Sunday, May 22, 2011

Birthday, Fly Masks and A Question

Had a great time at Jim's folks. Hope when I'm 90 I can still make birthday dinners for my family.
Put fly masks on 9 horses today. Have 15 masks left but need
3 drafts
4 larges
13 mediums
2 mules
4 donkeys
3 ponies
1 mini
If you have an extra or an older mask in good shape the animals here would appreciate them. Or if you are buying new ones could you buy one extra for us?Not everyone gets a mask, because not everyone is catchable.
We are really working on fly control, but those pesky creatures love the eyes.
Dancing Drum had her mask off before I could get out of her yard. I put it back on. We'll see how long she'll wear it. Quest usually has his off in a couple of hours. He really needs one because of his immature, undeveloped eye. Moon Dancer needs one, too, because she is loosing sight in her good eye and needs protection, and blind Daisy needs one, too. The lighter skinned horses seem to have a worse time with flies, though Smokey who is a dappled chocolate color is really allergic to them. He gets hives from their bites.
Going to try to get masks on the donkeys this year. Now that they are trusting us more, we may be able to do it. Last year they had sores around their eyes that we could not treat.
Are you saving your change for Home At Last? Pennies for Ponies. Nickles for Nickers. Dimes for Daisy and Quarters for Quarter horses (and Haflingers and whole horses).
Question. How do I move pictures from the computer to a disc? How do I get the pictures on the disc back to the computer to use? How do I get any information back and forth? I'm sooooo confused. Want to get pictures back on the blog.
Had a lady stop today to ask about volunteering. She had heard about us and has horse experience. It's great when folks want to help, but we had to tell her for now no visitors, especially those who are around other horses.
Heard from a friend in So Cal who said a therapeutic school there had heard good things about Home At Last. Makes us happy to know that the word is out about the sanctuary. Thanks for the news, Debra.
We now have planted trees, seeds and flowers. More needed, but have to get the rest of the yard prepared.
We have some of the best and biggest cobwebs, way up high in the house. Did you know house spiders are called cobs, hence cobwebs? I wonder if little spiders are given lessons as to their career choices . They can be inside, outside, in the barn, under the house, in trees in the grass. Do some have fear of heights so they stay lower? Do some have agoraphobia so they go inside? Hmmmm. So many things I don't know. Do little spiders have big dreams of becoming tarantulas?
Be sure to visit the Thrift Shop. There are always good things to buy. Buy lots!!!

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