Aidens x 2 !

Glenn & I went to the Pa. Farm Show a couple of weeks ago. As we were waiting for the shuttle busses to come along, I noticed a little fella in a red winter coat, talking to his mom. He was very excited about going to see "Cowwwwwwwwws" . He'd ask his mom over n' over again about those cows. I asked him if he liked cows, and he smiled and grinned at me. Then I asked him what his name was, and he looked at his mom as if to see if it was okay.
She smiled and said " well, what's your name , Aiden?"

That was when he grinned at me again and told me his name was Aiden.
It turns out that we have a Dominique rooster who's name is Aiden also. He used to be "Ada" before he began crowing- thus letting me know that Ada wasn't a wise name choice any longer.

So- here's a couple of photos of Aiden ( the kid ) and Aiden ( the rooster:

Farm Show Aiden:

 This one's Our Aiden....

Pleasure Show 1/13/2011

 Am busily catching up on blogs, as you can tell....  The Farm Show Pleasure Draft show was held on a Thursday, from 3-6 PM.  A stupid time to have a show but the seats were pretty filled up with people watching! Again- a few friends showed, and I got some photos. Still learning with this camera and new lens.....  I can see it's going to take some time . :( The guy below drove a Shire X stallion, and they did really well !

This is called a Tandem Hitch....

 And a dear little Spring Wagon made to look like a covered wagon in the commercial driving class below...

This was one of the gals in Lady's Cart...

Farm Show- PA. 1.8.2011

Today we went to see the hitch horses - cart classes at the Farm Show. Basically, this is a giant winter time State Fair for Pennsylvania, and they include the Draft horses. It was great seeing so many long-time friends, even though I no longer choose to compete with those high stepping, fancy giant Percherons -  my horses look like Percheron ponies next to them!  I'll add a few photos of the classes...

1-18-2011 Ugh

Well, snow arrived, and then we got ice as a topping on it..... made for a very slippery walk to our barn. My husband had gone to work early due to most probably slippery conditions, and he Hates being late.

I hauled water to the outside tubs with my little JD tractor After plowing a path with Moses, our ancient tractor. Then, I got the stalls done after turning the light horses out for the day. I Thought it was going to be a nasty day but it turned out that that cold front moved out of PA faster than expected. The weather was cloudy, but warm compared to the last few weeks.  The draft horses were quite full of themselves having been in all night long, and they insisted I give them hay FIRST, please. Not being one to ignore one ton horses pleading for hay, they got fed before anyone else. I was so pleased to get the other horses turned out for the day- Less work for ME and they enjoy doing "horse things" out in their pastures.

 Side Bar :
A few days ago I was walking home when I saw a weird looking spot in the snow..... Turns out my Clydesdale mare, Carli, had made a BIG horsey 'snow angel' !  I went to the house, grabbed my camera and here it is ... See how it's "horse shaped "

I kept trying to get a photo of it, and the camera Just wouldn't take one ! I tried All the settings, and then came to find out, I'd still had the lens cover on the camera.DUHHHH.
But alls' well that ends well- and I have a photo of a Clydesdale sized snow angel.  :)

 Back to the blog. As I was finishing up, I noticed that Glenns' car was in the drive..... Hmmmm...  It was a good 30 minutes later that I finally got inside that he told me he'd "T-Boned" some woman on his way to work .  'You WHAT ?????'  Then he explained that on his way to work,some gal had lost control of her car while passing him on the icy highway. She slid back n' forth, and did a couple of full circles in front of him. He said he thought maybe he was going to miss her, when all of a sudden, here she comes again, over steering - right out in front of him. He hit the mid section of the passenger side, and they both ended up sliding onto the median strip. She had her cell phone, and called the police. Thank God neither of them were hurt- her car was though. Glenn's little Pacifica has a small amount of damage that'll have to be repaired but not much at all compared to the other car.  Thanks to Chrysler and Mercedes Benz for creating one helluva wonderful little car , my dear hubby only wrenched his back a little more than normal. He'll be feeling much worse tomorrow, I know ! 

 The rest of the day went alright - and we are all done for the day. Inside to curl up with Sadie and enjoy the evening. I WAS going to head to Harrisburg ( Farm Show Complex) to the Pa. Draft horse sale, but I've opted to not bother driving . As the temps go down tonight, those roadways will become a skating rink again.  Below is a photo I took of a gorgeous sunrise at WoodFinn...

Anddddddddddd, a couple of photos of my husbands' little car after his accident today . 

Not to terrible, thank you, God...

12/13/2010

Today our ancient pony crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.... Suzi was soon to be 48 years old . She got a colic on  December 9th, and try as we might- our vet & I could not get her past it. Suzi's intestines had impacted and she was to old to get things 'moving' again. She was put down at 1PM, and the vet told me that as Suzi was passing, Alli and Scarlet ( her two pasture pals) came galloping up the hill to say goodbye. I had Suzi buried on top of the pasture hill where she and Alli used to enjoy standing on hot summer days.

" If love could have saved you, you'd have lived forever".... God speed, Suzi.

1963- 2010

Dead ???? Mouse

 I was sound asleep one morning when I was awakened by a loud slapping noise in the dining room. I wondered what in the world it could be when it stopped. Only half awake, I fell back to sleep. There was nothing out of place when I got up an hour later and promptly forgot about it.


Glenn got home from work in the evening to tell me of his Great Adventure of the Morning.  It seems that Shadow, our house cat, had caught himself a mouse. Glenn figured he would just leave him alone with it until he finally killed it. He kept checking on Shadow to see if the poor mouse was dead yet, but Shadow had in mind to simply torture it a LOT.I'm sure you all are aware of how a cat will treat a mouse that has been dumb enough to be caught.....

It was then almost time for Glenn to leave for work, and the danged mouse was STILL there. He decided to do it in, but with what?  AH!  The Broom.  He said he whacked it and whacked it, then whacked it some more... The mouse was still alive.  He whacked it a few more times, then swept it into a dustpan and dumped it outside.  I hadn't seen a mouse anywhere out there, but I hadn't looked too hard either.

We both went out to where he'd chucked it and it was gone. Now- either one of the barn cats found it or Glenn didn't really kill it as he thought he had.  A great mystery neither of us was going to worry about much at all.

Happy New Year !!

It is the first day of 2011.
 Many have resolutions made that will never be fulfilled, others ?  Perhaps. Mine are as follows:
Get out there and hitch Abby so that we can possibly enter the Carriage Driving Class at Devon in May
Begin walking again….either behind my mare Eve, or with Sadie
Eat Healthy !
That is about it…. not to big but plenty big enough, I think. I Also want to build up the lesson area of this business so it pays for another horse.  I had to have Suzi put down the 13th of December, due to a impaction colic. I have lost a piece of my heart …… 

Not much else today but Glenn n’ I cooked a delicious New Years ‘ Day dinner. :)

YUMMMMM, and now we're both stuffed with a good meal, and looking forward to this coming New year.