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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Tornado Warnings....

 Good light.....






 It was a nice, cool morning and I am happy to report
 that Berlin seemed to be back to her normal self
when I got out to the barn.












 Today is our 53rd wedding anniversary and we
celebrated by going out to Zambistro in Medina for lunch.


We both had their Steak/fries lunch with a beautiful side salad.


 The weather was great so we ate out on the patio.


 On the way home we dropped off a bushel of cucumbers to Scott
and Alix at Fox Cross Farm... so they could use them at their
restaurant (The Shirt Factory).
 By the time we got back to the farm, it had warmed up by 11 
or 12 degrees.  Berlin was still fine, socializing with her pals.





 I made a quick trip to Wegmans and by the time I got home, could
see that we had some serious rain.


Before too long it started coming down again like gang busters.

 All of a sudden there was a very loud buzzing on the TV and 
we were given a tornado warning.  Fortunately, it did not get
too bad here.  By 7:30 it started to clear up and you could
see (barely) a rainbow to the south.
 I had leftover veggies for dinner and Gary had granola.
Now it is time to get back to the Netflix Series I have been binging 
on for days.  There are 7 seasons and it was created in Australia.
In some ways, it reminds me of the old Ally McBeal show.
Ta Ta!


Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Berlin

I let the dogs out a little before 6 and it looked like this.



 Berlin has been much better about eating all of her grain for the past week
and she looked pretty normal this morning until I was ready to turn
her out.  She was very unsteady and took her time getting out but
made her way to the pasture.
Ended up giving her some bute and decided to take advantage of
the moisture in the outdoor arena by going over it with the 
York rake.  Scott sure turned this into a very useful piece of equipment.
 When the horses came in for a drink, Elliott ended up 
running into Berlin and she went down.  Before I got
to her she managed to get up on her own.  Not what she needed.
The bute had not kicked in yet,and I decided to put her in
the run-in by the fan with some hay and water.  She was able 
to see the horses when they were under the shed roof and looked
out the back door when they were in the pasture.




 I went over the outdoor 3 times and it sure leveled it out.
Not very deep yet, but much better than when I tried it
the other day (when it was as hard as a rock).




 I checked on Berlin several times....



 and decided turn turn her out with the others around 3.
By then she seemed much more stable.

 The last time I went out to check her, (before Karen did evening chores)
 the horses were in the front paddock eating grass and she was screaming at
Elliott.  In the most raging heat I have ever seen.  35 years old! 
 This morning I was worried that this was her last day.  
Let's see what tomorrow brings.







Night all.