Introducing TWO

 It was chilly for our walk this morning. We still enjoyed walking and visiting together. After the walk mom and I left for the Berean office where we had a good morning working with other true servants. IF you would like to read about our morning there click HERE.  As soon as I got home I tried to get Rosalie covered. She is in her foal heat but not yet ready to accept the stallion. I'll have to try again tomorrow. Mark was here with the barn builder Doug going over the plans. When Doug left Mark came with me to Middle Grove to pick up Lily and Irish the next two mares due. We hiked the entire summer pasture but no mares, we found them at the top of the winter pasture. We came upon some old vertebra bones probably from a deer.

Mark saw the horses first so we started walking up the hill towards them. These 3 mares came to see us. I think it is Indy, Rosaleigh and Madiera.

 Those back gates had been left open, there were 7 in the winter pasture and the rest of the herd eating in the summer right outside those gates.  My first discovery was Irish had a foal by her side.

Right near her was Lily with a foal by her side.

We decided right then we would only be able to take one pair on this trip and would need to take a second trip out. Irish was haltered and led down to the trailer. She had a colt, a nice thick strong colt  which was born yesterday. He was already following mom well and his cord was pretty dry. He loaded up pretty well and they were taken to the Hanna City farm and stalled. He is a Gypsian (Half Friesian half Gypsy) and will be registered and dna'd in the Gypsian book of Friesian Heritage Horse International registry. Below are a few better pictures.

This colt will have MEGA hair. He is for sale for $6500.00On our way back from Middle Grove we stopped in Farmington to pick up Karin for the second trip out. Mark was more than done after all that hiking. Karin and I hiked straight up the hill in the winter pasture hoping the mares were still in that area but they were not. We ended up walking all the way to the round pen before we found them. Below are a few pictures of the horses.

Above and below are pictures of Soul who is due April 28th, 2021. She will be brought in next with Jury who is also do that day.

Above are Soul and Galena and below are Jury, Indy and Hadassah.

Below is Madiera who is due June 12th, 2021.

Lily had decided to head to water to get a drink and took her filly right into the pond with her.

This filly is a little bit younger than Irish's colt but I still think she was born yesterday April 12th not today because her cord was pretty dry. Lily still had blood on her tail so the birth more than likely was early yesterday evening. Both mares had delivered their placenta and both foals are nursing well. We are so thankful for 2 more healthy foals and 2 more safe births.  Karin led Lily down to the trailer. The filly was lifted into the trailer first closely followed by Lily. They were also put in stalls when we got home. Both foals were exhausted after the trip and both took nice long naps in the stall. Below are a few pictures of Lily's filly taken for the website.

Below she is checking out the bucket. She is so very nice that I think I may just keep this one. She can be bred to Evan at age 3 and would be a replacement for Ayanna. I'm not sure though, I'm 66 years old, do I really need a baby? By the time she is ready to be trained I'll be 69 years old. Is it time to retire?

I AM very thankful we are for 2 more healthy foals and safe deliveries.

The update for Stephanie is she has a hematoma not an abscess. Her hgb is 8.5 so she needs to have that checked again tomorrow. She is going to spend another night in the hospital and hopefully tomorrow will be improved and sent home with a plan.