14/01/2024
Brrr! We finally have power back on after about 36 hours. All is good!
Specialized horse boarding facility Wynnoakes Farm is a unique boarding facility owned and operated by Susan Langendonk. Dressage instruction is available.
It features large individual paddocks leading into run-out stalls. We have experience in managing the care of performance, pleasure and retired horses of many breeds, including those needing lay-up and rehabilitation services with daily therapy options. The primary riding discipline is dressage, but all are welcome.
Brrr! We finally have power back on after about 36 hours. All is good!
It’s nice to have this blue sky to show off the color we’re getting.
Another pretty picture just by walking out on my deck. Love being able to see this from the house.
A very pretty sight this morning courtesy of Fred.
I’m picturing a mushroom spore that exploded in the center of this circles creating this growth pattern. No other idea on how these came to be.
We’re safe and sound after last night’s storm. Hoping everyone else is too.
What a cool way to move hay! Unfortunately I only have the hay barn he can get into and only 500 bales there.
This my big “barn improvement” for the year. The nine horse stalls are finally getting grills to replace the hog panel that’s been up for 20 years. Love the look!
Just saying. I think we could have done without this last inch and a half of rain. As bad as it looks, the stalls are dry.
Sure am glad today for the flip down ice cleats in the heels of the winter boots I bought in December!
I had set the end of 2022 for beginning to look for a replacement for my 2010 F150. I figured I would need to order something since I wanted it to be a farm truck and not a passenger vehicle. What a surprise when the salesman told me he had pretty much what I wanted in a truck that had been ordered and ended up not being needed. This reminds me of my 1986 GMC truck with vinyl floors and very few extra options. It does have power windows though 😄
Pretty morning on the farm.
I had this two stall run in built about 10 years ago. It served its purpose but in downsizing I don’t need it anymore. It was a bear to take apart but we finished today pulling out the posts with the tractor. It will be an improvement to Jennifer Stark-Leitch’s home for senior horses and an improvement in my view!
Pretty start to fall.
Today in a lesson with Penny Underwood I got my first ever clean flying change on Mitch. It was right on the aids, but so undramatic that I had to ask her what happened! Finally!!!
Don’t know where this little snapping turtle hatched, but the aisle is probably not a good place for it to live.
1.75” of rain in 40 minutes. We really needed it but not all at once!
My new Schleese saddle matches Mitch so well. It’s my first custom made saddle and I’m so happy with it
Improvements tho summer include new clear light panels to replace the old cracked translucent ones in the small barn and snow stops on the main barn. No more snow and ice crashing off while we’re riding!
Trying out some ear protection. The deer flies are awful this year! Haven’t even been able to walk outside without getting swarmed.
Mitch and I headed down the driveway after a great session in the outdoor. It’s a beautiful summer morning.
A berry plant with albinism?
The beauty in my woods.
My visitor at the hummingbird feeder this morning. Also my view from my kitchen window.
The outdoor arena was quite the critter happening place when it was wet. Coyote, turkey, deer and cat all left tracks. It was fun seeing them this morning when I rode outside.
For sale. Old, but in working order, blades need sharpening. $550.00.
Mitch and I tried out new Schleese saddles yesterday. We agreed and ordered the “Let’s Dance” model. I’ve never felt him so tuned to my seat! Can’t wait for it to come.
The sun finally coming through at the end of the day.
Wishing for that winter wonderland that didn’t include 48° turning everything to ice. Check in tomorrow for 4 to 8 inches of snow.
“You’ll love these Dutch doors” the builder said and I mostly do until I have to dig out the snow or in this case chip out the slush that fell overnight and turned into ice. This was all the time I had while doing stalls this morning. At least they can get outside if they want.
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After less than 20 rides total over 3 months and only 2 weeks of trying, Mitch had 2 clean changes this morning and NO drama! Thank you Kellie Hart for your kind and tactful training. Mitch LOVES you or he wouldn’t be working this hard for you.
It’s been exactly a month since we’ve had any precipitation and that was 10 inches of snow. Hoping this lasts for a bit.
I can’t believe it! They’re back!!! Always makes me think of spring when the Sandhill Cranes come back.
Mitch’s new treat ball. It had one lousy inverted hole the treats got hung up on inside and frustrated the heck out of him. I added two more and now it entertains him for a while.
When you are a wienie about the cold weather even though you have a warm blanket with a neck cover and you’ve been standing inside your run out stall all day. Your kind owner takes you in the indoor and lets you play.
The sound of the ice breaking up as we’ve gotten above freezing. I thought it was dripping off the trees at first!
So, the last couple days I’ve been watching this happen where half the turkeys are inside the pasture the other half are outside and the turkeys inside cannot figure out how to get to the flock on the outside. I want to ask “you guys can fly, right? “
I don’t know why our farm & woods have been such a favorite gathering area for crows the last few years.
This doesn’t do justice to the volume of these crows...we could hear them in the house with the TV on. I’m not sure what it is about the farm that’s so appealing.
This video is Allegra in a nutshell. She has been volatile, then willing for the 26 of her 31 years I was privileged to spend with her. In the past four years I almost lost her to colic twice, treated her for Cushing’s disease and the seizures that seemed to be associated with it. Seizures became more and more severe over the past two months and medication only helped to a degree. Bad days have come closer and closer together, but now she won’t have any more bad days. My thanks to Dr. Patterson, pathologist at MSU, for his interest in the reason for her seizures and his generosity in performing a necropsy.
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