Ellie and Diana

Ellie is the horse that Lisa rescued from slaughter. She likes Lisa but I don't think she likes me very much. Diana is the calf someone dropped off at Heather's clinic in Winchester. She has some health issues but seems to be doing better.

Ellie bonded with Diana when they were in the barnyard together. Now that Ellie is out in the pasture they visit over the fence.

Ellie had a doctor's appointment so she went to town with Lisa today. 

The ewes are in the pond pasture now. They still like to sit by the hen house in the mornings. 

I split a bunch of the wood this weekend. I filled the rack in the tractor port (a.k.a. the woodshed). The bark peeled off most of it. That's all the bark piled at the ens of the splitter. It's in the burn pile now.

 Hi.

The girls had baths this week. They're all sparkly.

The Unicorn

Since antiquity unicorns have been thought to be mythical beasts. While horses are known to have 4 or 5 natural gaits, a unicorn has at least 12. They can also combine them into infinite combinations. It's impossible for a human to stay on a unicorn's back unless it wants you to stay there. They can throw you with a thought. And they can think. Unicorns are nearly as intelligent as dragons which, of course, are nearly twice as intelligent as humans. Unicorns are prized for the magic in their horns which is wielded by the sound the unicorn makes trumpeting the horn. Without the  unicorn wielding the horn the magic is greatly diminished but not completely gone. Unicorns were hunted to near extinction for the magic in their horns. Until recently they were indeed thought to be extinct. I had heard of their resurgence but had never seen one, and certainly never a unicorn with a rider. That is, until today. Unicorn riders are always chaotic but often good and this one was both. We were lucky since the magic a unicorn rider must have to even attempt to mount a unicorn is great and powerful. The magic of the rider while on unicornback is amplified to a point near that of deity. They can be dangerous for mere humans to encounter. It was okay, we had cookies.

This is Happy Dog. He's the elderly rescue we are fostering.

Poppy got a new pink ball.

Unicorn and rider.

The rider is a faerie (note the wings). 

The rider was nice but hard to understand.

The unicorn itself was gorgeous. It was magnificent to behold.

Heather's Bottle Baby

If you missed Heather's Facebook post about the calf, I added some pictures here. She's in the stall and gets up and walks around. (The calf, not Heather) She mooed for her lunch so she's doing pretty well. We're hoping for the best. As you can see, she looks delicious.

Lisa picked up a dog from the Morehead shelter. They thought it was a Sheltie but it is actually an Aussie. She's a really nice dog. Friendly and happy, didn't attack the cat, handled well in the bath. All good qualities. Too bad she isn't a Sheltie. She's at the clinic now getting spayed.

Tinks led an attack on the white chicken that had flown into the yard. Lisa was able to rescue it. Now it's convalescing in the rabbit cage.

She liked to roll around.

Very cute.

Poppy wants her ears.

She had to stay in the garage because she had a cough.

Heather's little girl.

She drools a lot.

Chicken rehab. The dogs got hold of this one.

Poppy

Poppy in a Onesie

It was nice weather all weekend. Highs were in the low 70s and lows in the upper 40s. Nice for working outside. I got the pond pasture mowed. The grass was pretty high so I used the bush hog. Last time I mowed it I had used the zero-turn.

It's the pasture on the left.

Lisa picked up a new boot cleaner brush. It has screw holes so you can fasten it to your porch. I didn't want to make it that permanent so I screwed it to a couple of rough cut oak boards. Other than mounting the boot brush, today I split firewood. I did have to straighten up the wood shed. It was still a mess from the last trailer load. I got about 3/4 of a face-cord done today. I'm a little worried about the logs I have stored under the edge of the shed roof. The rain splashes on the bottom row and since that side faces north the sun never hits them and they stay wet for a long time. Hopefully they haven't rotted. When I get those processed I plan to put some metal over there to keep it dry. We should still have plenty for this winter but by next year we may be needing to load up again.

The old boot brush was falling apart.

I used two boards so you could stand on it to hold it in place.

Poppy got wounded a few days ago. She has a big cut on her back, we aren't sure how she got it. She is quite active and could have run into something. One of the other dogs may have bitten her. They usually can't catch her but may have thought she wasn't as cute as we think she is and got lucky. It's healing but the others are licking it and now that it is drying it must itch because Poppy is trying to lick it. So we got her a onesie. Lisa measured her. It doesn't snap because of her tail and it's a little loose in the butt area. Baby butts are fatter than dog butts. We're hoping it will keep her and them away from the wound.

It's purple and says "I Pooped" on it. (Or something,
I don't actually remember)

Riley is one of the foster Shelties. She is energetic and happy. She loves to play and runs around the yard. She doesn't chase the ball here but I think she would on her own. Poppy and Luna are loud and take ball playing very seriously. Riley is affectionate and wants to please. She is looking for her forever home but she is happy and welcome here until the right one comes along.

Riley.