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Summer at last?
Jun. 4th, 2011 10:44 pmI think we've skipped right past spring to summer. It was gorgeous today, hot and sunny. What a lift after all that miserable rainy weather in May!
I'm going to have to dig out my shorts.
Had a nice day out at the farm; got there around 11 a.m. to help with the stalls (Kelly only works a half day on Saturdays). Jack and Sue had already left with Kismet for the Clinic; she got into the trailer without even hesitating. She's been to the Clinic several times for breeding, so she's quite comfortable with trailering. Good thing, because we don't want her stressed. She's all settled in, and now we're just waiting for her to have the baby; and what a relief not to have to sit up for nights on end doing foal watch! Jack and Sue got back, and our trainer arrived to load Goldie onto the trailer to take her over to the stable Mihai works out of. Summer camp for 4 year old horses, LOL. She was pretty good loading, considering it's only the second time she's ever been in a trailer. Sue said Goldie walked right out of the trailer at the stable like she owned the place, and everyone was looking at her. She really is a beautiful horse, and Jack is so proud of her! It's very cute..he's a proud poppa.
While they were away, Kelly and I put Buddy out in his paddock for a few hours. He had a good run around, and a little drink of water out of the barrel. We brought him in before Kelly left, because he was getting pretty hot out there. He's drinking about 6-8oz. bottles of foal-lac every 2 to 3 hours now; we're going to stretch his feeding time to every three hours, and hopefully he'll soon be nibbling on a little hay. We've ordered some foal-lac pellets from the Vet, and he'll start on those next week. He is growing every day, and is very strong and energetic, so we're happy.
After we brought all the horses in and fed dinner, Sue and Jack went out, and I stayed to feed Buddy at 6. It was really quite nice being there all by myself; I made myself some dinner, watched Dr. Who on their big screen TV (and now realize that Space is running an episode behind, so I have to avoid spoilers :( damn.) Flipped back and forth to check on the hockey game..I have a bit of a superstition; I can't watch the whole game, because the Canucks might lose if I do. I know, it's dumb, but what can I do? Can't jinx them! They won, 3-2 in overtime. 11 seconds into overtime, as a matter of fact. Go Canucks Go!!
After dinner and Dr.Who, I gave Buddy his 6 o'clock feeding, spent a little time fussing him, and then it was time to fill all the waters and give the horses more hay. It was very peaceful in the barn, all that I could hear was the munching of hay. I brought Kyra out, groomed her and then took her into the arena to lunge her a little. She was such a good girl! I was delighted. Then it was getting on for 8 o'clock, so I closed things up and headed for home. Brought Stanley Schnauzer with me; he does like to come into the city from time to time, to check out the doggy emails left on all the bushes here, LOL.
As I drove through the city I was amused to see how many people have been caught up in Canuck Fever; there were people waving flags, car horns honking, and everyone looking happy. I almost lost my Canucks flag when I rolled down the window for Stan, but managed to catch it before it fell off. I would have been very upset if I had lost it; Jack and Sue bought it for me and I fly it proudly.
Got home and found that I have new neighbours; two young men who look to be about 16 years old (I'm sure they're at least 20) have moved into the apartment upstairs. It's been empty for almost a year, so I'm going to have to get used to the sound of footsteps overhead again, I guess. They seemed very nice, so I'm sure it will be okay.
OMG, it's 11 p.m. already. Where did the day go? Time for bed for me.
I'm going to have to dig out my shorts.
Had a nice day out at the farm; got there around 11 a.m. to help with the stalls (Kelly only works a half day on Saturdays). Jack and Sue had already left with Kismet for the Clinic; she got into the trailer without even hesitating. She's been to the Clinic several times for breeding, so she's quite comfortable with trailering. Good thing, because we don't want her stressed. She's all settled in, and now we're just waiting for her to have the baby; and what a relief not to have to sit up for nights on end doing foal watch! Jack and Sue got back, and our trainer arrived to load Goldie onto the trailer to take her over to the stable Mihai works out of. Summer camp for 4 year old horses, LOL. She was pretty good loading, considering it's only the second time she's ever been in a trailer. Sue said Goldie walked right out of the trailer at the stable like she owned the place, and everyone was looking at her. She really is a beautiful horse, and Jack is so proud of her! It's very cute..he's a proud poppa.
While they were away, Kelly and I put Buddy out in his paddock for a few hours. He had a good run around, and a little drink of water out of the barrel. We brought him in before Kelly left, because he was getting pretty hot out there. He's drinking about 6-8oz. bottles of foal-lac every 2 to 3 hours now; we're going to stretch his feeding time to every three hours, and hopefully he'll soon be nibbling on a little hay. We've ordered some foal-lac pellets from the Vet, and he'll start on those next week. He is growing every day, and is very strong and energetic, so we're happy.
After we brought all the horses in and fed dinner, Sue and Jack went out, and I stayed to feed Buddy at 6. It was really quite nice being there all by myself; I made myself some dinner, watched Dr. Who on their big screen TV (and now realize that Space is running an episode behind, so I have to avoid spoilers :( damn.) Flipped back and forth to check on the hockey game..I have a bit of a superstition; I can't watch the whole game, because the Canucks might lose if I do. I know, it's dumb, but what can I do? Can't jinx them! They won, 3-2 in overtime. 11 seconds into overtime, as a matter of fact. Go Canucks Go!!
After dinner and Dr.Who, I gave Buddy his 6 o'clock feeding, spent a little time fussing him, and then it was time to fill all the waters and give the horses more hay. It was very peaceful in the barn, all that I could hear was the munching of hay. I brought Kyra out, groomed her and then took her into the arena to lunge her a little. She was such a good girl! I was delighted. Then it was getting on for 8 o'clock, so I closed things up and headed for home. Brought Stanley Schnauzer with me; he does like to come into the city from time to time, to check out the doggy emails left on all the bushes here, LOL.
As I drove through the city I was amused to see how many people have been caught up in Canuck Fever; there were people waving flags, car horns honking, and everyone looking happy. I almost lost my Canucks flag when I rolled down the window for Stan, but managed to catch it before it fell off. I would have been very upset if I had lost it; Jack and Sue bought it for me and I fly it proudly.
Got home and found that I have new neighbours; two young men who look to be about 16 years old (I'm sure they're at least 20) have moved into the apartment upstairs. It's been empty for almost a year, so I'm going to have to get used to the sound of footsteps overhead again, I guess. They seemed very nice, so I'm sure it will be okay.
OMG, it's 11 p.m. already. Where did the day go? Time for bed for me.
