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Rosalie Is Waxing

 I am pleased to announce we have waxing. Rosalie was checked early this morning and both teats had big clumps of wax on them. After our walk Mark was given a good breakfast to give him the energy he was going to need today.

We had lots of chores lined up. Rosalie was taken into the stall, given some grain and a good grooming so I could take all the burrs out of her forelock, mane, tail and feather (Friesian's have what is called feather, thick curly hair on their lower legs around their hooves). Her front legs were pull of burrs. She must have walked right into a cocklebur bush. The pictures below were taken after her grooming. 

Once she was back in the field with Blueberry I went to the foaling apartment to make sure it was ready for company. I swept up 6 Asian beetles. I'm glad there were only 6 but will need to check again tomorrow morning. Then it as time to work on the construction mess in the barn as we have guests coming in on Saturday. Sarah, Kari and Rebekah were there with their children plus Sarah brought Israel and Elisabet too.  The kids were helpful today. They showed me the flaw of having the basketball game in direct line of the lights. Together they worked to move that game in a better place.

Sarah helped me get the light fixture back in place. After returning Diane's ladder (we needed two ladders to get the light fixture back up) Mark needed my help to remove the log splitter so he could get the wood wagon over to Joan's to for emptying.
The wood wagon was full. 
Once the tractor was hooked up that was taken to Joan's

Mackenson, Berlica and Mark emptied that wagon then moved it back to load the pile below.
It took them less than an hour to unload, load and unload the second load. The wood wagon was taken back to the barn and Mark went to work on the next job. He needed the skid steer for this one.
We had so much rain Wednesday that the driveway going down the hill needed to be repaired. He used both the skid steer and his shovel and got that done.
While he was doing that I finished all of the laundry and got the house cleaned. We still had one more job to do at the barn and that was to get the gym floor swept and cleaned. We both went over to finish that and got done just before 5:00 pm. Rhonda made us a dinner tonight.  Spark delivered that shortly after we walked in the door.
A wonderful comfort meal of roast beef, with carrots, potatoes, onions and mushrooms in a wonderful sauce served with bread and fresh fruit for dessert. 
After supper I went out to bring the mares in. We have rain predicted and with Rosalie waxing they will both spend the night in the stall. I have them on the foaling camera.
Above is Blueberry and below is Rosalie.
Both are standing quietly, they both have plenty of hay and water and I ran out one more time tonight to clean up any manure. We need to leave pretty early tomorrow so I will need to go out early to move them into the indoor arena and get the stalls ready for tomorrow night. I've hired Berlica to clean the arena and move the mares back into the stalls. Then if no babies on Saturday morning move them back into the indoor.  We have packed our suitcase and will be ready to leave for Wheaton where Jon's burial is going to be held as soon as I have the stalls prepared in the morning.