HOW ABOUT JOHN'S SHOES, THEY ALMOST GLOW IN THE DARK.....!! lol
What happened to cooling off and the end of the monsoon? Guess we'll have to wait for awhile longer. I think Tucson had 3 days in a row over 100 degrees this week. Today is cloudy so it's not going to get so hot, but it might rain. The closer we get to the week-end the higher the chances for rain, in fact 50% for Saturday, the next race night. SIGH!
Had good races Labor Day week-end, I won both heat races and both main events, couldn't do much better than that.............LOL Unfortunately they weren't point races because they added the Hornets just a few days before the week-end. It wouldn't have been fair to drivers that already had other plans.
Pepper is still mostly laying down on his left side. About twice a week he gets down on his right. Usually it's in the wash where the sand is soft and deep. Probably because it's so soft, he loses his balance going down and his weak side goes first. We just take one day at a time, he is still interested in going out and surveying his territory and will let you know if he thinks he's been in the pen too long.
A couple of days ago, I noticed Boaz had a wound of some kind right below his knee with the scar tissue on it. I cleaned it up, wrapped it up and this morning removed the bandage. It looks to me like a rattlesnake strike, the flesh is starting to look icky. Called the vet and they said bring him right in. Unfortunately I let him out after I doctored him. John and I walked all over the place and couldn't find him, so I called them back and said I'd make an appointment Friday if it doesn't look better when I change the bandage then. John had already hooked up the trailer, so while I was calling, he was putting it back where it belonged. Came in and told me while he was backing the trailer up, Boaz came waltzing by from somewhere. Grrrr.!!
Our "fat" farm is growing, the minis and Frijolita are getting added tonight. We haven't had any rain for awhile, so the "weeds" are drying up pretty quick, although if it rains some more, they will probably perk up again. Most of the mesquite beans have fallen and we have noticed the donkeys don't eat beans after they have been on the ground and start turning brown, which is a good thing. Because of the lack of goodies to eat, we're going to try just keeping them in at night and letting them out during the day. Their necks are getting hard and cresty, so we'll keep watching them and if being out half the time doesn't work, they'll go in for the duration. The other 6 will continue to stay in 24/7. Rosie and Buddy Brat are capable of eating enough in a hour to equate what the others eat in 4-5 hours. Actually Penny and Gigi wouldn't have to be in the pens, but Rosie and Coquette would have an absolute hissy fit, if their best friends weren't with them. Coquette especially stresses really bad if Penny is out of her sight.
3 comments:
As always I enjoy the donkey tales and I especially enjoyed your photo. John's shoes are definitely glowing and your smiles are contagious!
I too enjoy you posts, it is sad to hear about Pepper, age does those things to all of us.
I would hope that Pepper would just lay down and not get up. But I have a feeling that isn't his style and when the time comes he will have to have help to finish his journey. It's always a hard decision to make, even though it's necessary.
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