Thinking of you in Ohio,
Molly
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From: rivervalleyph
To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:47 PM
Subject: [haflingerfriends] Re: Rivervalley update...
Well today was no exception to the rule of a bad week around here!
Lets se....were to start...oh ya..I woke up! Just kidding. Anyway, what did I do stupid this morning? Backed my pu over a T post to start with, yup- tore a chunk out of my step thing...scrathched the truck too. Oh well, now later this evening (the day was ok, showed haflingers off today) I went to get in the pu to go to town and pick up the neihbors kid as a ride home was in need right? Ya- the tire was flat! Air it up you say...well that would be good if I could get the generator started for the aircompressor- but its froze up cause its cold! So, I get a wee little bit of air in it that was in the tank and drive to town real slow like...go to the tire place to get my tire fixed right? Not! Their closed. Put air in then....nope, no hose. Go to a different store, can't find a gauge, so eye ball it- get air in it- get the kid home and me home....low and behold I found the leak- a bad one I think from running over the T post probibly. So- it'll be flat again soon! YIPPY! Hoping that the aircompressor will start tomorrow- or I'll be feeding with horses I guess, except the broke ones are not home for the most part. Now...this evening..hopefully the shower works! AND my bed is ready for me company! I'm ready. Why can't I just have a normal, good, hassel free, no problems kinda day?!
Hope this makes someone laugh.....
~Dawn
> > Hi My hafinger friends. I am sad to announce that the first foal for 2010 at Rivervalley lost life within minutes of birth. Due to my own neglect, the mares are up in high country still, this mare was early in foaling, went off by the river bed to foal and the d*^m coyotes killed it within minutes of birth. What a hard hit. I think I will get the fences fixed NOW and bring the girls home asap. None are bagged up other than her, who barely has a bag even now. But I want them home and I want the coyotes dead! And the wolves! And whatever else wants to eat my foals! I'm frustrated, angry and sad, though this was not a planned breeding, I new the mare was bred and it is upsetting none the less. I do not mean to bore you with tragidy, just feeling stupid and mad at myself for not getting her home earlier. Anyway, I loaded the foal in the truck and raced it out of over a mile of pasture while mom followed and whinnied and that is a real tear jerker I'll tell ya. I couldn't leave it to be eaten by the nasty as.wh.pes, and have her not go to feed at all, so this way maybe she will settle down in a few days before I move them home. Not sure what to do with baby. Just want to take a 30-30 and shoot the sorry ..... to peices. He even had the nerve to stand just off aways and watch me load it! Urrrr. Well, hopefully this will be the end of our losses for this year and things will brighten up from here on out.
> > I don't mean to sound harsh but in our country tough is as tough gets unfortunately. I do regret not getting them home, but even a few years ago we had a cat trying to kill our foals right here in our foaling pasture close to the house. This life may not be for everyone I guess and sometimes I have to dig to find a way to make this work for me too. But, we just keep going I guess. Though we will never know why, we will know it wasn't ment to be. It sucks and hurts but I don't know how else to look at it without bawling. Yes Denny, it was sired by Alto to be this early. Sorry.
> > Thanks for listening my friends....
> > Dawn
> > Rivervalley Ranch
> >
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