In Bloom at the 4R's and Sweetwater Days 15 & 16

They're here, 

 the peonies are starting to bloom.

 Just a few for now but in a few days it should be glorious.

 The Siberian irises are very dainty.

This is some sort of defective bearded iris.  I have never had one that looked like this before.

 This rust is the normal color of the irises in that location.

 And the coreopsis are in full bloom

 Saturday morning I had to get Sweetwater in the barn so J could get in a heifer that was having trouble calving.

 V helped and we ended up being able to pull it by hand, no calf jack this time.

You can see Sweetwater was very interested in the proceedings.

 When I went back later in the day I found her with the halter now broken.  This had been a new halter at the start of this adventure.   It took some work but I was finally able to get a web halter on her and actually buckle it from the left side.  But I still have a lot of difficulty approaching her to snap on a lead rope.  So I still just basically work her without one.

 Today I did a lot of work with desensitizing her to the rope.  I was able to get it around her middle and put pressure where a girth would be.  She took it ok, no bolting or bucking.  She still acts like she would like to charge me.  When she does this I make her back up then send her off to lunge some more.

 And I was able to comb a lot of her mane out.  She is starting to look better anyway.