Oh p-ulease no, please let's not talk about the fact that Christmas is only weeks away. It's just way to scary a notion to deal with at the moment!
Our cover girl this post is the ever delightful Miss Short Pants.
We received a further 25mls last night after a most amazing storm that seem to start right on top of our house at about 11pm. Naturally both Millie and Matilda were petrified and spent a good deal of the night either in Evan's built in wardrobe or between the bedside table and the bed! Iam definitely not complaining about the fact that we are walking around with mud all over us and the horses, well.... the usual story, when there is mud - we MUST roll! Our normal practice is to send out photos to our owners with our accounts and unfortunately all 10 of them were covered from head to toe in mud. I must say though, it was a nice change to be able to send photo's out showing just how green and lush it is at the moment.
Miss Lily continues to be stable in her condition with Chris arriving mid morning last Friday to check her vitals and to take a sterile blood sample that was to be cultured and grown to find out what the bloody hell is happening with her. We should have some idea by Monday whats going on inside her - so keep your fingers crossed.
She is still eating, even if in small amounts, although Miss is now becoming quite sick of the plain and boring Lucerne/Oaten Chaff being offered and is looking for something a bit more exciting, even though she cant manage it at the moment. Iam still doing the Weetbix thing, with a bit of added apple puree to go with it which she tolerates. I have to admit that Lily's illness has been very labour intensive and I have been spending many hours around feed time x 3 times per day with her making sure that she is eating or walking around with Shorts, picking and grazing.
Evan and I have had many conversations about Lily in so far as are we being cruel and prolonging the inevitable? Or do we just sit tight and continue on the way we are going until she tells us what the hell is going on with her? Of course the answer is the second one and I will continue to nurse her until she gets better. Chris is still amazed that she had made it through the 40.5 temperature and is now stable, however, he has no answers for us.
It has been very interesting to watch the relationship between Lily and Shorts while Lily has been sick. Lily has been relying on Shorts for all kinds of moral support. Shorts has become very bossy and we have had to make sure that they are separated at meal times - not only because I want Lily to have every chance to eat how much she wants, but because Shorts seems to push her out of the way and tries to bite her. But, in saying all of that in Shorts' defence, I think that Lily has needed her to get through this.
Shortpants is very soon to be renamed, Largepants (especially those sort with the elasticized wasteband!!).
So, time is very limited for me at the moment - not to forget that I have been down with my own virus for the past few days. So, between me being sick and looking after Miss Lily both Evan and I have been a very poor correspondents to our friends and family.
In between everything else, lots of activity with people and horse movements:-
Summerino - Summer, our Pompeii Court mare, was retired from breeding 2 years ago as she was having some women's problems. However, we were contacted by a lady called Kassie who lives in Kilarney looking for an oldish and quiet mare that she could have as a pet (and to help eat away all the grass). Well it was a match made in heaven when Kassie met Summer and Summer has certainly gone to a beautiful home. When Kassie arrived to pick Summer up, she arrived with all new geat, halter, lead rope, fly veil, travelling boots etc etc all in purple. I have been told by Kassie that Summer will be getting a brand new purple rug for winter. Lucky that Summer likes purple! I got a phone call from Kassie the day after Summer arrived saying that Summer had made her way up to the back door and had put her head inside. Kassie said that she had to give her something, a carrot, so I think a routine has been started here. Kassie is delighted with Summer (and Iam sure that Summer is delighted with Kassie!).
Missymoo - we received a call from her new owner Wayne to say that he put a saddle on her and rode her today and was very happy with the result. He is looking to get her to the track at some stage in the future.
We also received a call regarding former Dodge colt, Ozman. Apparently he is growing up quickly and the new owners are very happy with him indeed.
Rusty (by Canadian Silver out of Mariko's Star), has been taken on by our next door neighbour Leo who had his half brother as well. Rusty is currently being broken in and will be a lead pony for Leo. It's nice to see that Rusty will have a good home and will be able to do something with his life, rather than just eat out our paddocks.
I have a feeling that Evan is quite happy with the fact that Rusty has gone..... yesterday afternoon while I was making up Lily's Weetbix, Evan drove down the back to the hayshed and both Rusty and Eric The Horse made a beeline for the open gate and took themselves off down to the end of Willowvale Road and took themselves up the trainline for some lush pickings. Would Rusty let Evan catch him? Not on your life. So, while Evan was down the end of the road (near the hayshed), I ran down to the front entrance and fixed up a barrier with some electric fence tape. After an hour of trying to get them to get off the traintracks and back down to the front of the property, we finally ushered them into the front yard. Now, would Rusty let Evan catch him now? No, not on your life. After bribing Eric The Horse with some choice Lucerne Hay, we managed to get him into one of the small crush yard paddocks, ending their exciting afternoon of fun (not!), Bribery and Corruption - you gotta love it!
It was then that Leo took Rusty back over to his place and poor old Eric The Horse went baresque when his buddy went away. Thank God that Eric has no voice. lol. Eric The Horse has now become the gentleman friend of Trousers and Vera and they make quite a threesome down in their paddock.
(Uncle) Bob Hookey came and stayed at Massie Lodge last weekend for 3 days and it was good to catch up with him (although our Liver's are a little bit the worst for wear!).
Our cover girl this post is the ever delightful Miss Short Pants.
