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Hi watching friends. Sorry missed most of tonight for Suzie - although did keep checking in. My day went to pot LOL!! Morning with Cathy was ok, but got a bit late home as had to help move some young cows around. Did a bit of gardening during the afternoon, short rest, teatime boys and then went to walk the fields with M. Was on my way back through a field of hay length grass when I passed a pile of fresh droppings where no dropping should be found?? Ah ha! there's been someone here sneakily, I thought. Looked about, no sign. Thought, better leave here and go check the mares (half of their 25 acres run alongside these three 'hay' fields) I might have an escapee? Just leaving the field when I looked over the slight slope towards the water tank and there I saw it! The escapee was almost hidden from view munching away on the long grass as fast as was horsily possible. LOL!! Madly refusing to PANIC, I walked all the way back to the house, collected yards of string (what would we all do without good old baler twine when needing to do quick fence repairs!) scissors and a halter.
Back over the fields again to the 'dodgy' fencing (it is a bit dodgy I'm afraid) but couldn't find a gap or a hole anywhere. Still I tied some string to it in places and hoisted it up to the big overhanging trees to tighten it up, to the interest of about half my mares, who of course came to the fence to see what I was doing! They told me that they were just looking, but I know they were hoping that I would move along to another gate and let them through to 'sample' the long 'hay' field. (These three hay fields are left to grow up all summer, coz we use them for the winter months, once the grass has died/become just bulk food, for the herd - great last winter when we were covered with over a foot of snow, they all had a great time/kept lovely and warm scratching and digging through the snow for the long forage - inspite of having huge round bales of hay available!)
Fence repaired, I caught the little varmit and lead it back through two other fields and shoved it back through the gate and in with its friends. Of course it just happened to be our smallest, fattest mare, who really didn't need to be out grazing on long fresh grass - little tyke! She shot off into her field and scampered off with the rest of the herd chasing after her, wanting to hear all about her adventure.
Got back to the house, exhausted, just as dark was falling, and in great need for food and a cuppa. Poor M was two hours late with her evening meal, the cats were all complaining, and I missed my fav tv programme of the week! Grrrrr!!
Still at least Suzie didn't foal! LOL!!
