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Skid Steer Scare
Another cool morning but the sun was shining. The tomato plants were put outside up against the house out of the wind and in the sunshine. Mark and I met Spark at the barn this morning to go over the new electrical plans. We need to have camper outlets for the group coming in June. After checking everything out Spark had a wonderful plan that shouldn't be too hard to administer. Ruth had already arrived for the walk which started just a little later. It really is good to go over plans for the day and the future while walking. Today we were discussing Faith and Andrew's wedding reception and believe we have it all worked out. After the walk I went home to make breakfast, opened the fridge and pulled out the remaining egg carton which had only ONE egg left. Instead of eggs, Mark got strawberry crepes. He didn't complain. After eating I drove to Aldi and ended up spending $130.00 but really did need to stock up. I bought ingredients to make chicken stir fry for Sunday dinner and the wild rice for the Wednesday night dinner. The next place that I had to visit was Meisters to drop off Bible Studies for Amanda's mom to grade. There are so many closed roads that it isn't an easy trip. When I got home and the groceries put away Mark and I went up to move a bale in for Valiant. Valiant needs good nutritious bales as he loses weight showing off for the mares. I walked around checking the bales. I pulled hay from some and finally decided on one that was easy for Mark to grab. The bale still has plenty of green grass and is not stemmy. He should do well on it.
The engine wasn't running right. When he turned it off and opened it up we could hear water gurgling. We couldn't see anything wrong, Mark got back inside and tried again. This time, after a few minutes it was working fine.
We wrapped it with a hog panel before putting it in.
We still need to get the shelters cleaned out but had room for at least this one more bale before we must do that job.
Mark started grading the drives, that 2 inch rain did a real number on the drives.
The cabin field horses were next to be cared for. Mike and Diane are in Gulf Shores. Grain was put in each feeder then the horses called. They came galloping sounding like a stampede of cattle.
Above are Rosalie and Sally and below are the 4 yearlings.
I waited until they were all finished to make sure the yearlings got their fair share. Later today it was time to work with the young foals. Rosaleigh and her colt were brought in first and for the first time the colt decided to try the grain and liked it. He would have been happy to keep eating but he also needed to have another haltering session. This one was the best yet. He stood quietly while the halter was put on.
He doesn't lead yet but is learning to stand quietly tied while I pick up his hooves. He is going to be a real beauty when he grows up. He will be tall and have the mega hair of his dam. Someone is going to have that fantasy Friesian everyone else wants. They were put out in the big field to eat while Star and her filly were brought inside. She still didn't want to be caught. She doesn't think she likes to be handled but hopefully that will change soon. She didn't fight hard, just tried to stay on the other side of her mom but when I put my arms around her she stood quietly while the halter was put on.
She also didn't fight much being tied or having her hooves picked up.
Star was teased but said no to both of the stallions. They were put back in the paddock and the gate to the field shut. I went out to pull weeds while Rosaleigh and her colt were grazing.
I stopped though to take the video below, it was just such a peaceful late afternoon.
The weeds were easy to pull out by the roots as the ground is still very wet from our 2 inches of rain.
I quit around 5:00 pm, put Rosaleigh and her colt in the paddock with Star and her filly then went inside to shower and get ready for church. It was kind of special to see Craig sitting on the minister bench with David, Gabe and Dave Beutel.
David had the service tonight with Dave finishing up and Gabe having the last prayer. Click HERE to watch that message. We went straight home tonight, both of us are tired from working outside.
