Working Girl Blues
Not much of any value has been happening of late. Kevin and I are getting along for the most part. The Lad is off traveling for work. Killarney has stopped trying to kill me, at least for the time being.
Work has been far too easy - my little grey cells are not getting their exercise.
Two new client-owned horses arrived on Saturday. One of them I am especially fond of - she may stay here forever. I don’t want to give her back. The girls (Perlinda and Lady Dax) are both Dutch Warmbloods that are here to be bred to our stallion Solarwind (Duncan), so are only slated to stay for a couple of weeks.
My dad and Kevin fixed the riding lawn mower today. This is a relief as I had not planned on growing hay crops in my front yard. Even the Great Dane was close to disappearing in the lush growth. The smaller dogs stood not a chance. I very nearly called our farmer/neighbor to come and bale the yard. I am relieved that I am no longer in the position to do so. For those who wonder why not push mow… I tried. Weeks ago, I was out mowing nearly every evening. The little push mower and I could not keep up. Then came the rains, and there was not much to be done.
Asparagus season is at an end (sigh of relief). I had to have picked at least 50 pounds of the stuff myself, then an Amish neighbor asked if he could pick some for his family. Being kind (and tired of picking/cleaning/blanching and freezing vegetables) I let him pick every day for a couple of weeks. Now the ferns have been allowed to grow, which I thouroughly enjoy.
I did attemp to plant some flowers. Don’t ask how that is going. I have a case of black thumb.
The one bit of excitement to be had the other day, while fencing and terribly hot and sticky was some topless farming. Since no one could see me (that I am aware of) and the sun was beating down, I thought I would give it a try. The sunburn on my back tells me this was not one of my best ideas.
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