As I brushed over the horses this afternoon, once again carefully inspecting for encroaching winter fur, I noted two things. First, they are getting ready to...
I hate cobwebs. I am renowned among all my clients for my ceaseless vigilance against cobwebs, and I patrol their houses' corners and crevices on each visit...
Well, it happened last night. I knew it would at some point. Each night, my last step on quitting work after shutting down the computer is to evict the cats...
For the first time in nearly 10 weeks, I slipped the halter over Toccata's head, being very careful of my still-tender hands. The colt did not back away or...
Oh my gosh, you have a skunk, not a colt! LOL I just love his questionmark ears! He's going to be a lady killer! ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com...
He's very handsome Deb ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: [erdenheim] EJ: October 5, 2007 For the...
One cigarette tossed casually aside can start a forest fire. One gallon of gasoline, eight matches, five dry feed sacks, one rake, several handfuls of hay, and...
I recently found out from Heather how they burn up in Richmond on her little 5 acre project farm. :) Their next door neighbor has a much larger farm and i...
The raking isn't to get a "burn-proof" margin, Cindie. The fire will burn to a point on a branch, then that branch will break, and the unburned end of it...
Oh Got it. Maybe I should pass that on to Heather before she has her major burn. ... From: debph1999 To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 06,...
For an interminable 30 seconds this morning, I thought one of my disaster scenarios of a solo gone wrong was coming true. And this time, it was real. I was...
Toccata on a rope. I was wearing gloves, and my hands were informing me just how far from 100% they still are, as handling a rope hits precisely all the bad...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The opening to a Tale of Two Cities could have easily been applied to Erdenheim today, depending on...
I had the best leading lesson yet with Toccata today. I gave him yesterday off, as he was too stressed and running his zoom circles right after weaning....
Inspired today by the antics of the kittens as I ate lunch. Nothing Like a Box We got fuzzy mice and birds, we got strings and sparkle balls, We got jingle...
I was noticing Kate especially today while I was grooming. Not just because Kate is a horse who demands 100% of your attention every microsecond if you want...
Today, I tried out my new theoretical method of bonfire-starting, and it was such an improvement over standard techniques that I think I'll use it from now on....
Toccata's new weanling-sized halter arrived yesterday, and today, I was planning to change it out for the old one. When I went out to the pasture, though, the...
Last winter was the worst hay winter I have ever seen. Prices sky high when findable, and some weeks, we were just out of luck. This is because last winter...
Just as no kid, not even the brightest, is eager for school every single day of his education, so no colt runs through the whole range of training without ever...
Toccata was indeed much better today on his lesson, but the best part of the day came after I had unclipped the rope and let him go. I had brought my camera...
Gotta love that two tone color! Looks like he is a red roan and flea bitten grey all on one head. I can only imagine what the body must look like! Oh yea...
... flea bitten grey all on one head. I can only imagine what the body must look like! Oh yea and when you described him as snuggly I got a visual of you and...
How neat that you have such a tight bond Deb. ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:00 PM Subject: [erdenheim] EJ:...
It was 40 degrees this morning when I woke up. So this afternoon, I bumped up a project that had been in line, the annual mulching of plants. This always...
Toccata had a big day today. First, my dad and my stepmother came down for hopefully the last mow/work trip necessary. The grass is getting thinner and...
A delightfully musical day, even though it started out in a brief tug-of-war. I had a concert this afternoon with the Singers, and as I was getting things out...
A conversation was going on around the farm store this morning when I went in to buy weekly hay. "Timothy hay, fresh cut," one overalled farmer offered. The...
A night of two major points of satisfaction. First, as I entered Singers rehearsal tonight, the director had the master copy of the recording already back from...
