Really HOT

 Even early this morning we could feel the heat in the air.  I had promised the owner of Madiera's colt a video so went out early to try to beat the heat. Mark was already hard at work weed whacking on the arena.

It wasn't easy to ask the horses to move and take the video but I think his owner will be happy with what was taken. He has really good movement.

Below are a few pictures taken for the website:

They were hosed down and put away.  I quickly made the video and sent it along. Phil dropped off our new airconditioner to be installed later. Braelyn, Taegan and Kensley were with him and they were telling me that Anna fell and broke her head open so deep they could see her brains.  Gertie told me the rest of the story. It was bad but maybe not quite that bad. She was playing outside with Kensley, slipped on the gravel and hit her head on a door knob so hard that there was quite a cut. She went to a prompt care, they sent her to the emergency room where she had a cat scan to make sure the sinus' weren't damaged, glued her shut and sent her home. She is going to have quite a head ache. I left for Aldi in Pekin stopping first at Stock and Field to pick up a bag of cat food. Once home and the groceries put away I headed back out to the barn. Karin was there hosing down Indy and her filly. Below are a few pictures of the filly playing with the tarp. She is so curious.

They were hosed off again before putting back out. By this time it was over 90 degrees. Next out was Rosaleigh and her colt by Evan.

This colt was very curious about the bag and picked it up to show his mama.

IF you would like to see the rest of the foal pictures from today click HERE.

I headed back to the house to get the laundry started. Later this afternoon Indy needed to be hosed off again. She really suffers in this heat.  Jewel and her colt were brought out, teased then Jewel was covered by Evan. They were left in the breeding shed paddock as I needed to finish the potatoes and head over to mom's for dinner. She had invited us, Joan, Faith, Rodney, Ava, Hannah, Jacob and Sarah. Mom served ham, fresh picked green beans, garden salad and zucchini bread. Joan brought newly picked corn on the cob, I brought new potatoes and Sarah brought home baked cake pops for dessert which mom served with ice cream. I took a picture of the meal with my phone but the phone isn't willing to share. After dessert mom was seen with a can of Red Bull. I did not take this picture and not sure how this got shared but if we didn't have the picture would we really have the proof that mom drinks?

The rest of the story is Joan found the can on her counter, asked mom to smell it so it would look like she was drinking. Kind of reminds us what they did to her in Gulf Shores. They found a full bottle of whiskey, when mom was taking a nap in the sand slipped the bottle under her hand and snapped a picture of it.  Those siblings of mine are mean. Why I would never do something like that! A storm moved in while we were visiting with lightning, thunder and rain. That helped cool the air down for the evening. On the way home from mom's Mark was dropped off at the corner then Jewel and her colt were put back with the other mares and foals.  I think Whisky, the outside mare, is now out of season. She is not spending as much time next to Evan. I'll need to make sure of that though tomorrow morning.