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Foals! (and stacking hay)
Jun. 19th, 2008 10:23 pmWent to the dentist this morning to have my teeth floated. Nothing wrong found, the only problem with it is a 90 minute drive each way in yucky traffic (but I like my dentist and would prefer to keep her rather than switch.) They always take my blood pressure, which is often high due to the stress of driving (I hate driving, and in city traffic I really hate it.) Today, though, it was down 20 points or so from what they recorded six months ago.
Then Gary and I went to our friends out near Pecatonica to help them unload and stack hay. They were getting three racks today (for the city folk, there are about 130 bales to a rack, each bale weighs 40 to 50 pounds.) Our first load is expected to arrive on Monday, so this was "practice." We unloaded one rack, sending each bale up the elevator to the barn loft. Then John went to take the empty back and pick up a second load. Unfortunately, a tire on the hay rack went flat on his way back. He managed to limp home slowly, but we couldn't maneuver the rack into position for loading until the tire gets replaced (it would tip over if hitched to the tractor to move it.) He went back to get the third rack, but by then we had to come back home to take care of our own animals. Fortunately they had additional help coming for the evening.
While there, we saw the two foals they had this year, both fillies. One is seven weeks old, curious and brazen, eager to be patted and have attention paid to her. The other is under a month, and still pretty shy. Both were cute, but baby horses are ALWAYS cute.
Then Gary and I went to our friends out near Pecatonica to help them unload and stack hay. They were getting three racks today (for the city folk, there are about 130 bales to a rack, each bale weighs 40 to 50 pounds.) Our first load is expected to arrive on Monday, so this was "practice." We unloaded one rack, sending each bale up the elevator to the barn loft. Then John went to take the empty back and pick up a second load. Unfortunately, a tire on the hay rack went flat on his way back. He managed to limp home slowly, but we couldn't maneuver the rack into position for loading until the tire gets replaced (it would tip over if hitched to the tractor to move it.) He went back to get the third rack, but by then we had to come back home to take care of our own animals. Fortunately they had additional help coming for the evening.
While there, we saw the two foals they had this year, both fillies. One is seven weeks old, curious and brazen, eager to be patted and have attention paid to her. The other is under a month, and still pretty shy. Both were cute, but baby horses are ALWAYS cute.
