Well, our little Hope is three weeks old today, and sharing this day with her is our granddaughter Amelia who is one year old..where has the time gone?? Of course our little man AJ is four days old. What a whirlwind year this has been, quite the journey I would say and we have got to share it with all of you.
All is well here. Today we are going to putter around doing our daily chores. We have been working on fly abatement the last two days and have been quite successful. Today, I am going to hang water bottles half full of water and a small piece of tin foil in the bottles in stalls as yet another experiment. A friend does this and it keeps the flies away as well, pretty much the same theory as the zip lock bags half filled as well. Will try just about anything to keep them pesky varmits from the horses, thus far what we are doing is working well..very few flies.
Once again, I would like to express my gratitude to my friend and fellow FOB Cathy P. for contacting Mr. Stone who generously donated the signed print of "Legacy of Hope" it is beautiful. This will be for future fundraiser. Thank you Mr. Stone and thank you Cathy. You can see this print here.
The Barley Straw bags are working, I do recommend them for water tanks/barrels. You have to start with a clean barrel, but it does the job of keeping the slime out.
Please consider purchasing your tickets for the June Hay drive for the chance to win the Barbaro brooch valued at $210.00 which was donated by a wonderful FOB who prefers to remain nameless at this time. It is a beautiful piece.
Also, please remember we've started running a new live web cam. Here's a photo snapped from the camera last night:
Quite a difference! You can access the cam at Yahoo Live.
Well, must get ready to start the day. I hope each of you has a wonderful day!!
Stephanie
