We beat the rain

This is who we woke up to this morning. His name is Otis and he is healthy and as good as can be. We need to find another calf for his mom. She always raises two or three.

He looks small next to Patrick and Brady but he isn't really. We ran them off because they were tryng to play with him and he wasn't old enough to play yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Sage got let loose in the arena today. She was so happy to be loose but I put her in when we left to go for a ride.

My one daffodil perked up. Isn't it pretty>

On our trail ride close by at a state park that's about 15 minutes away. I guess its a state park or a water fowl preserve. These Johnny Jump Ups were all over the place and so pretty.

I never can remember what these are called but they always look so pretty every spring.

A pretty little inlet on the lake.

Bob

Katie

On our way back from up on a high against the hill.

The Birch trees looked so pretty over against the hill.

A pair of mallards on a pond. The males are such a beautiful color.

I was walking around taking pictures of the ducks and a mama Killdeer came bombing out in front of me and her baby running along. She did her best to get me to leave. When I walked around the rock looking for the baby, it was laying there playing dead but was breathing. Only about the size of my thumb. When we walked away mom came scurrying back, baby jumped up and they ran off into the weeds.

It was very pretty this morning and Katie is off on Monday and she came out. We decided to go for a trail ride and that's what we did. It was so fun. Something set the horses off, not a clue what but Pepper put his head down and was going to do a rodeo buck. I got his head up and around but he was naughty for quite a few minutes before he settled down. Wrangler didn't buck with Bob but he was doing a tippy toe jig and Abby took off fast down the trail away from where we were. Finally got them all settled down and it was a relaxing ride the rest of the time. There was a lot of boggy ground and none of them liked that. I am a little nervous about crossing water on Pepper after last years catastrophe of him laying down. I do ride with spurs since then.

The rest of the week we will be getting ready to go camping this next weekend with our horses. We are going with three or four other couples and their kids. I sure do pray for nice weather.

Blessings.

A Busy Day

Rocky. He leads well and was not too hard to catch. We have separated the ponies though because he definitely is head honcho. Very sweet.
Stella. I think she is going to grow to about 12 hands if measuring their legs is correct and it has been before. When we got her caught and a halter on her she lead well too. She is going to be grey I think, she has grey coming in around her eyes and nose. That is where most grey horses start changing.

We went down to Shannon's to take some things down to her and she just was coming out from helping this mama have triplets. The one closest to me is a girl, the other two are boys. They are not even dry yet. Less than an hour old.

I just thought this little one was so cute. I just love baby goats but I don't want another one. Shannon keeps trying to give one to me. I think Shannon's goats have produced about 20 babies.

We worked with the ponies, and both of us worked with Emma. She likes Bob best, took him a couple of minutes to be rubbing her shoulder. We have got to get a halter on her but that just wigs her out. We will be working with her. I just can't send her back to her owner because he will just shoot her. So she is tough but we will keep at her.

We worked on fences around the Arena today so I can turn Sage out. The fence on the border with the neighbor is not as secure for her than I would like. We may put panels down that side. I did put her out there for a while when I was out there. She needs to be able to get more exercise and move around. Her pen is not too small but she needs to be able to run and buck if she doesn't try to get through the fence.

Had a marvelous service this morning at church. Next Thursday - May 5th. - is the National Day of Prayer. Our church is having three services.

Blessings

Stella and Rocky

Today we decided to go to the horse auction in Davenport. I don't know why, we just go for entertainment and end up feeling bad. Horses were better priced today and some went for well over a thousand dollars but some went for 10 and 25 too. Most of them were on the thin side and obviously needed forming and better food. There was a pen of ponies. I mean Shetland size or a little smaller. There was a very pregnant mare I wanted but I thought 50.00 was my top bid. She went for 200.00. A pair of black and white pinto ponies went for 200.00 a piece. Those were my favorites. Then came Rocky - the little bay and white gelding. Bob told me to go to 75.00 and I got him for 60.00. Then came the black filly. She is out of a full size mare and a Shetland stud so she should be about Rosie size - 13 hands. I thought Rocky was the mare and Stella was the gelding but its the other way around. She is only about 15 months old. They have been running in a big pasture so they are not too friendly yet but we will work on that. I paid 10.00 for her. Did I need another project - of course not but I have always made money on ponies and donkeys. No donkeys there so I will try to get these ready to do as soon as I can. I want to work on Stella first, get her fattened up some and get her coat shiny and then I will advertise her. Every month when we go we look for ponies and this is the first time in a long time that there have been any. Rocky is as cute as a bug and is halter trained. Am not sure how to break him to ride but first, make him friendly.

