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*The Hoof Abscess Saga…aka Addy’s Last Post*

*The Hoof Abscess Saga…aka Addy’s Last Post*

I had an entire post which had almost been completed prior to my recent cardiac “procedure”…(last Friday)….. It was all about Addy’s hoof-health and how it had improved/resolved/& healed….. Suzanne-Annette came over to bathe and body-clip the girls…to keep them more comfortable…(because their excessive winter coats are not necessary in Florida)….. Addy was bathed…clipped…and happy on Wednesday…alert…with a good appetite….. On Thursday morning…with my normal morning head-count….. …..I found Addy laying down…unable to get up…and struggling to breathe…..?….. Stevie Wonder…

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*****WHAT…..!!!?!!!!…..Now There’s Gamma*****

*****WHAT…..!!!?!!!!…..Now There’s Gamma*****

Tropical-Something Gamma is doing a twirl down around the Yucatan Peninsula….. *****Gamma—–You Little Devil***** Most of the tracks have it going WNW….. …..so far….. We appear to be motoring our way through the Greek alphabet….. What’s the name after Gamma?…… I’ll go check….. ***Apparently It’s Delta*** (I would’ve thought that Delta would come before Gamma…..but hey, this is the Greek alphabet) I like “Mu”….. …..but I don’t want to get that far into the alphabet to reach a Tropical System…

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The Holiday Sprint

The Holiday Sprint

Maybe the Holidays should be more accurately identified as a Sprint combined with a Marathon… Today for example: Wake up. Brush multiple cats off face. Feed cats; feed hounds; feed puppies; clean puppy kennels. Go outside (take multiple deep breaths to clear my head of the morning house-fumes). Feed chickens/turkeys/rabbits/goats/pigs…….and then the horses. Check on Poppy (who had decided to opportunistically break down the already dry-rotted fence posts yesterday…….and then gorge on a compressed alfalfa block…….and then subsequently colic…….). Yesterday…

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