We received a further 25mls last night after a most amazing storm that seem to start right on top of our house at about 11pm. Naturally both Millie and Matilda were petrified and spent a good deal of the night either in Evan's built in wardrobe or between the bedside table and the bed! Iam definitely not complaining about the fact that we are walking around with mud all over us and the horses, well.... the usual story, when there is mud - we MUST roll! Our normal practice is to send out photos to our owners with our accounts and unfortunately all 10 of them were covered from head to toe in mud. I must say though, it was a nice change to be able to send photo's out showing just how green and lush it is at the moment.
Miss Lily continues to be stable in her condition with Chris arriving mid morning last Friday to check her vitals and to take a sterile blood sample that was to be cultured and grown to find out what the bloody hell is happening with her. We should have some idea by Monday whats going on inside her - so keep your fingers crossed.
She is still eating, even if in small amounts, although Miss is now becoming quite sick of the plain and boring Lucerne/Oaten Chaff being offered and is looking for something a bit more exciting, even though she cant manage it at the moment. Iam still doing the Weetbix thing, with a bit of added apple puree to go with it which she tolerates. I have to admit that Lily's illness has been very labour intensive and I have been spending many hours around feed time x 3 times per day with her making sure that she is eating or walking around with Shorts, picking and grazing.
Evan and I have had many conversations about Lily in so far as are we being cruel and prolonging the inevitable? Or do we just sit tight and continue on the way we are going until she tells us what the hell is going on with her? Of course the answer is the second one and I will continue to nurse her until she gets better. Chris is still amazed that she had made it through the 40.5 temperature and is now stable, however, he has no answers for us.
It has been very interesting to watch the relationship between Lily and Shorts while Lily has been sick. Lily has been relying on Shorts for all kinds of moral support. Shorts has become very bossy and we have had to make sure that they are separated at meal times - not only because I want Lily to have every chance to eat how much she wants, but because Shorts seems to push her out of the way and tries to bite her. But, in saying all of that in Shorts' defence, I think that Lily has needed her to get through this.
Shortpants is very soon to be renamed, Largepants (especially those sort with the elasticized wasteband!!).
So, time is very limited for me at the moment - not to forget that I have been down with my own virus for the past few days. So, between me being sick and looking after Miss Lily both Evan and I have been a very poor correspondents to our friends and family.
In between everything else, lots of activity with people and horse movements:-
Summerino - Summer, our Pompeii Court mare, was retired from breeding 2 years ago as she was having some women's problems. However, we were contacted by a lady called Kassie who lives in Kilarney looking for an oldish and quiet mare that she could have as a pet (and to help eat away all the grass). Well it was a match made in heaven when Kassie met Summer and Summer has certainly gone to a beautiful home. When Kassie arrived to pick Summer up, she arrived with all new geat, halter, lead rope, fly veil, travelling boots etc etc all in purple. I have been told by Kassie that Summer will be getting a brand new purple rug for winter. Lucky that Summer likes purple! I got a phone call from Kassie the day after Summer arrived saying that Summer had made her way up to the back door and had put her head inside. Kassie said that she had to give her something, a carrot, so I think a routine has been started here. Kassie is delighted with Summer (and Iam sure that Summer is delighted with Kassie!).
Missymoo - we received a call from her new owner Wayne to say that he put a saddle on her and rode her today and was very happy with the result. He is looking to get her to the track at some stage in the future.
We also received a call regarding former Dodge colt, Ozman. Apparently he is growing up quickly and the new owners are very happy with him indeed.
Rusty (by Canadian Silver out of Mariko's Star), has been taken on by our next door neighbour Leo who had his half brother as well. Rusty is currently being broken in and will be a lead pony for Leo. It's nice to see that Rusty will have a good home and will be able to do something with his life, rather than just eat out our paddocks.
I have a feeling that Evan is quite happy with the fact that Rusty has gone..... yesterday afternoon while I was making up Lily's Weetbix, Evan drove down the back to the hayshed and both Rusty and Eric The Horse made a beeline for the open gate and took themselves off down to the end of Willowvale Road and took themselves up the trainline for some lush pickings. Would Rusty let Evan catch him? Not on your life. So, while Evan was down the end of the road (near the hayshed), I ran down to the front entrance and fixed up a barrier with some electric fence tape. After an hour of trying to get them to get off the traintracks and back down to the front of the property, we finally ushered them into the front yard. Now, would Rusty let Evan catch him now? No, not on your life. After bribing Eric The Horse with some choice Lucerne Hay, we managed to get him into one of the small crush yard paddocks, ending their exciting afternoon of fun (not!), Bribery and Corruption - you gotta love it!
It was then that Leo took Rusty back over to his place and poor old Eric The Horse went baresque when his buddy went away. Thank God that Eric has no voice. lol. Eric The Horse has now become the gentleman friend of Trousers and Vera and they make quite a threesome down in their paddock.
(Uncle) Bob Hookey came and stayed at Massie Lodge last weekend for 3 days and it was good to catch up with him (although our Liver's are a little bit the worst for wear!).
We have also had Alan (Evan's brother) stay with us on Thursday night as his truck broke down at Stanthorpe (Alan normally does a run between Sydney and Brisbane). As he is a resident of NSW, he will be coming back up on Monday to stay with us until Wednesday when his truck will hopefully be fixed at around $45,000. OUCH! (Have you ever heard of a mechanic who has actually finished a job when they say they are going to?) lol
Did I mention that Ergon Energy have been up to their old tricks again with another power outage? What else is new?
*Yawn* well its time for me to hit the hay and go off into slumberland.
Until next time
Helen.
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