Head Wound

Grace decided to celebrate the end of summer by cutting her head open. The weather has been a little cooler lately, and Cerise as been very aggressive towards Grace. I think Grace smacked her head against the bard siding getting away from Cerise. The vet spent a few hours sewing her up last night. She cut about a 5 inch flap open just below her forelock -- almost between her eyes. The cut went through all layers of skin down to the skull. The vet sewed interior stitches and then exterior stitches. She (vet) did a good job. The pictures are of the wound after stitching. It doesn't look bad now. You should have seen it before -- the vet had to open the flap and clean the wound clear down to her skull, pretty gruesome. The silver color is a spray bandage.

Horses and Kids

The grandsons spent the night last night. This morning Tara (mom) and the neighbor kids came to join us.

We groomed the horses and painted them into Indian ponies. Then we went for a trail ride.

Another Rainy Day

It seems as though we have had more rain than sun this summer. The bugs are lov'n it. Even though it was raining again today, I decided to ride anyway. So the horses and I saddled and netted up.

Oh, and I didn't mention that Grace cut her eye lid the other day. I have been putting medicated ointment on the eye lid and keeping the eye covered with her fly mask. Notice the cute donkey looking ears.

The Round Pen

I love building things. This is the latest. Last year my neighbor cleared the area near my corral and spread a sand track for me. So, this summer I finally got up a rail, hot wire, and gates that I can open while in the saddle. Our ground is so rocky it is almost impossible to dig post holes. So I drove in "t" posts, and attached 2x6x5 boards to the "t" posts. After that I nailed 2x6x8 boards to each pseudo post. Looks like a real post and rail fence. Next, John and I think the pvc gates the park service uses in Jacobsburg are too cool. So we built some of our own. They are light and durable.

Update

I have been working on getting the round pen fenced, and getting some barrel feeders made. I also got out for a short ride today. Grace coliced a few days ago so we have been taking it easy.

Family and Horses

My neice did in fact get out on the horses with me.