Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day last Sunday! Mom went to church with us, then Mom and Jenny joined us for steaks on the grill. Jenny mowed the back yard, cleaned the stock tank and then went for a late afternoon ride with me. Robbin was out of town with her family and couldn't join us.

Mare Stare Update

Stylin's rump has softened and her bag is full and tight. The liquid expressed is still clear. The due date the vet originally gave us is May 15th, but realistically it could be weeks. She loves her new condo and hangs out in it most of the day. When we converted the picnic house, we just boarded up the lower half and left the screens up on 3 sides. I think it's helping with the bugs.

Getting Closer

Put straw in Stylin's stall today - she's at day 312 and moving a little slower.... here's a pic of her from tonight....

Just Stuff

Had a very busy weekend...... 4 friends and I went riding at San Felasco on Saturday. What a great place to trailride !! We found lots of different trails branching off of the main ones - some crossing creeks, some hilly ones and a great one call Hidden Pond Trail. We stopped and ate lunch on a hill - I took a few pics at lunch with my digital and took more with Charlotte's regular camera; so will add them later. We were out for 4-1/2 hours and probably didn't hit half the trails available. I had to get back to go to a shindig out at Sawgrass that evening so we had to get back to the trailhead before it got too late. I'll learn not to make plans for more than one thing at a time. Bobby and his friend, Richard, went to a vintage motorcycle show at World Golf Village and also had a great time.

Dr. Tammy came out Friday to give Stylin her last shot and said that we should go ahead and put straw in her new stall, because she is due in about 2 weeks. Boy she's getting big - (Stylin that is )

Back Home

We had a great time on our cruise but were really glad to get back on solid ground and come back home to the farm. Both of us got a little seasick on the last day out. Cruise Pics

Everything was quiet on the homefront - Jenny took care of all the critters for us. I swear Stylin looks fatter in just one week! Only 30 days to go! We were able to complete her paddock the day before we left for the cruise - she seems to think its okay. Now we just need to get that old monster of a satellite dish taken down.

Good Weekend

It was a good weekend....starting with feeling Style's baby move for the first time on Friday evening! YAY ! I've been talking to the baby for a couple of weeks now....I know - silly, but I'm doing it anyway. We got a lot done in the nursery....put up some fence and a gate, cleared out some brush and cleaned up an old burn barrel/firepit that had lots of glass and stuff in it. I will go back over it this week to make sure there's nothing left that could poke a hoof. Went to church in Gainesville today and visited with Bobby's mom, Ruth.

Nursery

We going to skip trail riding this weekend and get to work on the "nursery". We've set aside a separate paddock for Stylin and we need to put up some fence and convert the picnic house into a foaling stall. We're starting to get excited about the baby coming and are trying to come up with some good names. Our mare is Stylin With Class and the Stud is MG Cajan King - we're open to suggestions. I'm still hoping for a little filly.....I'd love a palomino overo, but we're probably going to get a bay tovero. Anything healthy will do ! Stylin has strong palomino background but Cajan has black.