Beauty stays inside her stall most of the time, but likes to go out for short walks and loves to be groomed. There are a lot of places that she can't scratch right now!
Mom came out with chocolate and other treats and then cooked the turkey (and all the fixings) for Easter dinner on Sunday. It was yummy! Thanks, Mom!
We made turkey pot pie with some of the leftovers last night and it turned out great. We all enjoyed it.
Mom knitted Natasha a cool sweater in her favorite colours as an Easter surprise.
Natasha loves it! She doesn't want to wear it in the barn because it might get dirty. (It's all acrylic yarn, so it's machine wash, machine dry.) It fits her perfectly, too.
On Saturday, I went to the Galetta auction with Lori, Laura, and Natasha. I didn't take the trailer as we're trying to downsize rather than acquire more horses, but I still bought one more. I couldn't let him go to the dealers or the meat man - he's S'Heir's half brother and looks just like her. What a cutie.
He's a little on the thin side, but very sweet and well mannered on the ground. He's also lightly started under saddle. Natasha will try him out later this week.
He's by The Royal Heir (S'Heir's sire) out of a grade pony mare. He's registered as a half Arab, too.
His barn name is Cedar (and he knows it well), but we're going to call him D'Heir to Dream. He's available for adoption now to an approved home for only $600, but his price will go up as his training progresses.
We also added another horse to the stable. In the riding ring, we have Drifter, a Paint cross gelding that is here for training. Natasha is working with him on the lunge line and under saddle. He's had a saddle on and has been led around with a rider on his back, but that's about it.
Drifter is for sale by his owner, Julie, for $3000.
Natasha is joining 4H and has a calf for her summer project. Panda is her newest addition - and Natasha feeds her 3-4 times a day with the bottle. She's a hungry little heifer!
We decided to let the chickens keep some of their eggs and brood them. Right now, the hens have about 10 eggs that they're brooding. Chicks take about 21 days to hatch, so if the eggs are fertile, we should have some chicks around the end of April/beginning of May. The hens seem to be quite diligent about keeping the eggs warm and protecting them, so we're hopeful that at least some of them will hatch.
We found out that Classy (Classy Bingo Bar) has a new foal on the ground this year. Her owner sent us pictures of her - she's a darling little filly!
We're looking forward to foals of our own next year by Classy.
East Wind Pony Club news
We have two new members, Sam and Alex! That brings us up to four. We'd love to have more members, so if you're interested, please let us know.
No comments:
Post a Comment