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Harli's Colt SOLD
On the first round of our walk today, Faline came running out of the woods at Joan's house.
Her grandson's Joshua and William had just finished feeding her the bottle. On the second round Joan stopped us to see what is in the picture below.
It looks like just a pump and a shed but look closer at the side of the shed.
The spider web was actually attached to a branch off the tree and suspended in mid air with a couple of strands going to the ground. That poor little spider must have worked all night on such a big web and the storm that arrived a couple hours later completely destroyed it.
We stopped at Mike's to watch him use the leaf blower on Roseberry and Shadow. He had saddled Roseberry, then took them out first on the 4 wheeler.
Berlica and Sarah were getting ready for a big trail ride. This time they were going to take 7 horses.
They rode, pictured from left to right, Sally, Missy, Jewel, Jury, Basilea, Penny and Rosalie. Mike led the group on Sally and Berlica was last to make sure all of the children would be safe. The kids that rode from left to right were Joshua, Eden, Zion, Lilly, and William and all of them came back safe and sound. I'm so thankful for quiet horses. After their ride they had a vaulting session. Lilly got a chance to vault.
Just as everyone was finishing up, the thunder started booming and the wind started blowing and soon the rain came down hard so hard and so fast the mechanical room started flooding. Mark came running up for help. He need towels and something to stuff around a pipe. The video shows first the flooding then where it was coming from and finally the almost fix.
He used some tire plugs to stuff around the pipe. The water was also coming in through the basement door. The patio was flooded and seeping inside.
By the time the rain stopped we had an inch and 3/4ths.
More is expected tonight so Mark dumped the rain gauge out. When things dried up, Joan took Joshua and William out to teach them how to sail.
They were loving that and didn't want to stop. Below is a video of just some of their fun.
They would have stayed out longer but Joan needed to get on the mowers. Mackenson used the push behind, Berlica used a riding mower and so did Joan. I think they got all of the mowing done before supper time. They left then to clean the shop. Sarah arrived with the new child English stirrup leathers so Zion could practice the rising trot on Penny. She is getting it.
While they were there we brought Harli and her colt out. It was a good time to teach Zion how to left the colt's legs and to teach the colt how to lift his leg. Zion is going to be a horse trainer when she grows up. She is 8 years old now but already has a big start helping grandma train the foals.
The lady that bought one of Lily's colt's by Valiant 10 years ago made the decision to buy Harli's colt and mailed the deposit check today. Now comes the hard part for her, she needs to come up with a name for him. 
He looks so cuddly Zion can't help but give him a hug. I think his new owner is going to love him but he won't leave until weaning in November. Sarah sent the message that they will need to start using the professional vaulting surcingle now that the girls are doing the doubles and triples. I had it in a dresser drawer but we needed a tub to store it in at the barn. Mark found one but it was too small. Sarah brought the perfect size.
It not only fits the surcingle and the girth, it also fits the two thick pads for the girth.
We will haul that out to the barn tomorrow. Tomorrow morning I need to fill the gas tank to the truck, hook up the stock and haul Basilea in for her pre purchase examine. Her buyer is flying into town on Saturday and Dr. Hoerr agreed to do the ppe if I could bring her to their office tomorrow at 10:00 am. The buyer knows she is 18 years old, she just wants to know as much as she can about her before hauling her to their home in Maine.
