Snake Attack

Diane and I took Hadassah and her colt Solomon out to Middle Grove. We wanted to check on a couple of mares. Thankfully Karin's 4 wheeler was out there, the herd was a long way and it would have been a long tiring hike. The picture below is what we saw when we finally found them at the far end of the property.

Lounging under the trees near the water. They are all curious when a person or 4 wheeler arrives. Diane brought out the fly spray and Lilypony came right over to check it out.

Scarlet, Ella's filly by Evan also came up. She is such a pretty filly and will be quite a bit taller than her mom.

She is almost 3 months old and not that much smaller than Ella.

Sangria, Lily and Rosalie were very content under the canopy of trees drowsy in the cool of the morning.

Funny how those 2 mares have been friends for years. Middle Grove must have gotten more rain than Hanna City. Ebby was waiting for Diane at the barn when we arrived back. She jumps on the golf cart for the ride home.

After the trailer was unhooked I went in to check on Emily's calf. It is doing great, Kenna is being a very good mom.

 She was so funny, running and bucking in the stall. They want out but that's not going to happen till Emily gets home.

There wasn't much going on at the barn today with the big group gone to Current River. Mom, Diane and I spent a couple of hours floating on the lake watching the kingfisher's fish. Diane took me home with her golf cart since mine no longer can be charged. We rolled right past this huge black snake thinking it was a stick. Ebby got out of the cart to check it out, she was wise and stayed out of strike distance.

Ebby is standing by the end of the tail in the picture 

but since that doesn't really show how long this snake is I took a close up of the tail.

The snake was pretty impressive following Ebby with it's head.

When I went to go inside Darcy and Emma came running out, Emma ran right up to the snake probably thinking it was a stick or toy and she got bit.

 Below is her reaction. She was shocked and yelped like a puppy then started barking and foaming at the mouth at that scary stick thing. 

Darcy came running to see why she was crying and also got bit. She was pretty upset with the snake.

She had a bit of skin gone and a drop of blood on her nose. The wound is circled, isn't it awful! We should probably run her to the vet...or not.

I'm tired this evening. Mark is out working on concrete, the stalls were cleaned, the cow and Mytross fed and watered and now I'm ready to rest!

 God paints the clouds in the evening sky and this evening the sunset was spectacular. The first view was the clouds all purple and pink making the stark treeline stand out.

The second shot was just as the sun was going below the horizon. Mark and I walked out to the end of the field to watch. The clouds changed from delicate pink and purple to gold and red.