Just as the sun was coming up and starting to light up the Western sky Rachel sent the picture below. That sun was also still lighting up the moon.
That took a while and I wasn't able to get home until after 5:00 pm.
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
Just as the sun was coming up and starting to light up the Western sky Rachel sent the picture below. That sun was also still lighting up the moon.
I took pictures of Berlica's cat on our walk this morning. Then took a few pictures of the horses while teasing today. Mark had the building supplies dropped off so of course I took a few pictures of those and a video of Mark moving them into the barn. I did not delete them off the camera but some how when cleaning up excess files deleted the pictures and videos taken from the computer and didn't know it was also deleting them off the camera. I guess us old folks can learn new things. Diane took Aunt Jinnie and mom to Bible study at the church. At 11:00 am Joan and I drove to the church gave Diane my car and took mom and her van to go vote as all 3 of us won't be here during election day. Diane took Aunt Jinnie home. We got the voting done, got in the van and mom asks, "Jinnie, are you here?" Joan told mom, we left her at church but will pick her up when we go to church tonight. About then mom starts to laugh realizing Diane took her home. Mark and I got the building supplies moved this afternoon then got ready for church tonight. Craig had the message about Jesus healing the blind. It was a good message for all of us. Click HERE to watch that. The moon tonight was full and so bright. I took the picture below on my phone in the church parking lot.
Fedi was admitted to the hospital last night after staying in the ER for over 16 hours. The good news is they gave him the deluxe room, the very best room in the hospital. Ruth sent the picture below:
Brr it was a cold morning. Ruth took Fedi in to the emergency room as his neck was hurting. They took another x-ray but not sure what the problem is, it could be he has a screw loose. That just doesn't sound right. It may be better to say, "it could be one of the screws have loosened up." Poor Fedi, no matter how you say it he finds it painful. Diane and Mike spent the night at Middle Grove as they have airbnb guests in their basement. That meant no walk for Joan and I. Mark has ordered 2 pallets of cement from Home depot and that was delivered this morning.
Yesterday was such a long day outside I was really tired and slept well. After a cup of coffee this morning I ran over to the barn to strip the beds and start the laundry bringing back to towels here. While both machines were running the chicken for the dinner tonight was cut up for the chicken stir fry. Since I had the machines going early and no laundry was done Saturday, I did a couple loads of our clothes too. I don't like to work on Sunday but if we wanted clothes to change into after church I pretty much needed to. We left for church a few minutes after 9:00 am and made it there before Joan, mom and Aunt Jinnie arrived. Molly had already brought Nancy and she was very glad to see us. Mike Kaisner had the morning message and this message was a good message about Chronicles. I did not know that it was the last book of the Hebrew Bible. Mike finished with Revelations 22, the last book of the New Testament. Click HERE to watch that message. Caleb Plattner had the afternoon message on Genesis 9 and 10, after the flood. That too was interesting. click HERE to watch that message. After church I had to flip the foaling apartment as we had someone move out this morning and another group moving in today. I'm thankful for extra sets of sheets and towels. Anna arrived to help just as I was finishing up. The chicken was stir fried, the rice started and then the vegetables were stir fried and put in a separate crock pot. Today instead of putting the meat and vegetables together they were served separate to make it easier for the kids to take what they wanted. The food was good.
The guests at the foaling apartment pulled out around 8:00 am. I ran up to strip the beds and get the sheets in the washer. Anna and Braelyn arrived right after that and took over cleaning. The guests in the new barn were busy and had the wedding arch and chairs out early so I took the golf cart down to take a few pictures. It was beautifully decorated.
I was up before 5:00 am and needed to start the coffee maker as I just couldn't make myself wait for that first cup. Yesterday we had our dinner at 2:30 pm as we skipped lunch so this morning we were hungry for breakfast. By 7:00 am I had sausage, eggs and pancakes all ready for our hungry tummies. I knew Ruth was camping at Middle Grove and also knew Mike and Diane drove out last night but didn't know they came back and did not spend the night so when Diane called to ask if I was walking I was surprised. I was already outside working so just took the golf cart over to meet Diane. Karin had her closing on her house today so needed to leave by 7:30 am. Instead of walking we just went straight to mom's house. Diane stayed with mom and aunt Jinnie while I went first to the barn to do a final check, then to the apartment. I had a message this morning wanting the dimensions of the green hay rack so stopped there next. Mark was just coming into the barn with a tape measure so we got that done very quickly.
Mark and I had a breakfast date at the Hog Trough this morning and enjoyed breakfast with Pat and Darlene. We didn't know they would be there but they had just come from the Giant Goose Ranch and showed up at the exact same time we came. Next week we will do it all over again with Ralph and Jamie. After getting home Mark went up to the apartment to measure out the small screen room he wants to put up around the door of the foaling apartment.