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Oliver's Dam
The lady we bought Oliver from was willing to share some pictures of him with his dam. I had asked if she would share them and was thrilled when she sent them. When we picked up Oliver his dam was not on the property so I didn't get to see what she looked like. She is really pretty and has a lot of hair.
He sure was a cute colt. Alicia, the owner of Nynke also raised Friesian crosses. Check out her website by click HERE.
Today was a mild morning with fog. When I took the golf cart up to check the weanlings River was quick to show me the worm she found. 
Eden didn't think we should use it for fishing as it was alive.
Zion had just finished taking care of the horses.
I met Ruth and Joan's at mom's and we again went into mom's bedroom for a visit. At one point during our visiting mom mentioned, "you are all busy talking but my feet need attention" Joan knelt down and pretended to wash mom's feet with her hair and all of us, including mom burst out laughing. We really do have so much fun. We even found time to walk today but just one round. After breakfast I drove to Dollar General to pick up some balloons. I had decided to use those in the Thanksgiving decorations as we have a lot of kids coming this year. From there I drove to Sam's to pick up lettuce for a big salad and the fruit for the fruit bowl on Thursday. I bought some but decided to get the bananas and oranges at Aldi. Sam's bananas just were too green and the oranges too big. I drove straight to the barn to start on the centerpieces. I got 2 made with the balloons then decided that was just too much work and instead added them without blowing them up. They will be easy to remove and give to the kids. Below is a picture of the 2 with them partially blown up and one in the front not blown up at all.
Both turkeys were taken from the barn fridge and brought to the house. They were still partially frozen but I was able to get the giblets out and start those boiling for the stuffing. The smaller turkey was prepared for cooking and popped in the oven while I started chopping vegetables for the stuffing. I eralized pretty quickly that I needed a second large pan so went back to the barn to grab the one Eunice gave me. The stuffing took a while but once done ended up with two huge bans full.
Mark has been busy winterizing the house by adding new weather stripping to the doors.
The weather is going to change from this mild 55 degree weather to much colder and the change in coming tonight. At one point they were predicting 9 inches of snow on Saturday. We will probably just get a dusting but who knows. Thankful we have a stocked wood pile and two wood burners for these old bones. Sarah sent a text asking if I would let Millie out. The crazy thing is she sent it at 3:00 pm but I didn't see it until after 4:00 pm. I went straight up and let her out then watched at the door. She ran around back so I opened the back door to check on her and she was there waiting. I stepped out the front door to go home and Missy saw that door opened, ran to the gate and nickered.
She knows that Zion comes out of that door and if it opens is sure to get a treat. The weanlings were all in the shelter eating hay.
As I drove down to the house Valiant, who had been looking at the weanlings turned to see if I was bringing any grain.
It was a gloomy cloudy day.
The turkey was finished cooking by 4:00 pm.
A bit was sliced off and added to some stuffing for our supper tonight then the rest sliced and deboned then put in the fridge. I was able to save a quart of the drippings. The second turkey will be cooked tomorrow and those drippings will be added to tonight's for the gravy. We will need a LOT of gravy this year. The rain started up this evening.
