Worried About Anna

Last night going through the pictures from the trip to Middle Grove yesterday I realized there were no pictures of Anna. I was pretty sure we didn't see her when we were out there so today I was determined to go back and look for her. First though Karin and Kayla arrived to work mares. Below Kayla is grooming Rosalie, Rosalie is so tall that Kayla had to stand on her tip toes in order for me to see her face.

 I brought Easter Lilly in to groom her up before Brandee came. Brandee is the lady that bought Ribbon's orphaned colt Titan and she is interested in seeing if Easter Lilly would be a good fit for their small herd. Karin took Easter Lily in the round pen and showed Brandee how we have been training her. Then rode her in the outdoor arena.

 Above Karin is cantering Easter Lilly and below Brandee is trying her out. 

She decided to take her for a trial and all was fine until Brandee went to load her into the trailer. Easter Lily took one look and dragged her to the paddock. She didn't want to leave. I was shocked and so was Karin and Rhoda when I told them about Easter Lilly's behavior. On Wednesday Rhoda and I took her to Hoerr Vet clinic and had her load in the small side door of the stock trailer both going and coming and she never even thought of not getting in. These mares! It took a couple minutes to remind her that she needed to mind and get in the trailer. Brandee sent an email once she got home to say all went well and Easter Lilly was being good with her geldings. We want both Brandee and Easter Lilly to be happy so this is just a trial for a month.  Next today was the 12:30 pm trail ride. Rhoda wanted to pony Roxanne on the 'death trails', Karin put Nolan on Indy again, she rode big Rosalie, Rhoda rode Jenis and Lee rode Zalena.

If you would like to see the rest of the trail ride pictures click HERE. 

After the ride it was time to work. Nolan was put on the 4 wheeler and told to grade the outdoor arena and round pen while Karin watered the indoor.

 Lee went to work repairing broken boards in the outdoor while Rhoda worked on fixing fence in the paddocks and fields. 

Nolan got the indoor done as soon as Karin finished watering. 

Mark moved the manure spreader into the breeding shed shelter. We will not be using that for horses this year. We didn't use it at all last winter so figured it was the perfect place for the manure spreader to make more room in the indoor arena. Below he is backing it in while Karin blocked off the wheels on the right side and Rhoda blocked off the left side. 

 Below Karin and Nolan are working on detaching the manure spreader from the tractor. 

As soon as those jobs were finished Rhoda, Lee and I drove out to Middle Grove to look for Anna. The herd was not in the usual spot so we had a good hike to find them. The good news is Anna was with the herd and just fine, Rhoda found her right away. The bad news was Easter Bonnet was on the WRONG side of the fence. We hadn't taken a halter or lead rope out with us but she followed Rhoda to the gate and went right in running to her mom. That was probably why the horses were up in this area. They wouldn't have left her by herself. 

 She is such a sweet filly. We think she climbed into the summer pasture but then couldn't figure out how to get back in with the herd. 

The late afternoon sun was just too bright to get good pictures and since I took a bunch yesterday I just snapped these few while out there.

 We saw Spark and Rhonda driving Spark's police jeep out there and stopped to visit a bit. 

On the way home from Middle Grove I happened to look in the rearview mirror and noticed I was being followed by a police car. Of course I made sure I was going the speed limit until I got a text from Rhonda asking, "could you even drive any slower?" Yep it was them again. I guess this happens quite a lot to them. We had a beautiful day today, not quite as warm as yesterday but it was 55 degrees out on our way home from Middle Grove. Thankful for warm weather the end of November. 

Below is a hymn that is one of my favorites. Each time number 55 is given out of the Hymns of Zion I can't help but feel thankful and blessed. Listen to the words and enjoy the music: