the...
- Pete And His Two Bobs
Last evening, we visited Becky's barn so that Hubbs could take sutures out ofSid's back. Sid is Becky's eventing horse... a thoroughbred racetrack rescue.About a week ago Becky removed a few small growths from Sid's backand was not home...
- Please Send Rain!
We awoke yesterday (July 4th) to evidence that it had rained during the night. It has been incredibly hot and dry here for the past month,so any little bit of rain is a help! Our 4th of July was a stay-at-home day.We took delivery of 175 bales of beautiful...
- Happy As A Pig In Mud!
Summer gave us a preview yesterday as temperatures soared to 85.Part of why I love Pennsylvania so much is the change of seasons.But, usually the change is a little more gradual.Not so, it seems, this year.Spring arrived ahead of schedule,and it looks...
- A Bad Hair Day
Yesterday evening was crazy busy...bringing in the hay before more rain came. We were able to harvest another 200 bales of beautiful grass hay from our field. The weather has been so rainy this summer, that making hay has been "touch and go". The hay...