Sunshineee

[altivo]

And no fireworks today (unlike in the city where it is still deafening I hear.)

We did however hear several emergency vehicles pass this morning with sirens wailing. We were busy unloading a hay wagon at the time but I glimpsed enough of one through the barn door to tell it was a fire engine. No idea what that was about, but I hope it wasn't as bad as it sounded.

Another 135 bales, for a total of 300 (though we're already using some, it still counts toward our total requirement of about 750 bales to get through another year.) With any luck, a third load will arrive tomorrow some time. Well, luck in the sense that we need the stuff and getting it is always chancy and depends on the weather. Not luck in the sense of having to unload and neatly stack another 140 or so bales, but that's the way it goes. The price I pay for having my horses that I don't want to give up, and the sheep. Now if anyone wants a sheep or two, I'd be happy to give a few away. We're up to nine now and really five is about my ideal number I think.

Went to a ceili up in Harvard this evening. Given by friends of the library who invited staff and their friends/mates. There was live music (Irish session style, more or less) and way too much food and drink. Gary and two of his fellow musicians came and participated. I bowed out and did not take an instrument. When it became clear that they all wanted to stay until the last train back to Chicago (9:30 pm) I offered to come home and take care of the animals so Gary could stay. He brought me home and dropped me off here, which is fine. I find that my tolerance for loud parties and crowds of people has shrunken to almost zero anyway. It was nice though, and everyone was just fine. No real problems, just my personal preferences for peace and quietude.

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[soanos.livejournal.com]

Yay for no firework noise. They are largely waste of resources anyway.

Sounds like a nice party, but I guess we have a common trait of not liking loud noises. I like peace and quiet so I can hear myself think. :)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Oh, the music was all acoustic and quite nice really. The crowd was massive though. There must have been at least 60 people squeezed into the house and yard.

[soanos.livejournal.com]

Ah. I see. I don't mind music as long as the volume levels are nice, but... Yes. People cramped up in a small space makes me a bit uncomfortable, too.

Also glad to see you are determined to keep all the horses you've got, even if it is sometimes a bit expensive to support your equine family. :)

*hugs tightly*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Having seen the way in which many horse owners treat their equines as costume accessories or conveniences to be discarded at will, I'm now extremely reluctant to let any of mine go unless I know exactly where they will end up. I was fortunate in that Tess' foal, Dawn, did find a stable home where she is appreciated, but I'm afraid to expose any of my older horses to that risk.

(Especially so when there is a horse slaughter plant nearly in my back yard here. The idea of killing horses to sell them as food overseas is absolutely horrifying to me. If someone set up a business to buy unwanted dogs and sell them as meat to Asia, the outcry would be so loud you'd hear it there in Finland; but for some reason this is accepted as normal behavior when it comes to horses.)

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

I lost my emotional attachment to July 4th back in my late teens after I barely managed to let go of a firecracker that almost blew up in my hand. The fuse was way too short and I barely had time to fling it before it exploded. My hand stung, was covered with silvery powder & my hearing was momentarily stunted (it was pretty close to my head when it went off), but I didn't lose anything. Since then, I've lost the interest in so-called displays of "Patriotism". It's no more patriotic to make a fireball in the sky than it is to blow up an ant mound. Justifications are for those who need them... I'd rather have the use of my thumbs.

I was a little surprised it was almost nightfall before I heard any emergency vehicles in my area on the 4th. But then again, most people in my neighborhood would rather go to someone else's pace and start a fire, regardless of the reasons >_>

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It's an American thing. Or problem, depending on how you look at it.

Blowing stuff up is not just exciting, especially for males, but appears to verge on the same level of interest as sex.

I never got it.

loss of.... interest.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

Blowing stuff up is not just exciting, especially for males, but appears to verge on the same level of interest as sex.

Yeah, I guess that's about right... I'd say it's a symptom of a much larger problem, but nobody's interested in dealing with what that might be, merely wanting to look cool and acceptable so they can fit in and be accepted.

I never got it.

If you think that's confusing, I don't even get the profound interest in sex any more. I don't have an interest in believing sex means affection or relationship or whatever people tell themselves it means, so that's a big part, I guess. Maybe that's why I take a look at culture in general and just shrug my shoulders... *shrugs* I geuss so, anyway.

Re: loss of.... interest.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I know several people who just have no interest in sex, yet are otherwise perfectly sane and reasonable. That's no problem.

On the other paw, the few people I've encountered who view sex entirely as an invention made for their own pleasure and convenience, one to be used without regard for or concern for anyone else's feelings... Well, I have nothing good to say about them at all.

Re: loss of.... interest.

[gabrielhorse.livejournal.com]

^_^ Likewise.