Wow it was cold on the walk this morning. We all wore winter coats. The temperature was 26 degrees but with the wind the real feel was 16 degrees. We ate breakfast after the walk then took the motorhome to Bloomington to get the generator looked at. I drove the motorhome and Mark followed in his car. His car was almost out of gas by the time we reached our destination. Good thing it is a Prius or he would never had made it. The motorhome had to be left there, they won't be working on it until Thursday. We went to the very first gas station which actually was just across the street. When we got home I asked Mark to help move a bale in Raven's old paddock as I wanted to move Lily, her colt and Missy over and put them in with Tatiana. Once the bale was in Lily was led over and the other 2 just followed.
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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, Gypsy mares and a few half or 3/4 Friesian mares. by Judy Sceggel 309-208-3840 www.horsemeister.com
Monday, March 18, 2024
Monday's Work
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Baby Shower
Today was a special day in church as this afternoon was the Sunday school Easter program. We really enjoyed that. We were amazed at how great Israel's group sang. Those kids really sang out and even on tune.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Champions Again
I was up before 5:00 am and had to wait for the coffee maker this morning. As it is Saturday there is no walk so I had lots of quiet time to read. I had time to listen to Jeff Waibel give a message in Leo on Sunday March 10th. This was quite a history lesson and much more. To watch this service click HERE. Mark wanted a big breakfast and needed it by 7:00 am as he needed to leave by 7:30 for church. Today was church cleaning. I also needed to leave at 7:30 am but stopped to check on Lily and her colt. He is doing great.
I was driving into the drive when I got the message that my airbnb guest moved out I had just one hour to get it cleaned up before needing to be at mom's house. I'm thankful we have extra sets of sheets and towels as there was no time to get the laundry done. Diane needed to leave by noon. Mom and I had lunch then went out on the deck. She wanted to see if the lettuce was coming up. I took a picture of the box to show her.Friday, March 15, 2024
Cabin Field
Our morning started out pretty cool but that just meant the day was extra nice. Diane, Joan and I walked. Ruth sent the picture below with the text, "no walk for me."
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Inside Spring Cleaning
We had a big storm during the night, lots of lightning, crashes of thunder and by the time the rain stopped 2 inches of that life giving fluid. We are so thankful. The fields are getting great drinks and the grass is growing quickly. It was still raining during the walk time so that was cancelled. I spent most of the morning and even part of the afternoon doing a big spring cleaning on the upstairs of this house. I had so much to go through as each time I sold a 5th wheel and the other campers I brought the supplies and bedding into the house and put it in the upstairs incase it would be needed. Well we are not buying any more campers or 5th wheels and I don't need any more bedding for the barn or the apartment. The closets also really needed to be gone through. I think I swept up a couple hundred Asian beetles. How and why do those pesky things end up inside? I found 2 airbeds. The one below was blown up and left just to see if there are any leaks.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Lily's Colt
Just Ruth, Diane and I walked, Joan was in Chicago. Diane was with mom until noon then Ruth took over. I went straight to the barn to get that ready for company, putting down the chairs and cleaning the bathrooms. Back at the house the laundry was started. While waiting for the machines Lily and her colt were let out to graze. The colt was funny today. He tasted the grass and found it good. He reared up on his mama's face. I wasn't fast enough to get that on the camera but got the tail end.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Moving Campers
Ruth couldn't walk today but was down to take mom to Nancy's IEP meeting. Diane, Joan and I walked then were joined by Mark, Sarah's dog and Ruth's cat. After the walk I left for the Berean office. To read about our morning there click HERE. I made it home by noon. Mark and I ate lunch then went right out to start moving campers over to Joan's house. It was determined that she should keep 3 at her place as we have 3 campers that are all different, the Mini Max, the Salem with no slideout and the Wildwood with the slideout and we would keep the motorhome and the other 2 campers here. We first needed to put the hitch on the skidsteer.