I guess I should pay more attention to the passage of time. I think this has been the longest I've gone without updating the blog. The last week hasn't been all that busy, not sure what happened.
We've been in the 90's the last few days, the mesquite have leafed out like crazy and the weatherman says get use to it. Still not putting on fly masks although there are flies out, they just aren't bad enough to start with the masks...........yet........!!!
It sure helps with Doug here to help with feeding and being here to let the donkeys out, when we come in late, like after the races. This week-end when we got home at about 2am and I opened the door to get out of the truck, I heard this little tiny pathetic voice calling from the direction of Cheyenne's pen. Sure enough she had gotten left in at 10pm when Doug let them out. That isn't the 1st time someone has gotten left in, just the 1st time for Doug.......LOL We have 4 pens that are actually a pen within a pen and it's pretty easy to forget, if you get distracted. She was happy to get out and the other 3 minis were waiting by the pen for her, so they could go do donkey business.
I've had to start keeping thuja Zinc Oxide on Cisco's sheath, even though he's getting benedryl every day. That will be an all summer project, otherwise he gets itchy and scoots on the ground until it's bloody. Of course that makes the flies happy............SIGH
It's about time to think about body clipping Quilla and Daisy, my 2 Cushings kids. The last couple of nights have only been down in the 40's, so if we don't have any nights in the 30's for the next week, I'll probably get out the clippers and relieve them of that excess hair. When Quilla came back from Claire's he had only been on pergolide a few days. One thing I noticed was his hair was curly and sticking out all over the place. We decided to up his pergolide as he was still on a minimum dose. A few days after the change I noticed his hair was laying down, it's still long, but it didn't look quite so wild. Must be the pergolide.
Tomorrow we are taking Cheyenne and I think Lynn to see the donkey dentist. Cheyenne quids quite a bit. She is fed a mush, John gives her a handful of hay for fun, but she chews it up and spits it out for the most part. Recently both Daisy and Penny have quidded off and on. Daisy is 30 years old, although she's always passed her check-ups and of course Penny has had a broken jaw. But right now both of them aren't quidding, and John has found some quids in Lynn's bunk, so it will be her turn.
Well the races Saturday night weren't too bad I guess, although my battery quit with 7 laps to go. With the newer cars that have computers, the battery has to be working or the car won't run. This is the 2nd time this has happened, last year at the dirt track it quit before I even got on the track........!!! John's tried new batteries, using the alternator, not using the alternator and even has added a switch, so we can disconnect the battery when the car is just sitting. It will do just fine for awhile, which lulls us into thinking it's fixed...........then........SURPRISE...........!!! Poor John, he felt so bad. BUT, it might have been a blessing in disguise. All the tires were brand new and you know how long it takes to wear out a new tire 30,000 miles or more......... It only took 18 laps on a 3/8's mile track to take all the tread off the outside of the right front tire, it was down to the metal cords. It probably wouldn't have made 7 more laps without blowing out, which is a one way trip to the wall. I'm really not interested in meeting the wall, if I don't have to........!!!
We took the car into our son, Rod today. He called tonight and said the spring on the right front is probably original and is very weak, which means the tire was rolling over on the side, especially in the corners. John has changed struts many times, and after 3 years of pretty rough dirt track racing, probably should have thought the springs might need to be replaced too, but it's hard to keep track of all this stuff sometimes. Besides the stupid battery problem is very distracting.........
OBTW, we chickened out on the termite tenting project. A friend had treated for termites and had studied the pros and cons of different methods. She had even checked with the UofA and after all the rigmarole of finding a place to keep 4 cats, and making sure all food stuffs were kept safe, and at least 3 days of major disruption, there is no guarantee that next week a swarm of dry wood termites wouldn't come in again. Besides our house is not conventional, we don't have open spaces in the walls and an attic. We have 2 foot thick adobe walls, and our ceiling is the roof, with a coating of painted foam covering it. So there is no place that needs to be permeated by the gas they use. We know of at least 3 different areas in the house, but they can be treated locally by a different method. Need to call the company Susan recommended this week and get the little devils sent to termite heaven.....!!! LOL
OBTW, we chickened out on the termite tenting project. A friend had treated for termites and had studied the pros and cons of different methods. She had even checked with the UofA and after all the rigmarole of finding a place to keep 4 cats, and making sure all food stuffs were kept safe, and at least 3 days of major disruption, there is no guarantee that next week a swarm of dry wood termites wouldn't come in again. Besides our house is not conventional, we don't have open spaces in the walls and an attic. We have 2 foot thick adobe walls, and our ceiling is the roof, with a coating of painted foam covering it. So there is no place that needs to be permeated by the gas they use. We know of at least 3 different areas in the house, but they can be treated locally by a different method. Need to call the company Susan recommended this week and get the little devils sent to termite heaven.....!!! LOL
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