Finally Outside

I got up earlier than usual today to get the brownies baking for the Berean meal before heading out to the barn. Of course it was raining again and even though it hit 50 degrees during the night we still had a lot of snow on the ground. The rain on top of the snow actually made it hard to walk without slipping and of course that made work much harder. I didn't put on the ice tracks on my shoes today which would have helped. Thankfully Mark took the brownies out of the oven when the timer went off as I was still up at the barn working.
After cooking breakfast, Emma and I started walking to the meeting place (the dumpster) and had just arrived there when the rain started up again hard. Ruth, Diane, Joan and I went into mom's house for a visit instead of walking in the rain.  Ruth and I left at 8:00 am, her for work and me to change out of my barn clothes before heading to the Berean office. We had a great day there. If you would like to read about that click HERE.
On the way home from work I came upon a very unusual sight. On Smithville road behind the airport a huge geyser of water was shooting 30 feet into the air. At first I thought maybe they were flushing out hydrants but after passing it realized there was no hydrant there.

A big water pipe had burst. That water was under so much pressure it wasn't just forming a puddle, it was spraying high into the air. 

 When I arrived home I tried to call the water company but didn't get through.  Rhoda, Sarah and Zion were here and I was thrilled to see them. They had stopped at Anna's and picked up the puppy bringing him over too. Zion was so funny with him and he was content to lay in Rhoda's lap while Zion felt him all over. She was really trying to grab his shiny new name charm on his collar.

She is such a happy baby.

Rhoda helped take Hadassah and her filly along with Anna and her colt over to the cabin field. They have been locked up in the indoor arena since the day before the snow storm and were so glad to get outside. 

 Anna's colt was so glad to get back outside and started galloping around. 

 What he didn't know was the ground was saturated and very slippery. He wiped out.

but jumped right up and kept running

He is just 16 days old and quite the show-off. 

Hadassah's filly at 8 days old was much more careful, sticking with her mama.

 She is such a feminine pretty filly. 

Once they had all settled down grazing we went back to the barn to take Rosalie and her 2 day old filly out of the stall for the very first time since the filly was born. This was a whole new world for her. She was not sure about the footing picking up her hooves high  when they hit the wet ground.

 Below she is checking out the snow. 

She finally learned to stick close to her mom but only after we put Rosalie in the outdoor arena.

 It was fun to watch her learn to use those long legs. 

They were put in the indoor arena for the night. Next Rhoda took the golf cart down to the house to pick up the shots for Darla and Serenity while I brought them into the stalls. Both fillies were so good standing quietly while the shots were given. It sure pays to handle the foals when young. Rhoda couldn't believe how much Serenity has grown since she saw her last. 

As it is not raining and both Marika and Lola are not any where close to delivering according to the testing so will be left out in their paddock tonight.