June Moon

We were given a telescope this past month and last night we got to see the moon. We have a half moon and could see all the craters. What a treat to see it all so clearly. We placed our camera into the viewfinder to take this shot. Just could not get a good one of Saturn, yet.

Fish Quilt and a Goodbye

One of my new students completed her first fish quilt. It turned out quite nicely. And we had to say goodbye to our youngest student who is moving to GA after this month. We sent her off with her first quilt competed her and by our group and signed on the back. She is taking a piece of Summersville with her.

Look at what the Car Dragged Out

Getting horses means clearing out things that could harm them or the farming machines. This weekend we found abandoned livestock panels in our pasture. They had trees growing out of them. We could not pull them out by hand so we used the car and a tow chain. It worked and we got all the rusted panels out of the pasture. And a friend came and bush hogged our 15 acres for no charge.

Maple and Dolly

Here are our new horses at the vets pasture. Dolly is 18 years old and just gave birth to Maple, her red Fox Trotter filly. This was an unexpected surprise after buying Dolly at auction last month. Both are doing well and are coming home to our farm soon. We have been busy all week clearing pasture, putting up electric fences and getting ready for them.

Compost Rooster

Here is my red rooster hanging out in my compost pile. We have watermelon growing in our compost pile this year and he likes to nap under the leaves.

Our Log Home

Our house is finally done. The old painted wood is now covered in real stained logs. It looks like it goes with the trees around us. This is the view from our pond, very pleasing to our eyes. Thanks to all the hard work of Mark Clayburn and his team.

Orion SkyQuest

We were given a wonderful housewarming present to celebrate the completion of our house remodel, a telescope. We all joined in along with Daisy, the cat, to put together this giant telescope. Then we took it on the deck to look at the stars. Can hardly wait for the full moon later this month. We are so lucky in the Ozarks to have clear night skies with no light pollution to view all the stars and planets. And now all our guest can enjoy the skies, too.

Poppy Water

On these hot summer days Poppy needs some fresh cold water. He could not wait to get fresh cold dog water from the hose.

My Gray Mare

I loved this mare the instant I saw her at the auction. She has large eyes and a soft muzzle. She is a Fox Trotter with a nice face. I am looking forward to riding her on the trails around our farm.

Our Gray Mare

Here is our other expectant mare at the vets. She is overweight and is on a diet. She is very close to foundering so she is on Brome hay. We want here to have a healthy foal if she can. We bought her at auction in this overweight condition and the vet is working to reduce her weight. It is working and she is slimmer. Her tail has been cleared of burs and her hooves are trimmed. She needed to be sedated during her farrier session. She has had a bad experience with farriers in the past. We will work on that to develop trust with her feet. She is 7-8 years old and is a smooth ride. She will be a great horse to ride after she gives birth.

Our First Baby Filly is Born

This past Friday my vet called to tell me I am the owner of a baby filly. My newly purchased auction fox trotter mare gave birth to a very healthy red filly at 4:30am. Mama mare had no milk and so the foal needed colostrum in a feeding tube. I am so glad I sent my mare to the vet instead of staying here. She will be a healthy and stronger baby for it. My mare is 18+ years old and this might be her last foal. Now, I have to wait for my gray mare to give birth in July.

It is exciting and hard to realize we are horse parents overnight. Now we need help naming our mare and her filly. We are looking for spices or plant based names.

Happy Horse

This buckskin mare is in the next pasture by my mares. She is getting a lot of attention from a visiting friend's son.

Day two of New Horses

This morning I got up at 5am to feed my new horses. I also tackled the job of untangling a matted horse mane. I am using Cowboy Magic and it is working. It takes a long time to unbraid and unknot a year of burs from these mares. But I got three knots out. The tail will take time and trust. I think she has a family of rats living in her tail. Both mares enjoyed a full brushing and fly spray and grain.