They sold three mini horses that were about 8 months old and were the scroungiest looking things, wormy, scrawney and they sold for 200.00 a piece. I thought they would go for 10 bucks but whew was I wrong. I did not want the stud nor one of the fillys, her feet and legs were awful but the other would have been nice. Someone saw something I certainly didn't.

So, that was my day. I am watching Dr. Zhivago on PBS. I loved that movie. Don't know if I will be able to stay awake until the end but I want to see Lara and Zhivago in the sleigh.

Blessings

Sage is MINE

Our "lakes" were almost gone and they are back. The small one should be gone this weekend if we don't get more rain.

Sage having a snack before going to work. I sat in the sun and read while she crunched away. Then I brushed and brushed her. Think I got most of the mud balls off.

Pepper's eyes. See the white in the middle of his eyes. That is glaucoma. He can only see in the daylight. We really can't do anything about it.

Chemmy's ear. I love the donkeys ears.

My one daffodil. It had just broken into full bloom and got beat to this state by wind and hard rain.

This was in the mail today. Sage belongs to me now and not the BLM. I was pretty excited to get it.

After Sage had eaten a while, we took her to the hitch rail. She was a little jumpy about her other front foot but we got it trimmed. I had to hold it while Bob trimmed and rasped it. Sage finally just stood like a lady after the first. Then I got a saddle pad out. She acted a little snorty at first but by the time I was done she was letting me flap it all over and put it on her from either side. I could wave it all over and she just stood there. I was/am so proud of her.

I stayed up most of the night last night watching "THE" wedding. I went to bed about 5 I think. Slept until 11. I had a real chuckle at the hats. Some were beautiful and some were hysterical. I love hats but some of them were beyond me.

This evening I was going to go out and check the cows. They are all due soon. One of the cows has a history of twins so we are watching her very closely. I was trying to avoid the mud and stepped on a board and went flying flat on my back. I called Bob on my phone and he came and helped me up then we went on to check on the cows. Candy will probably have her baby by tomorrow this time. Falling is one of my fears. I will probably be sore in the morning but really was not hurt.

Blessings,

Just a day

Our goofy kid Tom. My baby boy. He always has to do something silly when I am taking pictures. Here he just stuck his face in front of the camera. Bless his heart.

Got a few things done today. Just was too cold and windy out to do much. However we had a glorious sunset tonight so maybe tomorrow will be nicer. I want to really work with Sage really bad.

This evening was our Mustang and Burro Club meeting. We put the finishing touch on our ride and camping trip Mothers Day Weekend. We decided to keep track of our hours riding instead of distance.

I talked with my sister this afternoon and they missed the tornadoes but she said yesterday was awful. She is OK though and her whole family who all live in either Mississippi or Tennessee are fine too. I was so relieved.

Blessings

Rain and Housework - That Was My Day

Great Grandson Nathaniel. Isn't he happy looking. He is about the happiest little guy I know.
Nikki her hubby and her two youngest boys Easter. I hijacked these pictures from her blog. Lane is 12 and Isaac is 6.

Nothing much went on here today. I just worked on floors, changed the bed ect. And mostly what I did today was worry about my family in the South. The tornadoes were all around them. Have friends there too - my blogger friend Marlene is in Arkansas along with our pastors sister. It is awful. I grumble and complain about our weather and I hate it but its nothing like the tornadoes in the south.

Blessings.

More Toward 1000 Blessings

I do hope this will go in a list instead of a long paragraph.

809. Christ the Lord has risen

810. Little one looking for eggs

811. Chickens that lay blue, green, brown and spotted eggs.

812. Easter Bonnets

813. Little girls in new dresses and shiny white shoes.

814. RIP Ruth, see you in heaven. A dear lady.

815. Fresh clean bedding to crawl in to.

816. Slow cookers

817. Push pins with pretty colored pusher.

818. Riding lawn mowers.

819. Getting a garden spot ready

820. My one daffodil

821. Teenagers playing with bubbles.