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Basilea For Sale
I've been cleaning and hauling things down from the upstairs the last few days and last night my calves were aching. I was thankful that was gone this morning for our walk. When checking mares this morning before the walk the waterer was again running over. I took it apart but couldn't get it to stop no matter how high the float was.
Mike was sent a text. He came to fix it while we were on the walk and he had it fixed within 30 seconds. Thankfully he showed me how so maybe I won't have to bother him next time. After the walk came breakfast and after breakfast it was time to tease mares. Thalia was teased first and she was not at all interested in the stallions. Unfortunately Basilea, Thalia's dam who was covered the same time as Thalia WAS back in season. She didn't settled so we will try again. She was successfully covered by Valiant this morning. Below is Basilea at the breeding stand.
She is a beautiful Friesian mare born March 8th, 2008 making her 18 years old this year. She is trained to ride but we haven't done much with her. Below are a couple pictures of her being ridden in 2024.
She has nice gaits and the lady we bought her from told us they had been trail riding her. We are interested in selling her so if you have been looking for a Friesian mare she can be yours for just $10,000.00 She is registered with the German registry.
If she settles you would get a FREE Friesian Foal. You can learn more about her on our website by clicking HERE. Check out her 2023 filly Thalia in the picture below.
We are keeping Thalia so ready to let Basilea go to a new home where she can be loved. She really does love people. They were both left in the breeding shed paddock. I moved the water tank in last Thursday so today dragged a hose down to the house and filled it. 
There is plenty of grass in that paddock but we also have a bale in for them in the shelter.
My next job was to bring Rosaleigh and her colt into the stall for their grain. The colt stood perfect today for haltering.
He checked out the hay but then went right over to the grain bucket and demanded his share.
He sticks his head under Rosaleigh, then lifts up. When she lifts her head his dives into the grain bucket. 
The oval platter is 17 and a half inches long and 13 inches wide. The plate below is really a platter, 13 inches across.
The serving bowl is almost 9 inches long about 2.5 inches deep and 7 inches wide.
Star and her filly were brought in next. I had to corner her to get her halter on but once I did she stood quietly. She was tied, her legs handled and lifted.
She is going to make someone a nice riding family horse. She doesn't have the huge gaits of the Friesian even though she is half Friesian. She is for sale, just check out the for sale page on our website by clicking HERE. Once the mares and foals were done with their grain, Rosaleigh and her colt were let out to graze. I took the short video below before going back to work.
THEN came the real work. I started cleaning out the shelves in the back garage to make room for when we move. We had 2 broken microwaves up on those shelves. A 12 string guitar, lots and lots of old pictures and picture albums and lots of things that need to be pitched. I quit working about 2 hours.
I brought down to the house 2 tubs of china. I have some of Mark's mom's good Lenox china. Below are the 2 huge platters and 2 serving bowls.
There are 11 plates with this set, just 4 salad plates, 6 dessert plates and 4 dessert bowls.
I think we will sell this as I have my own good china. Everything had to be washed and dried and that took a while. We quit at 2:00 pm to load up the 2 wheelchairs from mom's and take those to Timber Ridge. Once home I took the golf cart over to Joan's house. Dan had to rescue a tiny tiny fawn. It was probably born yesterday. This one was a twin and too small to keep up with her mom and sibling. They took off and never came back. By the time Dan brought her she was very dehydrated.
The poor little fawn was very thirsty and drank the formula well. The other fawn looks huge compared to this tiny one. The picture below shows the two fawns together. You can also see the deep scratch marks on the older fawn's face where she was attacked. Her face is still swollen.
To get ready for family night at the fellowship hall I really needed a shower and told Mark I would go first. Getting out I slipped, hit my chin hard enough to draw blood. As I'm on baby aspirin the bleeding wouldn't stop so Mark went to family night while I stayed home and watched. Once the bleeding stopped it really isn't much of a cut, more of a small scrape. Ryan Funk had an interesting talk. I'm not sure if it will be on AC Central but if it is I will post it here.
