I can't believe it's June 4th already! One month from today and we will be celebrating Independence Day which usually includes a BBQ with family and friends and we all camp out on our back deck to watch the fireworks from the neighboring towns. From our vantange point, we can usually see two or three shows at once. Since personal fireworks are "illegal" in our town, we enjoy the commercial shows put on by the towns next to us.
I still have 5 horses... been trying to sell some of them... to no avail... guess it's a sign of the times. Feed, hay and gas prices are ridiculously high and horse values seem to be in the toilet!
I had 3 people make appointments with me last Saturday to come and see my horses... none of them showed up and only one person sent me an email Monday morning to let me know she had bought a horse from someone else. Would've appreciated a phone call cancelling the appointments! Some people are inconsiderate that way.
Our weather has gone from cold and windy to warm and windy now. This has been the strangest spring/summer weather wise that I have ever seen here in our part of Arizona.
I planted a small garden but having a hard time getting seeds to grow. Still getting cold at night and then warm, dry and windy during the day... ugh... now I know what they mean when they refer to the "dust bowl"!
It's not good for the horses either... Abby has something in her eye that I've been trying to wash out for a week now. I think it's either hay or dust... can't see anything but know that it's bothering her.
I got out the fly masks but was only able to get one on Abby and one on Surenuff. Well both are now destroyed! I saw Surenuff tossing something in the air and thought it was a bird... ran out there and discovered it was her new flymask ripped to shreds... how she did that I haven't a clue!
All the horses need to be trimmed... last time I had it done it was $125.00... not something I look forward to ... my feed bill goes up 10% every 3 weeks! And I've cut back on feeding because it's warmer now.
Tis always something around here!! BUT I keep telling myself that it could be worse. I've had two friends go through some heartache with their horses. One lost 2 mares to botulism! And another lost her 3 day old filly to a bladder rupture. Talk about sad......
I wish everyone well!!
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Darn with the price of gas everything is out of balance. Call your shoer and see if he'll give you a break due to all 5 at one stop. I'm assuming all 5 need a trim. As for weather, these transitional months are predictably unpredictable. One day this, the next day that. Today we are enjoying a lovely Spring day while tomorrow might just be mid-summer miserable.
I hope you get a horse sold this weekend.
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