We awoke to the sound of rain, which was not expected, and which made me want to spend the morning in bed. But having horses does not allow such a luxury, so off to the barn I went. Tom Morris was on the front porch, greeting morning sun that followed the rain shower. He and […]
Spring Palm Sunday – March 28, 2021 Read More »
More rain today, so the horses had the day off. Stone’s tummy is still quite swollen, but no worse, so I am hoping tomorrow it will begin to resolve. Harry and Weedy and I went to Wentzville where we met a really nice young man at Lowe’s (oddly enough, another Tim) who sold us a
Tuesday – March 23, 2021 Read More »
First, a correction. These blogs are thrown together in the evenings, and sometimes I get some facts wrong. When people point that out, I make corrections. I had to make a pretty significant correction to last night’s blog. Harry’s very first hound sculptures were plaster, not papier mâche, as I initially wrote. And it was
Friday – March 19, 2021 Read More »
Oh, we had Irish weather for St. Patrick’s Day. Fred came to give our three Irish horses fresh shoes – Derry, or Irish Amber, and the two Pearl Brothers, Oisin and Bart. The boys have the same father, an Irish horse named Mountain Pearl, who stood in Iowa for a while, but then returned to
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2021 Read More »
Another dreary March day, but we are less than a week from Spring and April beckons (that cruel month). The birds fed enthusiastically, and the rufous sided towhee made an appearance today. Taxes must be done, and today I had to run some documents up to Wentzville. Weedy volunteered to go along. He is a
Ides Of March – March 15, 2021 Read More »