Middle Grove Trip

This morning Mark and I moved 6 bales in. Both stallions needed a new bale, the middle paddock, the breeding shed paddock, the paddock next to Evan's, the short shelter and Raven's old paddock which Galena and Anna are in. At 10:00 am we took the new truck out to Middle Grove to check the mares now in the summer pasture.  I didn't see any salt blocks in there so will haul some of those out on Monday. Skye and Lisa came right up to meet us and wouldn't leave Mark alone.

Below is Star

 Zalena looks wonderful. She has thrived this winter. 

 The horses came from all directions to meet us. The grass is starting to come up and by next week we will need to bring Bunni and Cookie home to get them off the spring grass. Both of them foundered last spring.  Jenis and Tori both need to pick up weight but should soon with the grass. Tori does not look pregnant. We will need to bring her in for breeding in May and by then she should be in much better condition. Below three of them are coming from the woods. 

 When we arrived there were horses laying down enjoying the sunshine all over the place. Below is Lily's daughter Rosalie.

 At one point Mark was surrounded by 4 mares. 

 Skye, Lisa and Jenis followed Mark everywhere. 

 I think this is Roxanne

 Missy and off to the left is Ripper.

 That is Bunni taking a nap.

 Mika came down to get a drink.

 Lily is looking huge. She isn't due until June 15th which means she will probably deliver June 1st. 

 I didn't think to take pictures of the rest, I was too busy checking them over.  We didn't stay long as I still had things to do at home.  Today Foxy and her 2018 filly were moved together into the same paddock. Her filly came running right up to her and was shocked when Foxy pinned her ears and threatened her. Foxy is due April 29th and wants nothing to do with last years filly.  They are leaving for their new home on the 28th of March and will be traveling together so I wanted them to be in the same paddock with no other horses. They were both eating out of the same bale when I left so all should be good. The next job was to make sure the stalls were set up for dogs. We have show collies coming tomorrow, at least 4 of them. Their owners have booked the barn apartment for a week and will be showing their collies at the civic center in Peoria. Mom is going to be sad she missed this. She loves collies, her first dog was a collie and we had a collie when I was growing up. Mom, Karin and Jackie left for Gulf Shores this morning at 3:15 am. They hit bad traffic on I65 and were delayed so the trip to 16 hours arriving around 6:15 pm. We were glad to hear they made it safe.
Tonight Peoria had testimonies. Luke (Rachel and David's son) was first. When Tim Funk was looking for mom Luke spoke up with, "she isn't here but wrote me a letter telling me she is happy for me." Tasha (Ron and Lori's daughter) went next and Sadie (Greg and Heather's daughter) was last. It was a very nice night.
A very nice thank you note came in the mail from the little girl that stayed in the apartment last weekend.

Speaking of the apartment another booking came in for April. I'll have to ask Stephanie to make more cookies!