New Arrivals, Great and Small, Old and New

This weekend brought LOTS of surprises

and I thought I was going to have a quiet Mother's Day weekend.

Meet "DOC" yes he is a draft horse (a Belgian) , we don't raise draft horses, we have never had a draft horse and we never dreamed of having a draft horse.

But...this guy is dreamy! He was owned by a friend of ours that had a auction this past weekend that included 20 horses that he used as "school horses". My husband took me kicking and screaming to the auction but when I set eyes on this gentle soul I melted. We knew his destiny was probably to be sold to a "rent a horse" program and be ridden day in and day out by those that are too "big" to fit on the other horses.

Well you know the rest of the story...he now lives with us.

He is the gentle giant drawfing all our other horses.

It really was touching after we purchased him, we had several people come up and thank us for buying him.

I think the pleasure will be all ours.

We need to beef up "Doc's" groceries, he needs to gain about 100 to 150 pounds. Oh doesn't that sound like a yummy situation to be in.

He is a little furry but the warm weather and lots of brushing will take care of that.

I am sure he will be blossoming just like the trees and th grass in the next few weeks.

I will keep you updated on the "Adventures of Doc".

Look who else arrived this weekend!

Yes," Lila Rose" has a little sister!

She is still a little shy I took this when she was about 6 hours old.

Her Mama fooled us!

We have many safeguards in place so we will be there when a foal arrives, well...this mare "undid" our safeguards and she was last checked on at 3:00 a.m..

About 7:30 a.m. morning feeding begins and we see a extra pair of ears in her stall.

Luckily all went well which we are very thankful.

Yes, she does have a name.

First I must warn you that "horse people" have a very strange way of naming their horses, usually the mare's and/or stud's name is part of the foal's name. OK here goes, the dam's name is DUAL ME DIRTY (I must add it doesn't fit this little mare and I didn't name her) but the DIRTY part is very important because she was a very successful cutting mare. So after the events of this morning let me introduce you to

DIRTY LITTLE TRICK a.k.a. "Trick"

I also went to Moving Mates which is a big sale that is held every other weekend during the summer.

It has been awhile so I went a little crazy.

I am delighted with my purchases, the steamer trunk is my favorite.

The promise of spring holds true my garden is unfurling before my eyes.

Thank you so much for visiting, usually I don't ramble on so but I as you can tell I am thrilled with all our new "treasures".


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