RUSTY HAS A GIRLFRIEND......?????

Well I guess it just took a few days for them to "discover" each other.  Since their pens are side by side they should know by now they are both mules, but here is how I found them this afternoon.  Reba usually hangs out with what we call the "A" team, Tula, Frijolita, Daisy, Quilla, Boaz & BlackJack.  We'll see if this new relationship survives.

 

We found a little lizard in Mother's room this afternoon.  He had gotten trapped in a large pot & couldn't get out.  He'd been there long enough to almost be dessicated & could just barely move, it was hard to tell if he was alive or not.  I took him outside in the sun & put him on some moist ground around my tomato plants.  As scrawny as he was I figured he needed some groceries, ie, bugs.  Today has been cold & windy, not exactly good bug hunting weather, but I headed out for the water buckets, which usually has drowned bugs floating in them.  He wasn't big enough to eat big bugs & I was lucky enough to find a little one.  Brought it back to the courtyard & put it as close to him as I could.  He wasn't up to moving around very much.  I went in the house & when I came back out he had moved & the bug was gone.  Went back out to find another one.  Came back with my prize & he had moved again, so I figured we were making progress.  That one disappeared too, so I figured I was on a roll, with this bug hunting routine.  Found another one, brought it back, but by this time he had recuperated enough that I couldn't get my offering close to him, without him trying to run off.  The last I saw he was headed over the side of the courtyard wall, still pretty scrawny looking, but hopefully has a better chance of surviving than he did. 

 

Our grandson, J.R. finally got his race car together, & we're going with him out to the track tomorrow night for practice.  He doesn't race until in May sometime, but wants to see if he got all the pieces back where they belong, before then.  I race this Saturday night, brought it home last time in one piece, so John didn't have to do anything to it, except wash it.  That makes it really fun, when you don't have to spend a lot of time, "fixing" it.  One of the guys that raced a hornet a couple of years ago, never even took his car home from the track.  Left it parked there, & didn't even wash it.  He actually finished in 1st place that year, which has to be fun, just show up & race. 

 

The mesquite trees are leafing out, so I guess it is officially spring.  Hope it stays "spring" for a long time.  Not looking forward to 100 degree weather. 

Molly's feet

We're still working on Molly's feet every morning & she's still snapping those feet to attention when asked.  Animal Crackers are the answer to the world's problems I guess, at least she thinks so....!!! 

 

Her feet are all nice & dry, although I have to pick them out every morning, she keeps everything she steps on, it looks like.  One of the rear ones had a flap of frog that was holding in moisture.  I could count the times I've tried to use a hoof knife on one hand.  I don't  have the strength in my wrists to use one effectively & I've also never learned how to sharpen one.  

 

 I finally managed to get the flap "gnawed" off.  She was such a good little girl, just stood there with her foot in the air.  I finally got the piece off, but not because I knew what I was doing.  Actually that's not true, I knew what I wanted to do, just didn't have the expertise. 

 

My order from Valley Vet came yesterday, so I now have No Thrush powder.  This is the first powder thrush treatment I've seen.  Most thrush medicine is liquid or a gel, which of course adds more moisture to a situation caused by trapped moisture.  Right now Molly's feet are all dry, so I think I'll just continue with my apple cider vinegar, or just pick out her feet once a day.  If they are dry shouldn't even need the vinegar probably. 

 

John had a jeep tour yesterday so I did evening chores by myself.  Not a problem except Red was an unknown entity as far as going back in her pen.  She had only done it once, & that was for John, not me.  She stood around, watched everyone else going in their pens, & when the time came, followed me into her pen, like she had done it for years.  She's really a nice mule, & seems to be settling in just fine. 

 

Tomorrow is the last day for Cheyenne's Naxcel shots.  I'll be glad & I know she will be.  So far there is no new discharge,  hopefully this will take care of the uterine strep infection.  If not, we'll have to do it again.

 

 

Racing tonight, in fact not only am I racing, my son is going to have his Super Stock out & hopefully my grandson J.R. will have his.  Last I heard they were working like ants trying to get it put back together.  He hasn't raced it in about a year, & since his Dad's car takes the same parts, parts had been cannibalized to keep Rod's car on the track.  It's never a good idea to let a race car sit for long, with good useable parts on it, because they will disappear........!!!! LOL

 

 

WATER IN OIL, NOT GOOD........!!!

 SOMEONE GOT THE LIVER...!!!

"We race Sat night & hopefully the car will be in one piece for racing Sun... no guarantee.....!!!"    

Perhaps I shouldn't have thought about it. 

Car is in one piece, motor isn't.  Last night was a pretty rough night, I feel like I should have a target on my back, but we survived.   John got the car off the trailer this morning, did a few things, checked the oil & found water.  Starts good, so he started it up, revved it up & sure enough it's got a rod knocking.  

I'm in my own little battle for points, but I think John feels worse than I do.  So he's up at the garage, putting the poor little injured thing on the trailer.  We're going to drag it all the way to the track, so I can start the main event, & pull off when the flagman throws the green flag.  I will get points for starting the race, which keeps my points adding up.  Silly isn't it?  

I really wish I could have ran tonight, because my grandson's boss was going to let J.R. borrow his hornet, so we could race together.  I'm sure he'll make the offer again, but I was looking forward to the fun.  I think J.R. was too, although I've beaten that car a few times.....!!!!  It would be terrible to be beaten by your grandma, heck it would be terrible to be beaten by anyone's grandma, probably.........!!! LOL