Guest Photographer

 Emily is on the island in Panama now.

 I said it looked like paradise.  She said it could be if not for the heat and the chance of getting stung by various insects.

Apparently, there is a horse there that keeps getting out and likes to bite. 

There are also howler monkeys.

A rufous-tailed hummingbird.

And the bird Emily is there to study, a lance-tailed manikin.

In Bloom At The 4Rs

I have really been enjoying our spring flowers.  The warm weather has sped up the blooming by about two weeks.  That is about to change, there is snow in the forecast for tomorrow.  

Purple is Sadie’s favorite color and she was very drawn to the purple hyacinths.  Hope you enjoy the flowers as much as I do.

 

Couponing #82

As promised, my total clearance event haul.  Not included in the picture, a bag of cat food that I was needing.

Out of pocket was $41 but I got $26 back in rebates, so $15 total which was less than the bag of cat food.  So, everything was really just free.
  

Two Hour Ride

Yesterday Joe wanted to head up the gravel road to our farm we call Julian’s.

For this ride I decided to use Otoelene.  We rode past our new bull from Georgia.
 

We met a couple of cars on the gravel road but no one was driving crazy which was nice.

While we were at Julian’s Joe went ahead and fed the bulls there.

Uh oh, two cows are on the wrong side of the fence.

After driving the rouge cows out we rode down the fence line looking for the issue.  There were a couple of spots that needed some attention. 

Hugo went along like a champ again.  

And nothing phased Otoelene, not even the running, barking, jumping, Rhodesian ridgebacks.

Then to top off our ride, Joe picked up the mail.  Hugo might be ready for a trail class.

Sunday Ride

The weather was super nice Sunday. And who is that going for a ride outside? 

That’s right, Draper!

 

And Joe with Hugo.

We did about an hour around the farm. 

There is still plenty of mud.

And lots of hills to go up and down.

Draper got just a wee bit concerned when Joe took off across the creek.

We were not headed that direction, he just wanted to show off with Hugo.

And so far, riding Hugh through the cows has not been a problem.  Nice day, nice ride.

Sadie Saturday, Visiting The Horses

Virginia and Mike brought Sadie and Allie over for a visit yesterday.  Sadie wanted to go visit the horses.

Otoelene is her favorite, I’m sure because that is the one she rides.

 

But she likes to see Draper too. 

And she even let me take her picture with Jessica.
 

She was asking “where is Hugo?”  

And she loves closing the gate all be herself.

Allie Tuesday and Friday

Poor little Allie had a fever Monday and had to be picked,up,from daycare.  She had a doctor appointment Tuesday and tested positive for Covid so she had to be out of daycare all week.

I kept her a little bit on Tuesday while Mike got some farm work done. She was feeling very puny.

Today was a different story.

She was just sick for a day. 

She played with Kit Kat.

He got to rub on her feet.

 He didn’t even mind her grabbing a fist full of his face.

And we made a trip to Dollar General.  There is a 3 day clearance event going on and the $5 off $25 is good for all three days.

I will wait until the end of the event before I post my haul.  Stay tuned.