Non-stop fun
It’s been 2 weeks since I posted. It’s not that there hasn’t been anything going on, but rather, we have been so busy I’ve been too tired to sit down and write. On May 16th, we had the CT State…
Horse focus has returned
Since the goats left the farm, we have had a number of people ask if we missed them. The answer has been a unanimous “No”. While we still have rabbits and chickens and dogs, we have restored our horse focus.…
Back in the saddle and hitting the trails
Now that the weather has improved, we are back in the saddle and riding regularly. The kids are riding 5-6 times a week. Considering last year my rides were measured more in “times per month”, the fact that I have…
Lyme in people and horses
As we are all aware, Lyme disease is a way too common in our area. Some friends who live farther away may not realize the disease is actually named for Lyme, CT, where the disease was first diagnosed in 1982 (about…
Mystique aka Sophie
Today we got a pleasant surprise of contact from Sophie’s breeder. As I mentioned before, I wasn’t knocked out with the name Sophie and had wanted to change it. So far, nothing struck my fancy. However, we have now learned…
Goat Sales
We have made the decision to sell our herd of Lamanchas and focus only on the horses on our farm. We are not happy dividing our time and have been skirting this decision for a while. Our entire herd is for…
It’s been a busy week on the farm
Let’s start with the biggest news from today. Anna and I had talked for a while about what our criteria should be for the next horse we add to the farm. Here is what we came up with: 1. Not…
Bottle Baby Video
Today at work, a friend said I should add some video of the goat kids to our site. This year we are doing things a little different with the goat kids: we are planning to raise them all as bottle…
Saffron kicks off kidding season 2015
Last night, I had an unexplained allergic reaction that resulted in a short trip to the ER. As a result of being up until 2am and the meds making me so drowsy, I went to work for only a few…
Sewing Breyer blankets…
After Vicki finished her home work this morning she begged me to help her make some blankets for her Breyer model horses. So we used some left over fabric from the pillow case project and some bias tape and sew…