It was a great day at the ASAP farm. It is so wonderful to get to spend
the entire afternoon with people who love being here with the horses and
animals as much as I do! Refreshing every time! It was a warm, wet day,
but still a day to enjoy a little bit of sunshine while performing the
not-so-fun chores like hauling hay bales, mucking stalls, and filling
buckets.
Still, all is well, everyone is healthy and happy, and spring cannot be
too far away.
only a few miles down the road who are using our indoor arena to practice
for an upcoming soccer competition using their mules! It will be so much
fun to see them doing their thing, while teaching me about Parelli
methods. Hope the kids take the time to come outside and watch! My mind
is already racing, thinking, "Which horse would like to learn this? Times? Cricket? Magnus?" I am also going to get to see my friends Ray and Alice. They are coming
to pick up the cart that they donated to ASAP a couple of years ago- the
one that Remmie had an accident with that scared me away from driving
horses since that time. They hope to get it bent back into shape and
maybe give me a dose of courage to try driving again. Sounds like we have a decision on costumes for the Midwest Horse Fair - I
believe the Stargrazing theme will find our family in Toy Story 3 costumes
- Jessie, Woody, Buzz, and maybe an alien and Rex should be a big hit in
the Kid's Korral area? I am going to include a picture of my dear friend Lynette, riding her
Standardbred mare at Wildcat last summer. She calls her Ella, but she was
originally a Fox Valley filly, I believe. Lynette is going to help us
sell fly masks and fly spray at the upcoming Horse Sense for Special
Riders tack sale in La Crosse- thank you Lynette!!! Seems like there was something else to say, but anyone who knows me knows
that I am never at a loss for words.........thank you to Lynn for her
adoption of Wildfire! And continued thanks to Marge for fostering Sadie,
Holly, and Kung Fu Guru. They are loving their pasture time, which they
did not have here! Thanks to the Marohls for their donation of 100 bales of hay. We need hay
right now, and are really hoping for our emergency hay grant to come
through quickly. If we do not get the grant, I have a list of other
grants to apply for in order to try to meet the demands of feeding so many
horses here at the farm. I was tempted to ask each one of you to send
$2.50 on Pay Pal (or an even $3) - enough to buy one bale of hay for a
horse. If only every person who read this would donate one bale, wonder
how many bales we would be able to purchase? Hope to have many exciting things to share after the weekend! Sue
