Marmalade was waiting for breakfast, as usual this morning, as though he had never gone astray.
“What? Where’s breakfast?”
In case you are wondering about the water feature, we are on to Phase Two in diagnosis. Last week, the stream was dry as we waited to see how low the pond got (answer – it went down about 4 inches). This week, we have refilled and turned on the pump to start the stream running again and ascertain if the stream is leaking, too. It is good to hear the sound of the water again.
In addition to the burble of the stream, there was some annoying tapping, as a little downy woodpecker worked on taking down the porch in protest of the nearly empty suet basket.
I’m sorry to say that Oisin got shit faced last night…
The horses enjoyed some morning hay, then I missed a great picture of them all running full tilt down to the bottom of the pasture. The self exercise program continues.
I went to the horse feed store in the truck, while Harry went to the human feed store for groceries in the car with his trusty copilot, Weedy.
When Jane arrived to ride on this glorious, unseasonably warm day, I made her watch some videos while I finished tacking up, since I was late, as usual. Jane is used to my lack of punctuality and very forgiving.
We had a fun ride, the light was beautiful…
When we returned, Marianne was hard at work in the barn, and when I asked her to take a picture of us with the big camera, she laughed, so I took a picture of her, and then she got these cool backlit shots.
A treat for Derry 
Bart wonders where his treat is
At dinner time, Marmalade was ready and waiting – and voracious.
I’m hungry 
He wants more than his share!
Good night, good horses…
Finally, out in Montana, it was a sad day. Goodbye to Rocky and Mattie Ross, Nancy’s old horse and mule. They are buried at home together still. Happy trails, happy memories…
Nancy on Rocky, with Mattie packing a heavy load long ago
Stay safe, stay well. Peace.
Hi Anne. Thanks to your blog, we are ridding our woods of the Japanese bushes that have multiplied until they threaten to take over the entire area. I found if the ground is soft much of it can be pulled up by hand. Other, more tree-like growth, requires an axe-like tool. We are making progress!
Isn’t it awful, invasive stuff, Janis? I am late getting serious about it and have a lot to chainsaw down. I do love pulling up the smaller ones when the ground is soft! Too bad I didn’t start doing that when we first moved here!