Storms

It was my turn to spend the night with mom and she didn't even wake me up. Not once. The only problem was she lost her glasses during the night.  Sarah is going to spend the night with her tonight. She really is doing better and feels we should not worry about making sure there is someone with her and even promised to call if there was a problem.  I ran home around 6:30 am to find Mark busy burning the sausage. I took over cooked him breakfast, changed, moved mares then headed back to mom's to make her breakfast. After breakfast she had a small grocery list and needed more black oil sunflower seeds for her bird feeders so I drove to Stock and Field in Pekin buying two 40 pound bags for $14.00 plus some grain then over to Aldi's to get the groceries. When I got back Karin and a few others were here working with the stallions. No pictures, I wanted to quickly get a some deviled eggs made for Karin for her birthday which is today. I also bought the ingredients for a big pot of creamy chicken and wild rice soup which was also started before taking the eggs over to mom's to give to Karin. A big storm moved in around 11:00 am and I had Oksana out in the field so grabbed a rain coat and brought her inside. This storm brought 3/4ths of an inch of rain in a very short time.  This afternoon Ruth came over and we played games. Mom got a lot of mail today with lots of birthday cards. Her birthday is Monday March 30th. She opened them and we enjoyed reading them together.
The next big storm arrived at 8:30 pm. The wind is ferocious, Spark's windmill sounds like a jet engine. The rain is slamming into the house. This storm is also lasting a little longer than the last. The thunder is booming.  Maybe a good storm will make Oksana drop her foal. She is now (technically)7 days over due.