It warmed up today to real Missouri August weather. The horse flies were thrilled, the horses, not so much… Jane and Derry led Bart and me on a delightful, long trail ride. Fitness work! Low impact. I set myself a task of cleaning out the tack room, and was very disappointed with my progress. The […]
Saturday – August 8, 2020 Read More »
The last really cool morning for a while was celebrated today with breakfast on the porch. Here is Harry, surrounded by tatters of dog toys, and dogs. Fred arrived to shoe Bart and Oisin, which is always a fun time. Jane came over for a visit, too. The rest of the day was consumed with
Friday – August 7, 2020 Read More »
It was another lovely, cool night and a perfect morning. Harry and I had breakfast on the porch, which was interrupted by a varmint visit (squirrels). The dogs went on high alert and were released to secure the perimeter. Roscoe was traumatized by the commotion. The return of the molting cardinal (or maybe this is
Thursday – August 6, 2020 Read More »
A primary election day here, so we actually had to set our alarm to get up and out to the polls at 6 AM. It was quite a different scene compared to March’s primary, when I last voted. Then, I was the second ballot cast and there were few people around. Today, there was a
Tuesday – August 4, 2020 Read More »
Too bad the full sturgeon moon falls on a cloudy night, so no hope of a picture here. It is a full moon that is named for the once abundant, strange looking freshwater fish found in rivers and lakes, and migrating into the ocean, like salmon. Certainly those prehistoric creatures do still live in the
Full Sturgeon Moon – August 3, 2020 Read More »