Friday, July 15
Jul. 16th, 2022 02:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
A hot, truly summer-feeling day.
My Sweetie got up before I did, and went to meet up with a buddy of his, and look for a new bike. Believe it or not, my husband has been interested in a very specific bike that meant driving a fair distance to look at it. he did end up getting it. He does at least ride a lot, so hopefully he gets a lot out of it.
When I got up, I got a call from the hay guy. He had more hay ready, so I made some plans to pick up hay when my Sweetie got home.
In the meantime I went to see River at the barn. It was too hot to expect much from him today, so I hosed him down again since he seems to enjoy it on hot days, and I did a bit of work with him on the obstacles, but did not push him and gave him lots of reward time for his effort.
When my Sweetie got home, we went to pick up more hay. We got 87 more square bales, and unloaded them in the barn when we got home. This hay is meant to be the grassy hay I need to feed Wonder over NEXT summer, because she can't be on green grass very much. That is how it is with hay, you have to plan and buy long in advance because you can't rely on any being available in the fall. As soon as anyone is cutting, you have to jump on it. Only in a rare year when there is TONS of hay around can you afford to wait.
We came home and cleaned up, and watched a bit of a series called "The Boys", which is overly gross at times, but at the same time is a very interesting take on Super Heroes.
I learned that raccoons, which are NOT native to Germany, have now become established there as an invasive species. They were brought to Germany for fur farming. A pair of pets were released into the wild by their owner in 1934, and it is now estimated that there are at least a million raccoons in Germany.
They have no natural predators there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon#Distribution_in_Germany
A hot, truly summer-feeling day.
My Sweetie got up before I did, and went to meet up with a buddy of his, and look for a new bike. Believe it or not, my husband has been interested in a very specific bike that meant driving a fair distance to look at it. he did end up getting it. He does at least ride a lot, so hopefully he gets a lot out of it.
When I got up, I got a call from the hay guy. He had more hay ready, so I made some plans to pick up hay when my Sweetie got home.
In the meantime I went to see River at the barn. It was too hot to expect much from him today, so I hosed him down again since he seems to enjoy it on hot days, and I did a bit of work with him on the obstacles, but did not push him and gave him lots of reward time for his effort.
When my Sweetie got home, we went to pick up more hay. We got 87 more square bales, and unloaded them in the barn when we got home. This hay is meant to be the grassy hay I need to feed Wonder over NEXT summer, because she can't be on green grass very much. That is how it is with hay, you have to plan and buy long in advance because you can't rely on any being available in the fall. As soon as anyone is cutting, you have to jump on it. Only in a rare year when there is TONS of hay around can you afford to wait.
We came home and cleaned up, and watched a bit of a series called "The Boys", which is overly gross at times, but at the same time is a very interesting take on Super Heroes.
I learned that raccoons, which are NOT native to Germany, have now become established there as an invasive species. They were brought to Germany for fur farming. A pair of pets were released into the wild by their owner in 1934, and it is now estimated that there are at least a million raccoons in Germany.
They have no natural predators there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon#Distribution_in_Germany
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Date: 2022-07-16 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-07-17 08:07 am (UTC)And I like how nonchalantly you just got 87 BALES and unloaded them ALL yourselves. Just a day in the life of....
:)
I hope you're always proud of what you can accomplish. <3
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Date: 2022-07-17 08:11 am (UTC)Not that many people these days drive out to the field right as the hay is baled and pick it up themselves. Usually it is made into bigger bales that get moved around with tractors. The small bales are mainly a thing for acreage people or horse people. Big cattle farmers would never bother with these little bales.
I am very grateful for being able to do this kind of work.
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Date: 2022-07-18 10:41 am (UTC)Cheer! and sweet dreams after hard work!