It was like pulling teeth (or something) painful anyway.
Rang the local contractor in November about making hay. Yes no probs, we were on the list.
Spent November and December weeding the hay paddocks - no ragwort and hardly any dock was to survive. And it rained enough to make it grow.
In the golden weather of January we watched him make large rounds at the neighbours. We'll be next - he promised.
In mid January I rang him and got his mother - "might be an idea to get someone else" she said. I did control my temper but it was difficult.
So five phone calls later the man decided life would be simpler all round if he just came and cut our hay. So he did, finally last week.
Last time half the area we did was cut they got 132 bales. We had twice that much shut up. We got 183 bales. Which was a bit annoying until we went to pick them up. Talk about heavy! I am sure we could have got a heap more bales if he had baled them looser - that's all good though as we paid by the bale.
So no one will starve this winter.
It has rained ever since we got the stuff stacked in the shed. You have to get lucky sometimes.
Friday, February 15, 2008
And Vale
things that make me cry.
This year to date we have lost two horses
Little Chase the mini foal who came when his mother did to get in foal to Calypso. He was fine in the morning, we came home that night and found he wasn't quite well so called the vet. The vet came out and said he had a slight temperature and was slightly dehydrated. Despite antibiotics and fluids he died the next morning. What is particularly gutting is that autopsies still don't tell us why. A rapid infection is the only conclusion.
RIP little man
And goodbye too to my good friend Kiwi who has been struggling with congestive heart failure since May last year with good days and bad ones. After two bad weeks it was time to say goodbye. Run free and fast my friend
This year to date we have lost two horses
Little Chase the mini foal who came when his mother did to get in foal to Calypso. He was fine in the morning, we came home that night and found he wasn't quite well so called the vet. The vet came out and said he had a slight temperature and was slightly dehydrated. Despite antibiotics and fluids he died the next morning. What is particularly gutting is that autopsies still don't tell us why. A rapid infection is the only conclusion.
RIP little man
And goodbye too to my good friend Kiwi who has been struggling with congestive heart failure since May last year with good days and bad ones. After two bad weeks it was time to say goodbye. Run free and fast my friend
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Far out - time flies!
So what happened in the meantime?
October 14 in the early hours of the morning
Ears had a baby girl - Storm - exactly what I ordered
Followed 11 days later at the more sociable hour of 8pm by Ali's baby Karma who was nicknamed Tee in short order (short for toerag). He is a very pretty baby with the lovely
movement of both his parents
Both are greys.
We also had cows
Aurora's bull calf Ron who soon grew into a sturdy lad
And Bonny had Amanda who may be a brunette but is really rather blond.
October 14 in the early hours of the morning
Ears had a baby girl - Storm - exactly what I ordered
Followed 11 days later at the more sociable hour of 8pm by Ali's baby Karma who was nicknamed Tee in short order (short for toerag). He is a very pretty baby with the lovely
movement of both his parents
Both are greys.
We also had cows
Aurora's bull calf Ron who soon grew into a sturdy lad
And Bonny had Amanda who may be a brunette but is really rather blond.
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