Escape Artists

I came home last night after the sun had set to discover the ponies had dismantled the corral panels and were enjoying the buffet in the yard. Luckily they hadn't gone far and it was still light out but it was a shock pulling up the driveway. Luckily after years with the ponies, we all know that we need to go slow and not stress out over their escape. They've learned to stick close to home and enjoy the finder grasses the other side of the fence has to offer. They were more than willing to go into their pen (and the kids were content to sit in the car while I wrangled the ponies).


I knew I needed to move them yesterday but time was limited. It'll be a project for today instead. I could have moved corral panels and got started on getting them switched over yesterday but at 10:30pm, I wasn't feeling the excitement of that task even though the coyotes were near and singing to me. Let me tell you, I do not enjoy their songs. It's bad enough when they start howling in the distance but when it sounds like they are in the pasture, I get a little jittery. We've had coyotes in the yard before so I would rather not be out when they decide to wander through the place.


We've had thunderstorms two days straight so that put a stop to any outside projects. It's been the fun thunder rumbling kind of thunderstorms so I was ok with it. We are going to be doing more outside cleanup projects this weekend and my fingers are crossed that the weather holds. All of my projects are contingent on different parts getting done. I have two house projects that I have to do in order or I can't get them done (or it'll be a bigger pain in my rear later on). I'm hoping we can start tackling some of them this weekend. Some will be horse related and if anyone comes out for our cleanup day on Saturday, I'll be sure to put them on the Sanctuary stuff. Otherwise, I'll be working on home improvements that we'll get to use for the Sanctuary.


After 15 years, it'll be nice to finally change a few things that I've wanted done so many years ago.


Now if I could just get some better fencing for the ponies.