After a few tense weeks, remembering the drought stricken conditions we have only just recovered from, we finally got some good rain today. 20mls in half an hour with a huge thunderstorm and now just nice and steady. Good Stuff! I even managed to get Red worked before the skies opened.
Lilaclavender Cow and Hugo Moo were joined last night by Falkor, The Luck Dragon. (Sigh...) Greg had to carry him 300 metres to the hilux, and about 2 metres from the back of the truck, tore a muscle (or something) in his calf (HIS calf MUSCLE!) and hit the deck. Falkor TLD (sigh...) rode home on the deck of the truck with Jack and Greg; Very cute, snow white with big floppy ears - hence the name. We wondered why his mother had gone off and left him...and all was revealed as soon as we got home. Falkor TLD, appears to be blind, deaf AND epileptic! Bloody hell. Worse luck, he is feeding happily (in between running in circles and flipping out) and I cannot bring myself to 'do the deed'....and nor can Greg! Lavenderlilac and Hugo are doing great, big and fat and very bolshy. They seem quite interested in Falkor and his antics...
Greg had to see a GP about his 'sore paw' and keeping him company was Deke, the foxy who visited the vet with a suspected fractured jaw.....or poison......or something..... The vets are most perplexed and Deke is now racking up a huge bill from all the multiple xrays and painkillers etc. He'll be loving the attention - and the 'inside' life. They are keeping him in overnight and we hope to know more by tomorrow.
No more 'horsey' news for the week. Aside from the fact I have been checking Penny frantically for the last few weeks, waiting anxiously for her to foal, only to go back to my books and discover I am a whole month out! She is due on 2nd November....NOT October. So as silly as I am, I am pleased....it takes the pressure off as I was juggling grazing a bit too fiercely with all the incoming clients mares'. And as Greg has just unloaded 440 lambs this week, as well as 162 R3 steers....so coupled with the rain...we should be good from now on. Red is being brought slowly into work with lungeing daily (which he appears to dislike). His growth spurt seems to have abated and now we are going to battle the spring grass. Will be interesting! I am really looking forward to climbing back on, and now have a goal - the December dressage series!
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