To tell you the truth, I think most of the new cars are ugly. Haven't seen any that I like.
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To tell you the truth, I think most of the new cars are ugly. Haven't seen any that I like.
geez joann...falling on your knee few weeks back...now a branch nearly falling on you...some message there about falling....im very symbolic...ive found often things that happen to me ...have some other reason.....but that's me..im glad your safe...and still with us..
Thanks Deb. I'm glad I'm still here too. Guess I better not go hiking in the mountains either!
Here is in his new round pen. First he rolled and then he ran. Did a little kicking up of his heels but I couldn't get the camera to take a picture fast enough to catch him in the act
He thought the new gate was very scary but I took him in and out several times and he now is more relaxed about that.
We relaxed together and walked around the pen a bit.
He came over to me when called after we had been in the pen for about 20 minutes. Hooked up his lead and took him for a walk around the yard. Hubby took him out a second time to play with him in the pen. Very cute.
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Here is in his new round pen. First he rolled and then he ran. Did a little kicking up of his heels but I couldn't get the camera to take a picture fast enough to catch him in the act
He thought the new gate was very scary but I took him in and out several times and he now is more relaxed about that.
We relaxed together and walked around the pen a bit.
He came over to me when called after we had been in the pen for about 20 minutes. Hooked up his lead and took him for a walk around the yard. Hubby took him out a second time to play with him in the pen. Very cute.
You got it up! I'm thrilled for you and Wiseguy. I bet he liked plying in it. So, was it difficult to set up, or was it easy to figure out?
It was fairly easy to set up. We trampled a path in the sand about 60 feet around and then started bringing panels up from the driveway one at a time. Hubby did all the carrying. It has saddle clamps so one piece on the back and one on the front, put a bolt throught the hole and a nut on the end and tighten with a drill
Once we were about 3/4 of the way around we realized we would have to tighten it up a bit, so we lifted the panels and moved them in some. Once they were all up I retightened the bolts while Hubby yanked panels in and out some to make it more round.
A final tightening up of the bolts with a ratchet and we were done. Took about 4 or so hours of work with a good half hour break in the middle
He ran and ran for little while. He did about 6 rounds to the left then turned and did another 5 rounds to the right. I think it felt good to stretch and run and buck a little. It was great that he came right up to me and allowed the lead rope to be put on him no problems.
I have to clear a little more brush out of there so tomorrow I'll take him out there and use a shovel and a rake while he plays and gets used to his new pen. He was gazing over towards his horsey friends up the road but I had to tell him they don't live there any more. They got a new better home where someone wants to take care of them. A neighbor had been feeding them since the owners were not
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Here is in his new round pen. First he rolled and then he ran. Did a little kicking up of his heels but I couldn't get the camera to take a picture fast enough to catch him in the act
He thought the new gate was very scary but I took him in and out several times and he now is more relaxed about that.
We relaxed together and walked around the pen a bit.
He came over to me when called after we had been in the pen for about 20 minutes. Hooked up his lead and took him for a walk around the yard. Hubby took him out a second time to play with him in the pen. Very cute.
Well I don't have to ask if Wiseguy liked this new setup... He's having a ball !!
Job well done Lizzie! 
Wow! Nice enclosure. If I was a horse I think I would like that, but alas I am a Wabbit and need a smaller fence to keep me in
Mrs. Wabbit and I had to make a night time trip to Richmond Virginia because my youngest grandson has pink eye, can't go to daycare and both parents have important things to do at work so they can't stay homej. We did not plan to go until the weekend. I always take my netbook to stay in touch with everyone and Mrs. Wabbit cannot be without Facebook and email for over 12 hours. What a connected world we live in.
Mrs. Wabbit and I had to make a night time trip to Richmond Virginia because my youngest grandson has pink eye, can't go to daycare and both parents have important things to do at work so they can't stay homej. We did not plan to go until the weekend. I always take my netbook to stay in touch with everyone and Mrs. Wabbit cannot be without Facebook and email for over 12 hours. What a connected world we live in.
