Dinner at the Schwinds

What a gorgeous day for October 25th. bright enough sun to burn off the fog by 9:30 am and warm temperatures. Karin, Rhoda, Sarah R, Hannah R and Anni D loaded up Star, Missy, Cookie, Larry and Paris for a trail ride at Jubilee. They had a beautiful ride. Karin said it was like riding on paths of bright gold with a thick covering of gold and yellow leaves cushioning the trails while the thick woods were filled with beautiful red, purple, orange and gold colors.  Dakota came in season today and was covered by Valiant then removed from his pasture.  On Wednesday Ayanna was de-wormed with a double dose of Panacur and then her filly Violet was de-wormed with that also. When oh when am I going to learn that Panacur goes through the milk. Poor Violet got a double dose that way and came down with a bad case of diarrhea today. .She was given 30 cc of biosponge and watched. She is still grazing and nursing well so hopefully this is a mild case and she won't become dehydrated. The pictures below were taken this afternoon.

 Mark hooked up the forestry saw to the skid steer and worked on clearing trails and opening up places in the woods to plant pine trees. Funny he cuts down trees just to make room to plant other trees.

 Molly is such a diligent mom that she refuses to leave the box. Mom has to pick her up and carry her outside to make her relieve herself. The puppies are doing very well.

 Emily and Mike brought the Yanmar home to start cleaning out the shelters. The breeding shed shelter needed some repair work to replace one of the support posts. That Yanmar is so handy.

 Emily used the skid steer to finish up the paddocks. We were invited to Rebekah and Brian's house for dinner and they live in Eureka. Emily was still working when we left at 5:00 pm.

She missed out on a great meal but I bet she went to bed earlier than we are. It was a long drive home after working outside most of the day.