Well, it's been an eventful few days at the farm. Brittney has been home from college for the Thanksgiving holiday- Amber was also went home for a bit (which means away from the farm)- and Sandi and Eddie (Chase and Maria's owners) have been visiting for the last few. Usually, I'm ready for weekends to end. That allows us to get back to our usual routine and restore order to our schedules and barn! I find myself, however, dreading today because everyone is leaving. We will truly be sorry to see our daughter and friends return from whence they came. I guess that means that it was a successful holiday.
On the leaving note, Baton Rouge (Thoroughbred yearling who lives at the farm) acquired a new home yesterday. His breeding destined him for the racetrack but his owners altered that fate and asked us to re-home him. His new owner Courtney arrived yesterday and after something that resembled an old fashioned round up at times, he was safely loaded onto her trailer and on his way to his new home. She commented that she felt like Christmas was coming early and was so excited to bring her new horse home. Sadly, Delilah and Wendy walked the fence line following him as far as they were able and called to him as he disappeared down the driveway. I truly wished that I had known what they were saying to one another at that point.
Amber had several riding lessons over the weekend- a group of small girls, her Amateur Select Future Champion MaryAnne (whom she is currently molding into a great showman). The mounts used for riding lessons may ring a bell to some- most of them appeared on MareStare last year delivering foals! At our farm, most mares are retired show horses and seem to relish the job of playing babysitter and teachers to beginning riders in the off season. Essi, Lexi, Boo, Fancy, and Delilah are regularly used in lesson programs.
Somehow, even with great amounts of visiting, eating, horsing, and more- we even accomplished several projects from my never-ending list. With Eddie (our guest) helping every step of the way, we installed a new stamped copper backsplash in my kitchen (joy, joy), ran new ethernet cables to the foaling barn in preparation for 2010 MareStare cameras, and replaced some electrical switches which needed mending.
Of course, we also found plenty of time during the past few days to laugh, love, and live. It was a great Thanksgiving weekend and we wish everyone travelling here, there, and everywhere safe journeys.
Aaah!
ReplyDeleteP.S. You don't announce your blogs on Facebook anymore, but I know to look for them, though not exactly at what time they show up.