Hot weekend

 

I want to try and get everyone some grain at least once a week in this heat so I can check them all over.  Heidi usually comes while I am filling the water but Rosie, Nina and Ralphie do not, they tend to stay under the trees.

Heidi can still come running when she knows it's grain!

Ralphie is growing!  

The heifers still know what feed pans are!

All weekend knowing it was going to be at or around 90 I was out early to Tamarack first.  Been taking Stormy and just trying to do more stuff with her and seeing what she will do.  Today we walked to one of the highest points of the farm (Up past the indoor, no pictures), then walking into the wash bay and also into the barn.

She is still enamored with Annie and baby Athena. Seems like Annie was one of her favorite buddies, she seems to also like Shiloh, the red standardbred mare. 

Horse Pictures!

 Some of Stormy, some of Heidi, some of the old thoroughbreds at Old Friends in Georgetown.  

Old Friends: 

Special Ring likes to smile

Birdstone was not being social

Silver Charm is now the oldest living KY Derby winner

Lava Man (above and below) is still settling in to Old Friends and was a bit anxious

Nicanor (Above and below) was way in the back and one of the ladies brought me back to him afterwards.

Heidi

Annie and baby Athena at Tamarack

Stormy:

Lazy weekend pictures

 

Little Ralphie isn't so little anymore.  He's roughly 8 weeks old so time for vaccines. He will finish what milk we have for him so we don't have to store any of it.   

Heidi has taken her roll of companion for Rosie and Nina pretty well.  The three are usually not far from each other Nina popped through the electric so they are now back to just their field.  As soon as Ralphie is done with the calf milk, he will join them as well.  

Stormy seems to have made a friend with one of the other mares.  This mare isn't so bad, just a chestnut standarbred mare out there is a bit dangerous.  

Long time update.

 

So I have been food training the cows.  Unintentionally at first with Sophie but now with Rosie and Nina it's intentional to keep them super tame.  Heidi and Sophie have been getting down their routine quite spectacularly.  Good thing as Sophie's only got a couple more days until her date with Flemingsburg.  So far I think she'll get on that trailer very nicely. 

Though it may be a little sad for Heidi to lose her 'buddy'.  Well as buddy as they can be.  

She'll get these little girls for companionship afterwards.  Nina the black angus and Rosie the Jersey.

The main reason that Heidi has no equine companions as Stormy is now at big girl school.  I moved her over to Tamarack on the 3rd.  She's learning to be in a herd, and learning how to socialize with other horses.  I am exposing her to as much stimulus as possible.  As it gets warmer I'll start taking her for walks around the property like down to the creek so she can see all sorts of wildlife.  Though with as butt high as she is, I will wait until fall to start her under saddle- unless Amanda or Dora come forward and are interested in her as an event/dressage horse.  Otherwise she'll be a fancy trail horse for me.  

Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas to all!   

Much love from Heather, Heidi, Willow, Stormy, and all the bunnies:

Chaucer, Lindsay, Henry, Luke, Suzy, Brooklyn, KayKay, Tennessee, Dee, Ashlynn, Kili, Marie, Zippy, Flack, Oz, Secret, Donny, Meghan, Eomer and several un-named juniors.  

I missed work on Friday due to the bad storm that came in Thursday night.  It crashed the temps dropped ice and snow on us.  Thankfully Aunt Sheri and Allen made it before the temps completely crashed and snow got here.  Saturday I finally got my car started and got out.  Did a few last minute shopping adventures at both Walmart and Kroger and they were shockingly not as bad as I had anticipated.  But today I had a little fun adventure (with what time I had) and I have this utter fascination with Sophie and her tongue.  Feeding her cookies gives me such the giggles.  

Fall to Winter update

 Well been just a working, working and more working kind of summer. Late August/early September we brought the horses home and they were put out with Sophie the beef.  I jokingly call them the "black 'n white" trio since Sophie's a black baldie. 

I have started to winterize as it turns cold this weekend.  Been quite the chilly day today as it was!  I think my Mini Lops have really taken over my barn.  I have had so much fun with them.

Both of my Spot girls, Suzy and Lindsay, have settled and are good together.  They have actually gotten to be really neat in their pen(this picture was early on). 

My Mini Lop young boys are so photogenic and are getting their names from CSI NY.

This one is Don Flack:

This fella is the newest one, also from the same breeder as Don, but he doesn't have a name yet.  I had thought of Sid Hammerback but it just doesn't fit him.  

This guy is Danny Messer, he's a home grown out of Ashlynn and by Luke.  

Danny and no name boy.  They are roughly the same age.

But as you can see from the bunny pictures, I have winterized the barn.

As a plus for fall- sunset colors are much more vivid 

Willow has been my sidekick and photo subject much of the time: