Hallelujah!!!
I have been trying to get into my blogspot all week. For some reason I have not been able to log on, feeling extremely frustrated. For some reason, today, it worked!
I wanted to share the latest pictures of Remmie the Standardbred we acquired from the Amish, and to let you know the latest goings on. I have finished the end of year newsletter and it is at the printer right now. So....in the next week the first copies should be arriving in your mailbox!
Horse adoptions are fairly slow, and this week another mare showed up at our doorstep so that puts us at five in the lower arena, and five in the two paddocks up above. Arne came back to the farm and is in with our own seven horses. Remmie, the Amish Standardbred, really has no where to go so we rotate him between the upper pasture (which has been shut off to our own horses) and the barn. He was so eager to get out of the barn two days ago that when I opened his stall and turned around to get the lead rope he SHOT past me and trotted, tail in air, down the driveway and up the road. I screamed "CRRRAAAIIIIIGGGG", but it was in vain.....so away I ran down the driveway and to the gate to the pasture. If any of you have ever been here you know our neighbor is not a big fan of horses, and if any hoof even comes CLOSE to his lawn he is out yelling profusely at us. Two teens and Zach spent an entire afternoon filling divets in the lawn after a nice rain last summer. Evidently, someone had left a gate unlatched and horses helped themselves to the lush green grass in our neighbor's yards. So I was in panic mode, knowing the wrath that was upon me if I didn't think of something quick to catch Remmie with. Now, I know better than to run after a horse who is feeling pretty good about having gotten away and is free, so I pulled one of Gawani Pony Boy's strategies and opened up the gate to the pasture really wide and walked into the pasture and bent over as if I were pouring grain out for Remmie. The dogs all ran up to see what I was doing, and Remmie, who was standing quite proudly smack dab middle of the cranky neighbor's lawn, couldn't stand it. I didn't dare look, but stayed bent over as if I was doing something veryyyyy curious, and I heard the hard clippety-clop of his hooves as he trotted about 20 mph towards the pasture gate, through the gate, and up to my "pretend" pile. I scrambled for the gate and chained it swiftly. Remmie put his tail in the air and headed up hill towards the greener part of the pasture and I humbly, gingerly, quietly, hoping to be invisib-ly tippy toed up the road to my driveway, praying "Please don't let him come out and yell, please don't let him come out and yell". Well, I was in luck! He and his wife must not have been looking, or better yet, they must not have been home! Whew.....I have learned that I will have the lead rope ready to clip on before I ever open the gate or stall door again to get Remmie out!!!! By the way, he does need a home very soon. Doesn't anyone want a horse that rides and drives? Please get ahold of me!
The weather has gotten me down a pinch, but not having snow is good. Wouldn't it be nice to not get any white stuff until January? It would make the winter seem so much shorter. I am already dreaming of Yuma, Orlando, or San Diego!!!!
Thanks to so many, our finances have almost recovered. We accepted donations in excess of $10,000 since I last wrote. Thanks so much to those of you who have supported us for 14 years now and continue to believe in our mission. We want to be faithful stewards, and we are learning that we don't know unless we ask!
Will write more before Christmas - hope everyone is well!
Hugs,
Susan
