Where's Mom ?

Mom went back to Tennessee with Shelly 2-1/2 weeks ago. I think that's the longest she's been away from home ever ! Glad she's having a good time, but we do miss her. Shelly's current plan is to drive back down this coming weekend, drop the mother off and visit her eldest daughter Mindy, who will turn 22 next week.

Also heard from an old, old friend of mine (back to the 7th grade) who lives in Tennessee that will be coming through Jacksonville this weekend also and hopes to drop by. That would be awesome ! I can't remember the last time I actually saw her.

Birthday Boy

Today is my nephew Julian's 7th birthday ! He and his family are coming over tonight and I'm cooking him breakfast for dinner....yummy! Julian likes to ride our horses and can't wait till he's big enough to join us on the trails. Here he is last fall riding Maybe bareback with just a halter.

Here's Jenny and Ringer working on another leading lesson at 17 days old.

Visit and Stuff

It's been so nice to have my sister Shelly from Tennessee and her son Bo visiting us this week. She decided on the spur of the moment to take off and drive down to Florida to visit and we're glad they did. Bo is painting our fence for us - Woo-hoo ! It was getting a little green and he's such a good worker.

Ringer is 2 weeks old today and growing like a weed. We've started his halter/leading lessons this week and he's catching on nicely.

Jenny's in a wedding tonight, so I'll be attending and I also get to meet her boyfriend Ben's parents. I'm looking forward to that.

Going for a ride in Cary State Forest tomorrow for National Trails Day. Gonna get an early start because it will be very hot tomorrow and the bugs have been crazy.

Boy, it's been a busy week. It's been hard to get to work on time cuz I want to stay out playing with Ringer in the morning. I've had to start wearing a watch when I go out to feed so I don't lose track of time.

Ringer started limping last Tuesday so I called the vet ... she said just keep an eye on him. By Friday morning it hadn't resolved so I called her again and asked her to please come out and check him over. She found a big staple stuck in his sole - poor youngun! Pus came out when she removed it; she gave him a tetanus shot and said we need to soak his foot twice a day thru the weekend. It's not as hard as I thought it would be - thank goodness. He's such a good boy. He feels 100% better today - no limping at all. Here's some pictures taken today at 1 week old.

Well....he's finally here ! Ringer was born on May 20th at 8:20 pm and is almost the spittin image of his mom.

Stylin is at day 330 and is showing all the signs of impending foaling. Maybe will have a new addition this weekend !