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~~~Addy Pooped!~~~~~~~(a fecal sojourn)~~~

~~~Addy Pooped!~~~~~~~(a fecal sojourn)~~~

Tra!  La!    Tra!  La!     Tra!  La! Addy took a dump! It’s amazing the things you celebrate on a farm… Horses drinking… Horses pooping… …..it’s not just confined to horses, though…..it applies to everybody……. …..the Trifecta–Of–Life……. …..(eating, drinking, poo’ing & pee’ing…..and that’s not a trifecta, is it?)… …..(quad-fecta?) You become a poop-connoisseur when you work with animals……. …..is it moist?……. …..is it formed?……. …..how much volume?……. …..any worms?……. …..what’s the texture?……. …..what’s the color?….. …..can you break it…

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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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