Wow! Nice enclosure. If I was a horse I think I would like that, but alas I am a Wabbit and need a smaller fence to keep me in
Mrs. Wabbit and I had to make a night time trip to Richmond Virginia because my youngest grandson has pink eye, can't go to daycare and both parents have important things to do at work so they can't stay homej. We did not plan to go until the weekend. I always take my netbook to stay in touch with everyone and Mrs. Wabbit cannot be without Facebook and email for over 12 hours. What a connected world we live in.
Sending healing vibes for your grandson. I hope he has been to the doctor and has medicine for the pinkeye. It should clear up rather quickly, but the eyes are nothing to fool around with.
Coffee is on....Cafe Verona....Sugar in the canister on the kitchen hutch Why am I up so early????
A warm tea bag on that pink probably won't hurt. My grandmother used that for eye condition, I think called sty.
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Why am I up so early????A warm tea bag on that pink probably won't hurt. My grandmother used that for eye condition, I think called sty.
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Thanks for the coffee, Lizzie, I needed an extra cup this morning! The round pen looks great and Wiseguy looks like he was having a great time. I think the grass in the pen adds to it, rather than detracts, at least from an aesthetics viewpoint from a non-horse owner.
Got a ton of stuff to do today, raking and bagging leaves, adjust a gate, rebuild some CE3s, mix some liquids, do some laundry, slop the hogs, feed the cattle, plow the back 400, but keep ending up reading about solar collectors, heat exchangers, tanks and pumps. This solar water heater was supposed to be an inexpensive and easy project but it's turning into a whole lot more than that. I was going to build collectors myself, but if I do that we can't get the tax rebate...on the other hand (there's a thumb and four fingers) buying commercial ones is expensive and shipping them is expensive while building them is a moderate, not cheap, expense. Gotta think this thing through thoroughly.
Got a ton of stuff to do today, raking and bagging leaves, adjust a gate, rebuild some CE3s, mix some liquids, do some laundry, slop the hogs, feed the cattle, plow the back 400, but keep ending up reading about solar collectors, heat exchangers, tanks and pumps. This solar water heater was supposed to be an inexpensive and easy project but it's turning into a whole lot more than that. I was going to build collectors myself, but if I do that we can't get the tax rebate...on the other hand (there's a thumb and four fingers) buying commercial ones is expensive and shipping them is expensive while building them is a moderate, not cheap, expense. Gotta think this thing through thoroughly.
I know just what you are going through Roland. I would love to put up a small wind generator, just 1 or 2 Kw but I live near a small airport, in a residential community with lots of trees (not mine). I possibly could go up 60 feet in the air with 15 foot blades, but I would need to get a ton of approvals in addition to the cost of the turbine, pole, and connections. The payback would be over 20 years and that is just too long for me. As I posted previously, my geothermal eliminated $3600 to $3800 in oil bills, so the payback will be less than 6 to 8 years. I have had it installed for three years already, saving over $10,000 in oil bills alone. Before installing geothermal I researched what seems to be forever because of the initial high costl, but the Federal Tax credits and State of Maryland clean energy rebate made it economical. Good Luck on your project.
We got a federal tax credit for the wood stove which we installed ourselves but obviously we bought the wood stove from a commercial vendor and din't make it ourselves The hearth and labor were not tax credits. Labor was free since Hubby is a maintenance mechanic. We put in the hearth ourselves.
The hearth and labor were not tax credits. Labor was free since Hubby is a maintenance mechanic. We put in the hearth ourselves.
I think the grass in the round pen won't hurt anything unless it's not good for Wiseguy to eat, or if it hinders his movement when you want to work him. However, if you work him in a round pen with grass that he'll want to eat, it's just another distraction to training. If it's edible, then there's a decision on whether you will use the pen more for turnout or for training.
That's a shame you can't get a rebate if you build the stuff yourself. If with that in mind, the prices are close, it might be better to buy than build. It would save a lot of work, and if something went wrong, there might be a guarantee from the company. Sometimes DIY projects turn out to be a lot more involved and expensive than you originally thought.
