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Picking Up Luna
Ruth didn't come on the walk today. She had a tooth pulled yesterday and a graft put in so later she can have an implant. This morning she was VERY sore. Right after the walk I left to pick up Luna, the new mare, and didn't arrive there until almost noon. She was born March 11th, 2023. The owner bought her at 8 months of age and was not able to get her registration papers. He was told she is 7/8ths Friesian but they didn't say what the other 8th is. I will need to see if we can do a dna to find out. We usually only buy mares that are registered. The owner had paper work to show her birth date and the vet papers to show that she had an ultrasound in August. She was 90 days along and the vet gave her the first shots of flu rhino. I also got the copy of the covering stallion's FHANA registration papers and the stallion certificate so we can register the foal. She is due the middle of May 2027. It was 92 degrees when I left with Luna but the farther South I drove the warmer it became. Soon it was 94 then 96 and by the time I was on route 29 down by the river the truck thermometer was reading 98 degrees. By the time I pulled into our drive, at the farm it was only 96. Mike was waiting to see her when I arrived.
She is a tall mare but not bulky, like our baroque Friesian mares. Rhoda found her and told me to tell Mike, "The reason I picked this mare is her body looks just like Ella Sky, the mare you had to sell." Mike's first reaction was, "this is exactly what I wanted." She was taken to the last paddock where she did some exploring. Mike showed her where the water was, she found the hay all by herself.
Once she was settled I took the golf cart home and was SO glad to walk into the house in air conditioning. The truck's air wasn't cooling well. Sarah and the girls had come and spent the morning cleaning the house. Mark was impressed with Sarah's girls. He told me they really know how to work. Zion is 8, Eden is 7 and River is 5 and all three worked. What a wonderful surprise for me. At 4:00 pm I had to take the golf cart over to Joan's house to meet a man renting a camper. I asked if he was related to Dave and Susan H from Tremont and told me he is their son. Dave and Susan went on a cruise with us years ago. They are a great couple but today is the first time I've met one of their children. At 5:00 pm the last person came to rent a camper only his wife had made all the arrangements and he didn't realize he was supposed to bring a check. I told him to bring the check when he returns the camper. He is a repeat customer so it was not a problem. As soon as I got back to the house Mark and I drove to Gils Supper club for dinner.
It wasn't that crowded when we arrived but by the time we left every table was filled. We just ordered a cobb salad to split.
That is plenty of food for the both of us. We are now home and going to have some ice cream. That is a much needed treat when the thermometer is STILL in the 90s.
