On The Beach

There is always something happening out on the beach. 

Sunrise this morning was beautiful.  

The pelicans are always flying overhead.  I saw dolphins on Saturday. 

I saw a creepy bug. 

There are half a dozen or so turtle nests along my route. 

And something I don’t see much on the beach, starfish. Then on my walk to the pier Saturday a man stopped me to talk. I got way too much of his life history. He talked so long I never made it to the pier. 

Then Sunday I saw he had captured another innocent beach goer.  I used the distraction to get past and made it the pier this time. 

One my way back he had captured another one.  I didn’t see him out there today. 

But I did find this cool guy. 

And not a face but a bunny rabbit. 

I have found lots of fossilized fish poo. 

And I have a large collection of Hag Stones to put on eBay. The ones I found last year sold. That was a surprise. 

And I have yet another new collection, letters from beach rocks. They are pretty difficult to find. Then once found, trying to come up with words is also challenging. Maybe someone on eBay needs some CLARITY  

 

Surprise Vacation

Emily and Keiran were headed to the beach this weekend. Joe said he could take care of the colt so I took off. 

Yay!

The weather has been beautiful. 

And the ocean is pretty calm. 

Lots of treasures searching. I spy with my little eye…

Oh, not with the shells, just laying out there in the sand. 

I couldn’t believe it!  

We ate lunch out at the outdoor fish taco place.  It was very good. 

Stay tuned for more updates. 

 

Added Height

I had been briefly thinking about an adding some height to the flower bed next to the driveway. 

With the pear trees gone, the flower bed seems a bit short. 

Luckily, I had some wine barrel rings Mike had given me awhile back. 

 I decided to bolt two together then wire a piece of cattle panel to it to anchor it into ground. I think it will be perfect for some sweet peas to climb up this summer.

Last Group

Joe and I worked the last group of cows and calves this morning. 

We had 11 pairs to work and 7 for me to pregnancy check. 

It was nice finally getting the last ones worked.  Joe will be turning out the bulls out soon. 

The mud is long gone and we are back to dust. Some rain would really be appreciated. 

I did find a surprise in the barn. Luckily, it was just the skin and not the snake. 

Pretty cool how the scales over the eyes even shed. 

 

Zoom

Draper's colt has been very popular. 

They are spending more time outside.  After over 2 months in the barn, Draper is glad to be out on grass again. 

I caught some zoomies on video.  He is starting to venture away from mom more. 

Linda visited yesterday, 

and Carol came a little bit later.  "Golden Boy" (joe's nickname for him) is eating up all the attention. 

 

First Visitors

Day 3 and Draper’s colt had his first visitors. 

Mitchell and Ann came to see how cute his is in person.  Draper didn’t mind the extra people. She is just happy to be out on grass again.  

While Draper was eating her grain, her colt (I need a name) went over to see Joe. So far he seems curious and not too jumpy. 

By the way, he passed the initial test on getting enough colostrum. 

I don’t think I am being too biased when I say how handsome he is. 

He’s Here!

It has been a long wait.  After last year’s stillbirth I really wasn’t getting my hopes up.  But I was trying to do everything I could right.  She went over her due date by 10 days. She has been in the barn on fescue free hay since the first of April.  I have been putting her in a bedded stall every night for a week.  I aim the Birdfy camera at the whole barn during the day  and moved it to just the stall at night.  I can check the live feed on the app from anywhere.    I usually wake up around 2:30-3 and check the camera. But last night, I had an itchy spot right in the center of my back that I couldn’t reach and it wouldn’t go away.  So I thought I would go ahead and check the camera. 

 It didn’t record it but she was lying down. She went to roll over and hit the coral panels, got startled and jumped up. When she swung around I could see feet. I told Joe I was headed to the barn. 

I got there in time to see it born!  I did jump in and moved the placenta off his face. 

Then after a bit I untangled he’s front legs from her rear legs. 

Draper is being a good mom. 

He was born at 12:23, stood at 1:18 and nursed at 1:45.  I made it back to bed at 3:30. 

This morning he was still perfect. 

I had to go to work today but Joe will be there for the vet to do the foal CITE test to make sure he got enough colostrum.  

I will have plenty of blog material for awhile.