There is so little grass out there that it won't last long anyway. My bigger problem is the shrubbery. There are purple smoke bushes and greasewood out there. I don't think he will try to eat them but they are in the way. There are some old dead greasewoods out there that have created mounds in the sand so I need to dig through and get the larger sticks out of the mounds. I worked on it this winter but we weren't positive where the round pen would actually go and I didn't want to clean up an area and find out it wasn't inside the pen when we built it. I have enough to do around here without making extra work
A stunning sunrise is beginning. Maybe I'll get out there and feed and gaze a bit. 37 degrees and warm again today. It isn't going to last. Looks like it should cool off again pretty soon.
A stunning sunrise is beginning. Maybe I'll get out there and feed and gaze a bit. 37 degrees and warm again today. It isn't going to last. Looks like it should cool off again pretty soon.
There is so little grass out there that it won't last long anyway. My bigger problem is the shrubbery. There are purple smoke bushes and greasewood out there. I don't think he will try to eat them but they are in the way. There are some old dead greasewoods out there that have created mounds in the sand so I need to dig through and get the larger sticks out of the mounds. I worked on it this winter but we weren't positive where the round pen would actually go and I didn't want to clean up an area and find out it wasn't inside the pen when we built it. I have enough to do around here without making extra work
A stunning sunrise is beginning. Maybe I'll get out there and feed and gaze a bit. 37 degrees and warm again today. It isn't going to last. Looks like it should cool off again pretty soon.
That's what happened here. Yesterday started out looking like maybe a hint of spring, then some snow flurries, and then the temperature dropped all day. In the evening, I went to the barn where I used to board Penny -- it was like old home week, returning -- and watched the barn owner and another take a lesson from a new instructor she recently got. It was a good lesson, though sitting there for about an hour in an unheated barn got chilly after a while. It's not so bad if you are riding, but just sitting got cold. After the lesson, when the barn owner was going to take the tack off her horse, I asked if I could try to remove the saddle. I wanted to see how my arm would do, and removing a saddle is easier than lifting it on, I thought. Actually, lifting it off the horse's back was easier than I thought it'd be, but loosening the girth buckle was a strain. I did it, though. I met a new boarder who wasn't there when I had Penny there. She seemed very nice. I felt a bit homesick, though Penny is really happy in her new home.
Today, it's a lot colder. 18 degrees, last I checked, and there are some snow flurries with just a dusting on the ground.
If there are wiry bushes that Wiseguy won't eat and that would get in the way, then by all means, take them out. They will just hinder your work with Wiseguy. But if it's stuff he'd eat, maybe save yourself some work and let him eat it down. He might like having a little grass instead of just hay, and it didn't look lush enough to worry about founder from too much spring grass.
Good for you, Sandy. Undoing the girth and lifting the saddle off is progress
Shrubbery is probably too fancy a word for the grease wood and smoke bushes. They are spindly, nasty, deserty plants and I think they are poisonous. The goats won't touch them. Grease wood makes a hot fast burning fire though. It is named because putting the wood on a fire is like pouring grease onto it
Shrubbery is probably too fancy a word for the grease wood and smoke bushes. They are spindly, nasty, deserty plants and I think they are poisonous. The goats won't touch them. Grease wood makes a hot fast burning fire though. It is named because putting the wood on a fire is like pouring grease onto it
Coffee is on....Cafe Verona....Sugar in the canister on the kitchen hutch
A warm tea bag on that pink probably won't hurt. My grandmother used that for eye condition, I think called sty.
Can't stand facebook.
Good morning Volties and thanks for the coffee Lizzie. Facebook hater here too!
Good for you, Sandy. Undoing the girth and lifting the saddle off is progress
Shrubbery is probably too fancy a word for the grease wood and smoke bushes. They are spindly, nasty, deserty plants and I think they are poisonous. The goats won't touch them. Grease wood makes a hot fast burning fire though. It is named because putting the wood on a fire is like pouring grease onto it
If you pull them up, it sounds like they might make good kindling for your woodstove.
Good morning, Joanne.
I really don't get the facebook phenomenon. I don't think my life should be paraded in public. I finally joined because the miniature horse group likes using facebook.
I really don't get the facebook phenomenon. I don't think my life should be paraded in public. I finally joined because the miniature horse group likes using facebook.
Your life is not on parade unless you post about it. You can limit your friends and drop friends if you want. Almost all of my facebook friends are close family and I have my posts marked friends only not friends of friends. We can keep up with my daughters and grandkids.
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