As today was the thank you lunch for Wayne and Lukie I went over to the barn at 6:30 to start work. Mark also came to take down the chairs needed. In the hour I had before our walk I got the food going and the tables set. When Ruth and Diane showed up for the walk I told Ruth I probably needed some of her fairy lights for the centerpieces. Diane said, "NO no no! Fairy lights are for Christmas you need flowers for spring and she just happened to have lots of beautiful Iris' blooming. When we got to Joan's house she came out with a bucket to show us.
Yesterday she was out mowing and saw a big mama painted turtle laying eggs in the volleyball court. As those eggs would not survive there Joan dug them up and will send them to Bethany in Bluffton to hatch out. We have an abundance of painted turtles here at the lake. We stopped in at the barn to grab some vases then straight over to Diane's to cut some flowers. Mark suggested adding a fern to each vase and that was the perfect touch.Day to day operation of a Friesian breeding farm standing 2 Friesian stallions. We have 6-10 foals each year out of Purebred Friesian mares, Andalusian mares, Gypsy mares and a few half or 3/4 Friesian mares. by Judy Sceggel 309-208-3840 www.horsemeister.com
Thursday, May 16, 2024
ThankYou Lunch
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Aunt Jinnie Leaves
Today after our walk Aunt Jinnie left us. She should be home in New Jersey by the time I'm writing this and we will surely miss her. She will be joining mom in Gulf Shores but not until October. As we walked out to the car to leave for the airport Joan was up on the ladder getting ready to climb into the attic for a check on the raccoons that had taken up residence there.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
On the Road Again
Mark and I went out around 6:00 am to hook up the Wildwood camper. Once that was done I cooked breakfast then got ready for the long day of driving. Fedi arrived just before 7:30 am, the camper he was hauling was the Salem with the slideout. Both of these campers had a recall and the only place we could find to take care of the recall was 90 miles away. The good news was that most of that was interstate driving. It took a solid hour and a half to get there but we arrived right at the scheduled time of 9:00 am. This had been scheduled weeks ago and at that time I told them we could make a 9:00 am start time and we did. The bad news was they told us we should not wait, it would be later in the afternoon before they could have the repair finished. Now this isn't a hard repair just put a couple straps on the fresh water tank so I was really confused but agreed. We decided as Fedi's truck gets much better gas mileage than mine we would leave my truck down with the campers then take Fedi's truck home. Fedi comes prepared for anything. In the picture below can you see what I'm referring to?
Monday, May 13, 2024
The Uplands
Today did not go as planned but we still got almost everything done. We started with the walk. When we reached Joan's house Joan was busy throwing away her old trampoline as Rodney gave her his.