Hearing Things

I hear geese.  I hope they are local. I'm not ready for fall even though I sort of think September 1st is fall even though it's not "official". There's still so much that needs to be done. I'm considering taking a day off from the paying job to extend the three day weekend holiday into four days so I can bust my butt and get stuff done. Of course I'm not prepared and don't have enough supplies. That's usually par for the course.


I had to move the ponies the other night because their "pasture" was done. I put them in front of the barn so it's a pain to get into and out of the barn but at least I'm not throwing hay yet. I dread the thought of throwing that expensive hay.


I also started picking up the temporary electric fence that the horses have torn down. There's no sense in having it out in the pasture any more. All it's doing is getting tangled up and the horses are running through it. I dont' want them to get the idea they can just blow throw any electric fence they want. They are starting to push on the permanent fence too so I'm guessing hay will be in order soon.


We still need to pick up two loads in Harrisburg and two in Madison but I'm not sure when that will happen. Mike finally started in on the roof of the garage after a bit of "discussion" from me. There's no way we can expect people to show up on a long holiday weekend and work on a roof if we arent' prepared.


I still need to get blankets washed, repaired, and waterproofed. I may work on that this weekend as well. I also need to do some painting and scraping on either the barn or the tack room. At this point, I'll be happy to simply get one wall of the tack room done. I seem to only have enough time to get three of the four sides done. At this rate, I'm now down to just getting one wall done. But at least then, the place won't look as dumpy.


I don't know if I'll be back on tomorrow or if I'll resurface after Labor Day on Tuesday. If I get my way, I'll have a ton of projects done but I'm not going to hold my breath. Things seem to be going at a snail's pace these days.


Lets just hope that the only thing that picks up is the activity around the Sanctuary. Because pretty soon, there WILL be non-local geese flying by and I don't want to be in a panic when that happens.