Cooler weather arrived as promised. It was a beautiful morning. The horses were happy to come in, and Bart took his nap as soon as he finished breakfast. Nathaniel and Allison arrived to work on the fence. I warned them about ticks, but they were undeterred, thank goodness. They replaced nine fence posts! I envy […]
Sunday – May 3, 2020 Read More »
Oh, it was a hot one today – almost 90 degrees! But it was just a single day of near record heat, and tomorrow promises to be cooler. The horses are out, and will probably get rained on, but they have a shed, and they prefer rain to bugs any day. The herd had their
Saturday – May 2, 2020 Read More »
I was hoping for inspiration to strike me for today’s blog post. Instead, I found 17 ticks had attached to me over the course of the day! I had a meltdown, but have survived. This is one of the hazards of working outside. Usually, I am not much affected by ticks, but my nerves seem
May Day – Friday, May 1, 2020 Read More »
A perfect Spring day arrived to end the month of April. I ventured out for mower gas, a few groceries, and more mulch, since Thursday is gardening day. Thursday was also PT day this week, but I missed it – I waved to Dan as I was driving in and he was departing. Apparently, he
Thursday – April 30, 2020 Read More »
I lost my original, very witty opening to this post somehow. After turning horses out onto their Camargue marsh pasture, we had a new visitor. Jane had seen a pair of Baltimore orioles yesterday, so I was delighted when one stopped by here. There are two pictures, but it was just one bird. They are
Wet Wednesday – April 29, 2020 Read More »