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Bartholomew and the Blacksmith

Bartholomew and the Blacksmith

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We recently had our blacksmith out to trim the Clydesdale ladies’ hooves….. And…it was also time for Bartholomew to have his very first trim….. …..much like a little boy’s very first hair cut….. These kinds of farm events can be smooth & simple….. Or they can just as easily turn catastrophic & calamitous….. Fortunately…this first hoof trim was (fairly) easy and quick….. …..(probably because Bartholomew weighs less that a hundred pounds)….. In addition…my…

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How To Put Weight On Your Ass

How To Put Weight On Your Ass

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~~~Personally…I’ve never had a problem with that~~~ *****(A Donkey’s Diet )***** But…a little while ago…we noticed that Sibyl was losing weight….. We were giving her ample good quality horse feed and hay….. Her son was still with her…(and trying to nurse)….. That could have been Potential Problem #1….. Neither one of them had been wormed yet….. That was definitely Potential Problem #2….. But what with the better quality meals and the TLC…it didn’t make sense that she’d be loosing weight(?)……..

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~Donkey Update~

~Donkey Update~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sibyl and Bartholomew are doing fine….. We are in the process of repairing and rebuilding the back paddock…which will be their home….. Not to dwell on the obvious….. But Hurricane Milton did leave his “mark” on us…and we are still weeding and wading our way clear of all the extra “To Do’s” that he left for us to fix and clean up….. Now that all of the stacks of wood/brush/& logs have been…

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~~~The Hee Hee’s~~~

~~~The Hee Hee’s~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps****** We got the “Hee Hee’s”……………now we have to start working on the “Haw’s”….. Bartholomew is growing up….. We don’t really know how old he is….. …..we’re estimating about nine months old….. We have no idea how old his mother is….. I think Doctor Stevie Wonder will be able to estimate their ages by their teeth the next time he comes out….. Donkey’s are very gregarious…they are farmyard yentas too….. If you want to…

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*Skijoring*

*Skijoring*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* With the Winter Olympics currently going on in Milan, Italy….. I thought this would be an appropriate post….. The Winter months are time for cold weather sports…but what kind of Sports?….. You are only limited by your imagination….. *****(Skijoring–Explained)***** I should check back in my past posts…I’m fairly sure I wrote about the winter donkey escapades of my youth….. *****(I Did Write About It Before–In A Post In 2017–“Bad Playgrounds #2”)***** My older…

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~They Have Names Now~

~They Have Names Now~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* *****(Pasture Guardian Donkeys Are A Thing)***** Mama donkey and baby donkey came home to us without names….. They’d been part of a nameless herd….. But names are important….. Something to think about…struggle over…and ultimately choose….. Like I’ve mentioned before…we started out our donkey sojourn with Amanda then….. …..Phineas…Erasmus…Sassafras…and Nugget….. And then more recently on to Josie…Holly (the diminutive beast)…and most recently Annie….. …..some of the names we chose…some donkeys already came with their…

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*Guardians Of The Pasture*

*Guardians Of The Pasture*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We moved forward on finding a donkey to be our herd guardian….. Even though we don’t have an actual herd yet….. …..but we’re making plans…we’re moving forward….. The gentleman (who was our donkey contact)…had an excessive amount of donkeys….. …..standard-sized donkeys as well as miniatures….. We had our past experiences with Holly (our one attempt at owning a miniature donkey)….. …..and she was Horrible….. We needed a herd guardian to protect our herd…

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Bees, Donkeys, & Cows

Bees, Donkeys, & Cows

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Just musing and making plans for the New Years….. ~~~~~Things To Do…Places To Go…People To See~~~~~ *****I really need to re-propagate my honey bees…this year…it has got to happen….. …but first…I’ll need to attack the infamous dog fennel that’s currently surrounding my bee platform….. It’s going to take a machete to get back there….. …..(that reminds me/I have to sharpen the machete)….. EVERYONE seems to be ignoring the obvious-ness of last year’s dog…

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~~~Chilliness~~~

~~~Chilliness~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It’s finally here….. The doors are open…the A/C’s off….. …..everything is getting a (much needed) airing….. …..and we’re COLD(ish)…(70 degrees)…and it’s wonderful!….. I’m even celebrating the return of my Raynaud’s Syndrome…(which…as you know…I fondly refer to as my cadaver-fingers)….. …..(Why Are My Fingers White)….. …..(I wonder what it would be like if I still lived up North?)….. I’ve been keeping track of what’s happening in New York State….. Lordy George!………….that’s a lot of…

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~~~Guard Donkey~~~

~~~Guard Donkey~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** My last post was about a flock of Black Vultures who took up residency in our goat pasture….. I’m totally cool with them co-habitating with us….. …..I also understand that the world is made up of different creatures…who can only be…what they were meant to be….. …..Vultures…are…Vultures….. They will reliably look like a vulture….. …..and reliably act like a vulture….. I think people make the mistake of trying to expect more from an…

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