Bad For Sale Pictures

Goats for sale have been a gold mine for bad pictures.  

This is always my favorite view, big head, little legs.

I really wish people would learn how to rotate a picture.

Ok, this one isn’t bad, they even got low enough to see how small his is.

Any takers for a mini lamancha with blue eyes and moon spots?  He is pretty cute after all.  

 

Tuesday Humor

One of the vets that works Tuesday has COVID, so I was called on to work today.  So no farm pictures.  But I do have a few things that have caught my eye on Facebook I thought I would share.

 Hope it made you chuckle.

New Horse???

Joe has been talking about getting a new horse.  He has been looking online at horses for months now.  Today, he finally looked at one in person. 

Meet Magneto.  He was a rescue horse, untouched until he was about 2  1/2.  He was gelded and then put though a 120 day  training competition similar the the mustang makeover, which he won.  His current owners were hoping to  take him on a year long ride through the western states, national parks and BLM lands.  But have decided he is to sensitive to alternate between riding horse and pack horse.  So they have made the difficult decision to sell him and look for something more staid.

He exact breeding is undetermined, but the farm he was rescued from originally bred Arabians.  At the time of rescue, there was also a quarter horse stallion and a mustang stallion.  After seeing him in person, I think he is a high percentage Arabian.   Joe is wanting something he could endurance ride again and Magneto looks the part.

The owners were gracious enough to saddle up some other steeds for us all to go on a trail ride around their beautiful property.

And look what I got to ride, my first mule!  And she did absolutely wonderful.  Joe has a lot of thinking to do and a big decision to make.  We will all have to wait and see what happens.  We had a nice daycation.
 

Tons More Cuteness

Mike, Virginia, Sadie and Allie spent the day with us.  Sadie wanted to go see the horses and she wasn’t taking no for an answer. 

Then, after seeing them, she wanted to turn them out to eat grass.  It was a little early, but I let her do it.  Then she wanted to get on.  Virginia put her up on Otoelene and she didn’t want to get off.  I had to tell her she had to put on pants first.  She was still wearing her dress from church.

So, after lunch, I saddled up Otoelene and took Sadie riding.  Every time I asked if she wanted to get off she would say, ‘ NO, more.”

After a ride down the driveway and back, and a couple of more laps around the barn, she consented to get off.  Then, after a nap, it was back out to feed the dogs.  Have you every seen someone so happy to carry a bucket.

Then we made another trip to feed the calves.  Notice the different bucket.

She is very interested in seeing the animals eating.

 

Somehow, I missed taking pictures of Allie again.  I know you can’t tell, but I do hold her and play with her.  She is sitting up with help, smiling, drooling and maybe getting a tooth.  

Feeding Calves

Virginia and Mike had a dinner tonight so Joe and I are keeping Sadie.  Allie is staying with them. 

So of course, we had to go check on all of the animals.  There was lots of buckets to carry, and water to check. 

After she poured her bucket of grain in the trough she looked at the calf and said, “eat.”

 I think she will be ready for a bottle calf next.

New Wheels

Our 2013 4wheeler has been in the shop more than not this summer.  It had 10,000 miles on it.  The last straw was when it stranded Joe at our other farm and he had to walk a mile and a half back home. 

So he loaded it up this morning and came back with…

this.  It is basically the same thing but a little more horsepower.  Maybe it will go for 10 years this time. 
                                                                                      

Apple Orchard

Last year my little apple tree had 14 apples HERE

I haven’t counted this year because Joe has already been eating them.

He said he had been craving an apple and low and behold there were some apples right in the yard.

I still may have enough for a little batch of applesauce. I will keep you updated.