Heavy Rains

The rain started early by 7:00am it was still very dark with rain coming down in sheets so thick one could hardly see the barn from the windows. This meant no walk today, no hurry to get out the door. The morning was spent emptying the bedding wall closets in the upstairs hallway. There are 3 electric blankets and 1 electric mattress pad that are being washed today and will move with us. There were also sheets that can be used to cover furniture stored in the garage area of the barn until the farm house is ready for us. The other items I am washing are the baby quilts and blankets. They were made for my boys when they were born and have been in storage for 30 plus years. One quilt was hand stitched by Emma Lehman 33 years ago.
The snow cone machine and all of the syrup was delivered to Pleasant Hill School. They are going to give each student a free snow cone tomorrow.
Mark helped load the bulky machine into the car. He needs some credit card applications to be run which meant a trip down to Meisters after the trip to Pleasant Hill.
Becky Schaer is in town from California and is coming for lunch today. Taco meat is now simmering on the stove and all the supplies to build them are ready to go.
Now someone made a very disparaging remark about Lily, they commented in her big belly. Lily is our miracle mare. She came down with EPM when she was only 8 months old and had to spend 10 days in the hospital at UofI. Her prognosis was terrible, she could hardly walk without stumbling. Amazingly she recovered completely from EPM. Then just 3 short weeks after giving birth to Ciera Lily colicked and had to have colic surgery again at UofI. Then she became allergic to the stitches in her abdominal wall causing a hernia. She was pregnant with Ayanna and the vets at UofI were sure she would lose the pregnancy due to the stress of the surgery. When it was obvious she kept the pregnancy we were concerned with her giving birth with a hernia. WELL, Ayanna was born with no problem and so fantastic Lily was bred back to RAVEN where she conceived again on only one cover and delivered another fantastic filly this year. Lily has now had 3 boys and 3 girls, she is our best brood mare and actually a decent riding mare also. She is used for youth groups and camps. After one youth group riding session the little girl on Lily asked for a lock of her mane. Above Lily is pictured with Ayanna when Ayanna was just one day old.