Gypsy Life

You can definately tell fall is here. Without a doubt fall is here but for how long? I keep getting the urge to go on a quick vacation just to get away one more time. It doesn't have to be far or for very long.

I was thinking of our vacation back in August and how beautiful it was. I'm betting it's even more gorgeous now with the leaves changing.

We may have to make one last mad dash before we get back to reality. I swear I must have been a gypsy in a previous life. I love to see the landscape and see the beautiful lands surrounding me wherever I go.

I'm hoping this weekend that we can get a lot of fencing done. I'm not sure how long we have the tractor but I want to get as many wood fence posts in before the ground freezes. How sad is that? I am already thinking about the ground freezing and dealing with winter.

We put in a few fence posts last weekend. Mike has been working to make some of them into panels so that we can hang gates and string wire. I can't wait until we get all the fence posts in the ground. The problem is I keep coming up with more places to put in fence posts to make my life easier.

Mike had mentioned making the pony pen more permanent. I really like the idea. We bought some cheap cedar posts so maybe that would work. Then I could use the corral panels for other things. The ponies have to be in very secure fencing, otherwise Skippy pushes. He's a stinker like that. If I could get the pony pen permanent I could also turn it into my a quarantien area. Ok, so it's not far enough away from the main herd but at least I could put new horses in a secure location with complete cover from the elements. I may have to do some sweet talking to get Mike to help.

I'm hoping Saturday we can put fence posts in the ground and spend Sunday stringing wire. I would feel so much better moving the mares to the back pasture. I read that Saturday is opening day for duck season. Pheasant season is just around the corner. I absolutely HAVE to get the mares out of the hill pasture. It's too close to the road and I'm sure Babe will spook if someone tries to do some road hunting.

Poor Babe gets upset even when I drive by with the farm truck out on the road. The quieter the location for her the better. We were afraid her hearing was going. I think it depends on all the surrounding noise. White noise, truck noise, traffic, etc. makes her hearing go. Sounds odd but I've found that having her at Borderlands instead of her "winter home" has helped her hearing. It's fairly quiet at Borderlands so I think she can hear a bit better.


I think our weekend has been decided for us. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the hay guy is coming on Saturday. If that's the case, we can get a few more posts dug before and after the hay arrives.

I need to make room in the red shed for the hay. I didn't plan everything right and the small squares are taking up precious room so I guess I have to put the big squares in the red shed for now. I still need to figure out how to handle the big squares when we run out of hay in the hay barn. There's always something when it comes to hay.

The last pic is from Deerfield Lake in the Black Hills. I'm sure that the aspen leaves are turning colors. I did hear someone else hint that we might either get a freeze or snow the first part of November based on the old wives tale 90 days from fog. They actually heard it as 96 days from fog. I'll have to do another blog about my upcoming thoughts on that topic!

Until then, maybe I'll get to play gypsy one more time and disappear for one last vacation before winter sets in.