Animals
- The Fat Farm
Those of you with ponies, miniature horses, donkeys or draft horsesknow that keeping "easy keepers" from getting fat is a constant battle. This time of year presents its own problems, with rich green pasturescalling to our equines... irresistibly calling,...
- The Calm Before The Storm
The Calm.... I was originally going to call this post"Making Snow Angels". Yesterday morning, while I was cleaning the dry lot,the Bigs took turns rolling in the snow. First Donnie, then Scarlet, and lastly, Moonbeam. Back and forth they rolled, with...
- Pasture Eyes
Each afternoon the Littles and the Bigs spend some time grazing in our pastures. During the summer months, they spend that time in the lower pasture in front of the barn. This pasture is adjacent to the dry lots and easily accessiblethrough...
- Got Treats?
We keep two stalls of the barn open to the dry lot during the winter so that Moonbeam and Donnie can access the barn to get our of the harsh winter weather. I feel better knowing that they each have a dry, comfortable place to lie down and rest....
- A Day In The Life
I thought I would take you along with me to do the morning chores. You'll have to bundle up, it's freezing outside. Ten degrees with a wind chill of much lower....we'll be out for about 2 1/2 hours, so dress warmly! A warm hat and warm, waterproof...
Animals
Quiet Autumn Days
One of my favorite times to sit and unwind is during feeding time.
There is such a calm, peaceful feeling in the barn when all is quiet
but the sound of chewing.
Each morning, after spending a few hours in the pasture,
the equines head back to the barn for their chow.
Being such creatures of habit, they come back to the barn automatically.
Moonbeam and the Littles eat their chow in stalls,
while Donnie and Scarlet eat outside.
Separating them prevents thievery!
I sit on the stoop of the backdoor to the barn, while Sammy sits practically on my lap...
Annie finds a rug in the workshop.
(She has been staying with me... no running off... since wearing her "good girl" collar.)
Every single day, when finished with his chow, Moonbeam sticks his head out of the stall
and scratches his neck on the door....
Back and forth and back and forth, up and down and up and down...
every single day!
This autumn weather we have been enjoying has given me
a renewed enthusiasm for decorating and redecorating (re-purposing).
Yesterday's project was this old shutter.
I painted the inner panel of the top section with chalkboard paint,
turning the shutter into a chalkboard...grocery list.
(This chalkboard will become a menu for the bar at next summer's farm wedding.)
I also redecorated our old icebox.
Is there anything that makes you feel homier than fresh baked pie?
- The Fat Farm
Those of you with ponies, miniature horses, donkeys or draft horsesknow that keeping "easy keepers" from getting fat is a constant battle. This time of year presents its own problems, with rich green pasturescalling to our equines... irresistibly calling,...
- The Calm Before The Storm
The Calm.... I was originally going to call this post"Making Snow Angels". Yesterday morning, while I was cleaning the dry lot,the Bigs took turns rolling in the snow. First Donnie, then Scarlet, and lastly, Moonbeam. Back and forth they rolled, with...
- Pasture Eyes
Each afternoon the Littles and the Bigs spend some time grazing in our pastures. During the summer months, they spend that time in the lower pasture in front of the barn. This pasture is adjacent to the dry lots and easily accessiblethrough...
- Got Treats?
We keep two stalls of the barn open to the dry lot during the winter so that Moonbeam and Donnie can access the barn to get our of the harsh winter weather. I feel better knowing that they each have a dry, comfortable place to lie down and rest....
- A Day In The Life
I thought I would take you along with me to do the morning chores. You'll have to bundle up, it's freezing outside. Ten degrees with a wind chill of much lower....we'll be out for about 2 1/2 hours, so dress warmly! A warm hat and warm, waterproof...