I am pleased to announce we have waxing. Rosalie was checked early this morning and both teats had big clumps of wax on them. After our walk Mark was given a good breakfast to give him the energy he was going to need today.
We had lots of chores lined up. Rosalie was taken into the stall, given some grain and a good grooming so I could take all the burrs out of her forelock, mane, tail and feather (Friesian's have what is called feather, thick curly hair on their lower legs around their hooves). Her front legs were pull of burrs. She must have walked right into a cocklebur bush. The pictures below were taken after her grooming.The Horsemeister Blog
Day to day operation of a Friesian breeding farm standing 2 Friesian stallions. We have 6-10 foals each year out of Purebred Friesian mares, Andalusian mares, Thoroughbred mares and Friesian sport mares by Judy Sceggel 309-208-3840 www.horsemeister.com
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Rosalie Is Waxing
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Family Night
We had storms during the night. Lots of lightning and thunder but not a lot of rain. I went out early to check the mares in the indoor arena and was surprised at how little was on the ground. What we got pretty much soaked in. The mares were turned out and the arena cleaned before going back inside to get ready for our walk. Not that I needed to put on fancy clothes or anything but I needed to wash up and get shoes on instead of boots. We all walked today and had much to arrange. Joan, Diane and Spark are going to Jon's funeral. Ruth will stay back with mom. Rachel is on high alert for the pending delivery of Jessica's baby as she will need to keep Ruby. Mark and I will leave early on Friday but will need to put the mares back in the indoor before leaving as the weather is predicted to be cold and rainy. Berlica will clean the indoor on Friday evening and again on Saturday morning. We should be home by Saturday late afternoon. We stopped in at mom's after the walk but she was still sound asleep. Amy brought daffodils over to brighten the house.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Where's the Warmup
BRR it was cold this morning on our walk. We all wore winter coats. Jon's funeral is Saturday so when we got to Rachel's house we stopped to discus changing mom's work day to next Saturday as a lot of us are going to the funeral. Mom and I left for the Berean office and by the time we arrived everyone was already hard at work. Kathy opened a letter today that was wrapped in toilet paper. She wasn't sure if she should take it out of the envelope or not. She got brave and carefully slipped it out of the toilet paper, saying, "At least it doesn't look used."
Monday, March 31, 2025
Last Day of March
No coffee wars this morning. I was up before Mark and enjoyed a hot cup of coffee. Mark has a habit of waking around 2 or 3 am and starting the coffee pot so when I get up at 5:00 am it is already cold. I kindly explained last night if that happens this morning he would be buying his own coffee maker. Sometimes a person just has to draw a line. It was kind of somber this morning. As soon as it was light I took the golf cart over to the cabin field to check Rosalie. Her udder is about the same. She and Blueberry were busy eating some grain Mike had given them. I took some burrs out of her tail as she was eating then headed back home. Mark is finding it hard to believe that his only sibling died. We still don't know when the funeral and burial will be, Kim told us she should know on Tuesday. We had lots to talk about on the walk. Joan had gone to the wedding of her niece in Latty then spent time with Bill and Bethany in Bluffton over the weekend. We stopped in to visit with mom. She had her 3 roses from Zion, Eden and Bethany right by her chair.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Life and Death
Today was mom's 93rd birthday and Spark's 73rd birthday. Each year they have a contest on who can wish the other happy birthday first and this year mom WON. Ever since those cell phones came out mom could not win as no matter how early she called Spark knew it was her and before he would say hello he would exclaim, "happy birthday mom, I won!" Well today mom decide if she used Karin's phone Spark would not have any idea it was her and that worked! Karin put mom's crown on and sent the picture to all of us by text with mom all ready for church. We were sure she used a picture from 3 years ago but nope it really was from this morning. Mom just doesn't seem to age.