I have to work on pictures. My phone bites and it ate all of my pictures, so I'll try and handle that tomorrow. I am feeling like I'm in a strange place right now. I've had a hard time recently being away from friends and family, but I'm trying to turn things around.
Anyway, so updates. On March 6th, Lilo started pulling her fur and that afternoon she had 5 kits. I was real nervous about how things would go; whether or not she would be in a position to be a good mama. Within the first 24 hours, we lost one kit. After a week we lost another one and then a week after that we lost the third. There are two left, one is super big, both are super furry and pure white! Eyes are open and they've made their way over the barrier, looking for food and exploring. I'll try and add in pictures of the cuties tomorrow!
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| Oak Creek Canyon-ish, Arizona |
The horse sitch. Well, B decided to keep Rhia for himself. I searched for a couple of weeks to trade her and then he decided to hang on to her. I spent another week looking for an older horse that would be calm and give me an opportunity to regain my confidence. I found an older gelding a couple hours south of us who was working in an equine program. He's a thoroughbred and a former jumper. (Please don't let him decide he'd like to regain his former jumping glory!! lol) He's a little underweight and seems to have a bit of a joint problem, but I'm hoping that the extra weight and some supplements will do the trick.
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| My McDreamy |
We had a HUGE snow storm last weekend and it came on FAST! We ended up with about 2 feet over a couple of days. Let me tell you it was beautiful, but the horses weren't overally happy. McD was frozen and the highway was closed, so we had no shot at getting to Flagstaff to buy him a blanket. So, we improvised and took a blanket we had here, sewed a tarp onto it and then B did some fancy work and sewed straps on so that it would all fit him well. And, it did! It definitely kept him warm, he stopped shivering immediately. Now we are contending with a super muddy pasture. Sigh.
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| One of our views driving from our house through the Kaibab National Forest |
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| View from our front porch after the first snowfall. |
