A Beautiful Day

 We had a beautiful day, warm and 58 degrees.  Early this morning both mares and their foals were taken out of the stalls and put in the indoor arena. The mares were careful to keep their little ones close. I was watching them and had to video Soul's colt. He threw a temper tantrum when Soul didn't let her milk down fast enough and I just happened to catch it on video.

I really had to laugh. They were so entertaining to watch that it was hard to head back down to the house for some house work. I did a few loads of laundry then left for Sam's club to pick up a few items for mom's house and some groceries for our Sunday dinner. While at Sam's I saw the perfect tool for the new barn. It drives itself, washes and dries the floor. Like a huge Roomba. I've got to find out who sells these.

I stopped at mom's to drop off their items and they were all enjoying lunch out on the deck. 

Once home Lily and Soul along with their foals were put in the big field to enjoy this beautiful day. Sally, Dancer and Rocky were let out in the back pasture where they had fun rolling, running and bucking.

The foals are both just 1 day old but doing very well. 

Right about then the buyer of Irish's colt arrived, paid the deposit then headed back but not after admiring the new foals.  I took the deposit right to the bank then drove to Diane's office to pay a bill that was waiting.  At 2:00 pm I walked up to check on Lily and Soul and found Berlica and Faith picking grass and feeding Sally, Dancer and Rocky. 

I took the girls on the beast (the black utility golf cart) to find the mares and foals.  Below are a few pictures of the girls interacting with those adorable babies.

If you would like to see the rest of the pictures from today click HERE. At 2:00 pm we had a family come to look at Sally. They are very interested in her. Sally has an ultrasound scheduled on May 12th in the afternoon and if she is in foal will also get her coggins drawn. Depending on if she is pregnant she will end up in Kickapoo with a very nice family.  I'm pretty sure she is pregnant but want it confirmed. She would be due Dec 8th, 2022.

Sally has been a wonderful mare for us.  This evening Mark was working on the drives. I brought the mares and foals back into the indoor arena for the night. We are expecting rain this evening and tomorrow. Rocky will be leaving next week for his new home and Skye will be heading back to her home on Sunday. It will be good to have a few gone as I need to bring in Tatiana and Jury. Jury is due May 11th and Tatiana is due May 16th. Jury does not usually deliver early but Tatiana does.