Foal Watch

 This morning before the walk I was checking Tatiana and was sure I saw drops on each teat. She isn't due for another 18 days but has gone early in the past. Just Ruth and I walked, Joan had a field trip with Co-Op and would be leaving this morning.  Ruth and I stopped in to visit with mom and Karin after the walk. Ruth and Fedi are leaving today for Mississippi. They are going to be camping down at the Gulf of America at a state park. As they will be tent camping Ruth checked it out, they can stay for $11.00 a day and all the reviews said it had good bathrooms and nice showers. Right after breakfast I went over to start cleaning the barn and worked until 11:30 am. Some really good tasting pasta salad had been left in the fridge and we both at some of that for lunch. After lunch the truck and trailer the lumber was loaded on was taken over to the barn and unloaded. I didn't have Mackenson's help this time as he was on the field trip. 

I didn't want to back all the way in as those tires were pretty muddy from the snow melt. It was 60 degrees by the time I started unloading.

It didn't really take me that long. It was stack up against the wall.

Mark was busy cutting the 92 slats he needs for the 3 sets of triple bunk beds he is building for the barn.

I worked on cleaning out the old straw bedding in the foaling stall, putting down another bag of pellets then another thick bale of straw. I also brought in another bale of hay and put half in the feeder in the foaling stall and the other half in the stall across the aisle for Jewel.

I went inside to make a dessert for Bereans tomorrow. As we have half a pan of left over chocolate lasagna I will take that but someone of the Berean volunteers can't have chocolate so I tried making a blueberry lasagna. It was ok but not as good as the chocolate and I should have used a lot more blueberries both in the cream cheese layer and on top.  

At 4:15 pm we quit work and went in for supper. That small bit of pasta salad didn't stick and both of us were hungry. Of course I served leftovers.

We tried that vanilla blueberry dessert just to make sure it was ok to take tomorrow.

This evening before the sun went down Mark came out to help move the horses into the stalls. Tatiana needs to be stalled tonight just in case but she wouldn't be happy in the barn by herself so Mark led Jewel while I took Tatiana.

After getting them situated, he left to keep working on the slats. Joan was in the barn working on the motorhome. She has someone coming to see it tomorrow. They want to take it on their family vacation in April. 

After talking with Joan I went back into the stalls to give Tatiana a good groom. As Tatiana is an Evan daughter she has the mega tail for sure. It reminded me of Irish's tail, so thick and long it drags on the ground.

She really is looking huge and ready to deliver but it is still 18 days from her due date.

Both she and Jewel were given some grain before I left.

Oliver and Star were not happy that these 2 were taken out of the paddock. Oliver kept calling for them.

I took the golf cart over to mom's for a quick visit before heading home. Her poor snowman is barely still standing.

I have Tatiana on the foaling camera, it is obvious she is uncomfortable, she is wrinkling up her nose every so often. 

I'm checking the foaling camera on my phone and took this snapshot right before going to bed. She has settled down and is standing quietly so most likely no foal tonight but at least I know she is in a dry well bedded stall and it is warm outside.