September 11th, 2009

Above is our little herd of Friesian mares and foals. There are actually 9 horses in the pictures.
After walking today, Steven Marchal came out to give Sophie a bath and help get her ready for pictures. I asked Rachel Sauder of momentscapturedbyrachel to come take them. They really looked good but her camera is brand new and we have to wait until she gets a new editing package so I can put them up on the website. Sophie posed nicely. After Rachel left is when we decided to let the mares out into the field while Steven worked on cleaning the mare paddock with the skid steer. Mark and I have a biking weekend planned out of town but we are running into problems with it. It was booked back in June, we had to change it once because of the wedding and now both of us forget where the location is and who we have the booking with. I've spent an hour looking, hopefully we can find the hard copy somewhere.
Had to go to Sams for dog food, then they didn't have the kind I usually buy. Poor Darcy will just have to make do with what I could find.
It would be strange if I didn't mention the date. Eight years ago today we were working on remodeling our house, I drove to the shop to pick up some materials and heard the news of the terrorist hitting the twin towers with airplanes. Talk about being in shock, no work could go one, we all huddled around a small television someone brought in. Then the eerie quietness of no planes in the sky. We live just 3 miles from the Peoria airport and the noise fades to background noise because of the frequency of hearing the flights overhead. Then SILENCE! the world changed for EVERYONE that day. My prayers are still going out for the families of the victims. How our heart aches for their loss.