Monday, February 2, 2009

NEWS - Jan & Feb 09

*** February - 20 - "Stuffy" is out of season. *** 14 Valentine's Day - "Stuffy" is in season and is bred to "Iggy". "Stuffy" pulls manure tubs to compost heap now...
*** Many people have asked about my "braiding". I started out braiding haystring as practice before purchasing Paracord to make horse-y items. BUT I've found this is good - the hay string works well for outdoor horse-y items, easy to hose off and our local landfill is VERY HAPPY that I'm not bringing all that string from both small square and large round bales to them anymore. *** I've use the 3 strand braid (actually strands for each "string" - so 6 strands) for rope - temporary fencing, gates, stall guards, tye straps for equipment. One shows in the rear shot above. Use a flat braid to do the collars that all of our ponies and some of the horses are now wearing - making it easy to identify them and catch/tie them for feeding 2x daily. ***



*** Jan - 18 - Ashley (spending the night) and Sierra take lots of pics of the ponies.



*** 10 - WH JROTC motor pool meets to work on jeep. *** WH JROTC goes to Mrytle Beach, SC to perform for the 4th Brigade Conference. *** 7 - "Stuffy" and "Magic" return from Karen Eaker. ***

NEWS - Dec 2008

***Week before Christmas - 20 Sat - 5 round bales Hay delivered from Little River. While putting up feeders/stops to keep bales from rolling off of pallets, Paula banged her head with steel fence post driver. Urgent Care Dr. Olivetti put 8 staples to hold gash together. *** 22 Mon - Check with Dr. Olivetti - healing well - but take it easy. No concussion. *** 24 Christmas - good day - quiet. ***