Staying Busy

I love fall. It's probably my most favorite season. I only wish it didn't follow with a very long, drawn out and super cold winter. Maybe I love fall because of the variety of colors or the way the light shines on the trees and the corn in the mornings and evenings. Whatever it is, I'll take it.


The ponies decided to make a break for it last night. I didn't secure the gate well enough and Skippy likes to itch his butt on the gates and fences. Luckily, they didn't go far and I was able to coax them in to where they needed to go. I need to more corral panels yet again for the ponies. I've been trying to move them around the yard so that we don't have to throw hay. The less I use hay now, the better we will be.


We picked up 50 bales of small squares last Friday and still need to unload them into the hay barn. We also still need to haul the 55 big round bales home (and pay for them). I'll feel better when the bill is paid and the bales are home. It's a bit of a challenge as we no longer get them delivered on a semi. We have to haul them 11 at a time. It's not a big deal, just time consuming and I've noticed in the past five months, we have very little time. As long as we get them home before the snow flies (we have 12 bales at home from last year we didn't use).


We won't have extra hay this year. I'm afraid we may be short on hay this year. We are in the works of picking up some new residents but need to coordinate schedules and get them home. They are perfectly fine where they are at, nice clean water and lots of pasture but no one to keep an eye on them.


We have a trip scheduled for the Avera Prince of Peace Retirement Community later this month but that's it for adventures and outings. I had hoped to get our annual playday scheduled but can't seem to figure out a way to make it work this year. We need to do some serious fundraising but time is so limited I'm struggling. At this point, I'm doing chores in the dark already and although the days are getting shorter, there's still daylight until 8pm. But it seems I'm stuck doing chores in the dark for the next eight months.


So if anyone wants to help, just say the word. We have more than enough to keep people busy (both with and without horses!)