Wednesday, September 9, 2009
090909 today. NineNineNine to all our German friends, okay, make that YesYesYes.
Awoke to a bright sunshiny day. There was a rush to make silage. Literally making hay while the sun shines. Forecast indicates it will last only today, then more cold rain.
On my own now with the horses, I spent the morning mucking stalls and turning out the mare and her filly. She is really suffering after her follow-up visit with the vet. A new abscess was discovered in the bottom of her hoof, poor thing. No wonder she was walking funny - wasn’t just because she was favoring her sore leg.
The master horseman, and horse-business partner of “our” property owner, came by to trailer the filly and mare back to his place for more intensive therapy/treatment and I was invited to come along. What an experience. With the help of two of his staff, we set about to clean, disinfect, and treat her wounds. Trevor pressure-washed the “holes” in the filly’s leg and in her hoof then bandaged the hoof to help keep the dirt out. A very strong (seriously strong) antibiotic was given intramuscularly, then we all returned home. What an experience, what an operation. Check it out for yourself, go out the back gate and turn left, keep driving ‘til you reach:
http://www.bridgehousestudireland.com/
Olympic show jumpers and famous race horses are bred and raised here . . . . “million dollar babies”. I enjoyed a top-of-the line Irish horse experience from the inside, side by side with the master. What a treat! And what a generous family man to boot, with a lovely wife, Elizabeth, and fun-loving, children.
It was lunch time by the time I returned. Chicken and potatoes with vine-ripened tomatoes for us. Mmmmm.
I spent the remainder of the day working with Kevin in the “future” walled garden beds. We took the sod that had been removed and used it to build an extension on the existing ???? Don’t know what it’s called here, but looks something like a muck pile. It’s a wall of growing grass. The pictures tell the story.
We enjoyed the afternoon in the sunshine and five o’clock came quickly. After a dinner of venison chili and rice we spent the evening trying (unsuccessfully) to get online with our laptops.
I have been writing our daily blog entries in a Word document and hope to publish them soon. May be able to put them on a gadget and do so tomorrow if we can get access to the “household” computer.
Off to dreamland, still smiling. . . .
090909 today. NineNineNine to all our German friends, okay, make that YesYesYes.
Awoke to a bright sunshiny day. There was a rush to make silage. Literally making hay while the sun shines. Forecast indicates it will last only today, then more cold rain.
On my own now with the horses, I spent the morning mucking stalls and turning out the mare and her filly. She is really suffering after her follow-up visit with the vet. A new abscess was discovered in the bottom of her hoof, poor thing. No wonder she was walking funny - wasn’t just because she was favoring her sore leg.
The master horseman, and horse-business partner of “our” property owner, came by to trailer the filly and mare back to his place for more intensive therapy/treatment and I was invited to come along. What an experience. With the help of two of his staff, we set about to clean, disinfect, and treat her wounds. Trevor pressure-washed the “holes” in the filly’s leg and in her hoof then bandaged the hoof to help keep the dirt out. A very strong (seriously strong) antibiotic was given intramuscularly, then we all returned home. What an experience, what an operation. Check it out for yourself, go out the back gate and turn left, keep driving ‘til you reach:
http://www.bridgehousestudireland.com/
Olympic show jumpers and famous race horses are bred and raised here . . . . “million dollar babies”. I enjoyed a top-of-the line Irish horse experience from the inside, side by side with the master. What a treat! And what a generous family man to boot, with a lovely wife, Elizabeth, and fun-loving, children.
It was lunch time by the time I returned. Chicken and potatoes with vine-ripened tomatoes for us. Mmmmm.
I spent the remainder of the day working with Kevin in the “future” walled garden beds. We took the sod that had been removed and used it to build an extension on the existing ???? Don’t know what it’s called here, but looks something like a muck pile. It’s a wall of growing grass. The pictures tell the story.
We enjoyed the afternoon in the sunshine and five o’clock came quickly. After a dinner of venison chili and rice we spent the evening trying (unsuccessfully) to get online with our laptops.
I have been writing our daily blog entries in a Word document and hope to publish them soon. May be able to put them on a gadget and do so tomorrow if we can get access to the “household” computer.
Off to dreamland, still smiling. . . .
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