It was wonderful to sleep in our own bed last night and hard to get out of bed this morning. Vacation is now over and work awaits. I took the golf cart over to check on Evan and Valiant. Mike moved Evan back into his own paddock as that waterer did not freeze up. He also moved a new bale in for him so all was well with both. Evan was enjoying having his pastures back again even though everything is frozen. At 9:45 am I drove over to mom's house. Ruth already had Joan's van running and was getting ready to load and head for Belleville, IL to catch a flight for Gulf Shores, Alabama. She, mom and Fedi were ready to leave so I barely had time to say good-by! Below they are pulling out. Mom is in the front passenger side and she waved as they left.
I went to the barn to get ready for the guests coming in tomorrow. I did a lot of refilling supplies. I'll stop in tomorrow morning to turn the heat and lights on. While there I took the beef short ribs out of the freezer and brought those to the house. I decided to make those for Sunday dinner. They were put in the fridge to defrost. David sent the two pictures below. They are still in Florida staying at a place in Bonita Springs on the water so he took Israel and Elisabet fishing. They both pulled in fish.
A dolphin came by and was slapping the water with it's tail right in front of them. David got a video and sent it to us but it must be posted as private as I can't share it here. Ruth sent the picture below of mom on the plane before it took off for Gulf Shores.
She was not able to get the front seat. Ruth said it wasn't easy for the two guys that helped but they got the job done. Mom plans on staying down for 7 weeks. Her 96 year old sister, our Aunt Jinnie will be joining her then will fly back to Peoria with mom. That's the plan if the creek don't rise and the Lord agrees. This afternoon I worked on the website. Ralph and Jamie decided they did not want to sell Legacy so she was removed from the for sale page. We just have 6 on our forsale page now. I had forgotten to add Dreamer, Madiera's 2025 filly by Valiant so ended up making a new page for her. She is such a sassy filly. She thinks she is the boss.
We will need to bring her in for weaning in February with Bulu's colt.
She really will be a nice mare. She will be really tall as her sire is Valiant and even though she was born dark bay she looks black under that foal coat. She is just 2 months old in the pictures.
She is registered and dna'd in the Warlander book of the Friesian Heritage Horse registry.
We just got the update from Diane. Mom made it to Gulf Shores , the flight was 20 minutes late. Rhonda had supper ready for them when they got there a little after 6:00 pm. Mom is all settled in and got a foot rub from Diane while Ruth went to get groceries. From Ruth: It was a good trip and wonderful help. Rhonda and Diane fed us and unpacked everything! A welcome update!
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