Lily's Colt

 This morning Lily's colt was to be picked up by his new owners. That meant a bill of sale and his coggins needed to be printed off. As this laptop isn't hooked up to the printer I needed to wait to use Mark's computer as mine is still at the repair shop about a block down the street. It is a very special repair shop and the repair man has all kinds of computer talent but just doesn't have all kinds of time. When Mark went up to the barn to feed the cat I was able to get the paperwork printed off just in time to take the golf cart over to mom's to go out on the walk.Near Rhonda's house we saw the hostas were blooming. 

On the dam we saw a bright purple flower. Not sure what this is called but it sure stood out.

This morning Ruth stayed with mom so Joan could walk. After one round we all ended up at mom's to get some visiting time in.

After the walk Jury and Lily's colt were turned out to graze before the pickup time. Jury was put in the round pen and the colt just left free.

He pretty much comes each time I call him and stands nicely for haltering. Sandy and Monica arrived about 9:45 am. I was so proud of the colt. He waited quietly then stepped into the trailer. Below he is with his new owner Monica. In 6 days this colt will be 6 months old so is quite tall for his age. He should be a great fit for Monica who is also tall.

After they pulled away Mark needed some help to attache the auger to the skid steer. He first needed to drop the bale spear.

The auger is very heavy and it really did take the two of us to get it on the skid steer.

Once it was on we went down to where 2 posts needed to be put in. I held the wires out of the way while Mark dug the hole.  He would turn off the auger, pull it out, move the skid steer out of the way then turn back on the auger to remove the clay.

When that was finished we found a good place to drop the auger in the indoor but out of the way of the hay. By the time that was done I was ready to head to the barn to clean up the barn from the party last night. There wasn't too much to do, the co-op left it nice. The garbage's in the bathrooms needed emptying and I refilled the soap, paper towels and toilet paper. Mark picked up Mackenson to start working on the last fenceline pulling wire.

I could hear a tractor running close by and thought it might be a neighbor so looked over and saw Mike on the John Deere mowing the weeds down in the pond pasture. Those weeds are higher than the tractor.

I stopped at Phil and Anna's to drop off a few peaches and asked them about either blinds or curtains for the big bullet proof windows in the barn between the living area and the gym. If I would have had some way of blocking off the windows it would have made Saturday easier. Both Phil and Anna thought blinds were the way to go as they can be left up where as curtains can be pulled down and the rods bent. A good choice. They will order and install them thank goodness. 

I have been looking for a different Christmas tree for the barn and noticed on Facebook marketplace one that came in a Christmas Tree Box for $30.00.

It was 12 miles away in Pekin so once Mark was finished we left to take a look at it. It is 7 foot tall and does not come with any lights or ornaments but we have both of those. Below is the picture of the tree put up last year.

It is nice and full so we bought it. We were a mile and a half away from Ming's and it was already 5:30 pm so we decided to have dinner there. That was a good choice.

This evening we have another bride and her mother checking out the barn. The wedding is coming right up in September so they want to do a lot of measuring. I've left the lights on for them.