A Job Well Done

I had an easy morning, no one came on the walk except me so I took the golf cart...ha that will show Rachel, I finished the 2 rounds in less than 3 minutes..top that! It's all about the exercise, Rachel was accusing us yesterday of walking like an 82 year old.  Truthfully the golf cart was taken over to the meeting place just in case anyone showed up but since no one did I went right back to the barn to finish the morning chores. The weanlings were turned out and their stall stripped. When Anna arrived with the girls I had almost finished everything on my list. After lunch Taegan and Kensley were taken out to the big sand piles to play. Taegan had fun climbing up the mountain of sand and running back down but soon they were both ready for naps. Emily was out weed whacking when I needed to go pick up Braelyn so I asked her to come in to listen for the two nappers.

Once Braelyn got here the real fun started. 

 Karin arrived and together we set up the outdoor arena for jousting practice. While she was tacking up Ribbon and Jenis, Emily came in the barn with a snake.

 The snake had just swallowed something pretty big and it was still jumping around inside making it sluggish enough to capture. Braelyn was fascinated. 

 Karin and Jessica took Jenis and Ribbon out to the arena to start the jousting practice. This was just to get the mares use to running at each other.

 practice went great.

 When they finished they went on a long trail ride letting Braelyn go too.

 Below Jessica is practicing Jenis' rear.

 Joan, Faith, Mackenson and Berlica were working on the cabin lane cutting up a downed tree for firewood this coming winter.

 Joan had good help

 Mark and I drove in to Pekin for groceries and stopped at the Fast Dragon for a quick dinner. When we got home the sun was just about set but we could hear a tractor running. We jumped on the golf cart and drove back behind the barn to find Emily and Matthew hard at work digging a post hole for the gate. They had already spread all of the sand the for the round pen. No more mountains of sand.

 Once the hole was dug Matthew jumped on Karin's 4 wheeler to finish raking it.

 Emily and Mathew started this job late this afternoon and by evening they finished completely! A JOB WELL DONE.

Mike dropped off the drone video of the herd being moved from the summer pasture to the winter pasture. This afternoon it was rendered and uploaded.  I thought it was pretty impressive. Emily was riding Sally leading the herd, Mike was on Mika at the back of the herd and Mathew was on the 4 wheeler just in case some of the herd went the wrong direction.

Another Job well done. The video shows the vastness of the Middle Grove property. If you buy a foal from Horsemeister this is where the foal will live for 4 to 6 months. They learn to splash in the creeks, swim in the cool refreshing lakes, drowse away a hot afternoon under the trees, race each other across the meadows and best of all the herd teaches them manners.  It truly is a 'horse paradise'!