We closed this summer for tours because of so much going on, with the new office/store, Suzanne's mobile home which hasn't actually made it out here yet. Was suppose to be here in July and maybe June.......didn't make it, still promising before the end of August. I don't think any of us are holding our breath.
The office got here when it was promised and one of our valuable volunteers has been working almost full time on the electric and plumbing.
The sheetrock is in, plastered and waiting for paint, which we picked up last week. I guess John and Suzanne will be painting, maybe I can be a gopher. John is in town today picking up painting toys like trays, rollers and long extensions for the ceiling.
We also picked up the flooring which will be the last big project, before installing the bathroom fixtures, Suzanne's office furniture she has in storage, and setting up the display cases for the store. We also have to get shelving for the storeroom. Right now, every building on the property has donkey stuff, food, medications you name it, it's somewhere, we just don't always know where. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly where something is we're looking for. Hopefully we'll have enough room in the storeroom to keep almost everything in one place and spread out so we can see it.
Of course. it is the monsoon season and for once we're actually having a typical monsoon, which means rain. It seems like feeding time is a good time to have rain, I think we're all getting tired of being wet, but the rain is nice. It almost looks like the midwest with all the weeds and everything growing like crazy.
If it ever stops raining for a week or so, the unusual growth will quickly die and we'll be back to looking like a desert. Right now our backyard has weeds 2 or 3 feet high. The problem with that is snakes can hide if they want. This is the time of year they are feeding a lot to get ready for winter. Over the years we've had 7 donkeys bitten by rattlesnakes and almost all of them were in Sept.
The 2 new boys Kris and Waylon got their feet trimmed this week. Didn't get any pictures, we were all too busy ducking and running. Waylon wasn't too bad, but Kris REALLY didn't want his feet trimmed and had no qualms about letting the world know his opinion of such an insult. We warned Dan so he was prepared and used his big straps to Scotch hobble them. Kris even Scotch hobbled made use of every inch of a 20x20 pen, even being tied.
Their feet hadn't been taken care of and they really needed trimming. Hopefully next time won't be quite as traumatic for them or Dan. He's pretty mellow and easy going and quick on his feet even plans to be back the end of September.......LOL
This is Suzanne's mom's cat, Booger watching her ever changing view from the RV. Suzanne said she watches the donkeys every morning when they gather before going in their pens for breakfast.
Speaking of breakfast here is the line of donkeys following their leader to their pens. If you look to the right Suzanne is in the lead in a yellow shirt. It's nice when they line up like that, but it doesn't always happen that way. Then we get to chase a reluctant donkey as long as they want to play the game. They seem to enjoy it much more than we do......LOL What's really irritating is after chasing one back and forth as they run and kick up their heels, once they make up their mind to go in the pen, they walk in like it was their idea.............!!!
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