FOR ME TO BE STANDING IN THE RAIN IN MY JAMMIES AT 1AM- WASHING WATER BUCKETS WAS PERFECTLY LOGIAL-- THAT IS WHY THERE IS A BOOK A DAY TO BE WRITTEN AROUND HERE..
TO BEGIN AT THE END.... SHELIA, COLLEEN AND THE DONKEY ARRIVED SAFELY- TO FIND ME WASHING BUCKETS IN THE RAIN ... IN MY PJ'S , JANINE'S HUGE BLACK HORSE EATING OUT OF THE DUMPSTER AND THE MINI DONKEY NIBBLING ON THE TEEPEE...
THE REASON........
. FACT 1....... SOMEBODY ON FACEBOOK SAID THEY WERE85 MILES AWAYAT ABOUT 11PM.
FACT 2.... IN A CELL PHONE CONVERSATION SHELIA SAID THE DONKEY HAD NOT HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK IN SPITE OF A FULL WATERBUCKET..
FACT 3 MANY TIMES WE HAVE HAD TO RUMMAGE AROUND A WOOD PILE TO FIND SOMETHING TO SET THE TRAILER ON WHEN YOU UNHOOK IT...
I KNEW THAY'D BE EXHAUSTED SO I FIGURED I BETTER FIND A STUMP BEFORE THEY GOT HERE.
FACT 4 DONKEYS DO NOT TAKE CHANCES ON THE UNKNOWN... I.E. A LOVELY BRIGHT SHINEY (FOOD QUALITY) STAINLESS STEEL WATER BUCKET-- SO I WAS GETTING SOME GOOD OLD COSTCO PLASTIC PAILS READY-- MOST ANIMALS ARE USED TO THOSE IN SOME FORM OR OTHER.
AND IT WAS A LOVELY LIGHT MISTY RAIN-- I LIKE THAT....
TO GO BACK TO THE START WITH AS MANY DETAILS AS I KNOW AT THE MOMENT....
WE HAD THE ADDRESS IF THE PERSON/BARN WHERE SHE HAD LANDED IN QUARFENTINE-
AND NOBODY'S PHONE NUMBER
EXCEPT JANINE KNEW THIS PERSON WATCHED HER FACEBOOK PAGE... LIKE A PHONE
NOBODY WAS HOME-- SO SHELIA AND COLLEEN WALKED AROUND LOOKING FOR THE DONKEY-- THERE WAS NONOE.
IN THE MEANITME WE CONTACTED THE PERSON WHO SAID "OH SHE IS NOT IN THAT BARN-- BUT ANOTHER ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY"
AND--- GO AHEAD AND TAKE HER BECUSE NO ONE WOULD BE HOME FOR HOURS.
THEY MOVED TO THE NEXT BARN- FOUND THE DONKEY- AND LEAD HER TO THE TRAILER ONE TIME..
AFTER WHICH THEY COULD NOT EVEN GET HER CLOSE TO THE TRAILER.
MANY PHONE CALLS AND 3 HOURS LATER A GROUP OF 6 DONKEY LOADERS WAS ASSEMBLED AND WITH DIFFICULTY THEY MANAGED TO GET HER ON THE TRAILER.
THE FACT THEY WERE MISSING IS THAT A FRIGHTENED DONKEY STANDS STILL-- A FRIGHTENED HORSE PANICS AND RUNS.-- SO ALL THE USUAL HORSE LOADING TECHNIQUES-- BUCKET BANGING-- SWINGING BROOMS ETC-- WERE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE. WITH A DONKEY, YOU TRY AND REAQSON WITH THEM-- AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK YOU PICK THEM UP AND PUT THEM ON THE TRAILER.-- EVENTUALLY THEY WILL BEHAE PERFECTLY-- WITH IDIOSYNCRISIES- THIS TENDENCY MAKES THEM MUCH SAFER TO AHNDLE THAN A HORSE-- WORST CSE SCENERIO IS THEY JUST STAND AROUND-- WHERE HORSE WOULD RUN INTO STONE WALLS, TRAFFIC OR GLASS DOORS.
IN MARY'S CASE, SHE WAS ALWASY AFRAID TO GET OFF THE TRAILER BECAUSE SHE SLIPPED ONCE..
**** SHE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE TRAILER WHICH IS BASICALLY 8X13 ROOM WITH HAY , GRAIN , ND WATER.. TODAY WE CAN TRY AND GET HER OFF AND INT O T HE B ARN. SHE IS PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WHERE SHE IS... SO I AM IN NO HURRY.
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OTHER EXCITEMENT OF THE DAY-- PAUL ARRAINGED FOR MB TRACTOR TO BRING DOWN A SMPLE OF A TRACTOR WE MIGHT NEED. OUR OLD ONE IS... ANCIENT BUT HONORABLE- THE NEW ONE... ..?READY??? .... HAS HEAT IN A CLOSED CAB.. HAVE I FINALLY ARRIVED????? PAUL- BUD- DAVID AND I ALL DROVE IT ONCE AROUND THE HOUSE.. AND IT WORKS..
ONLY SLIGHTLY BIGGER-- SAME VARIETY OF PEDALS--- SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT WITH LITTLE CONFUSION.
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ANNE CAME AND WE FINISHED THE LETTER TO EXPLORE EXPLAINING WHAT WE HAD DONE WITH THE FIRST GRANT... HOPEFULLY THEY ARE PLEASED... AND WILL GIVE US ANOTHER.
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YOU WILL ALL NOTICE ON CAMERA THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED THE PLY AREA FOR TH EPUPS TO BE 1/2 THE KITCHEN TOO...
I THINK THE WHITE PUP SEES WELL.. THE ONLY ODD ACTING PUP IS THE MERLEQUIN -- WHO IS EXCEPTIONALLY NOISY--- I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.. BUT SHE IS ODD.
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GRACE HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB DESIGNING DOLORES'S WARDROBE-- NOW COMPLETE WITH PVC PIPE DOG---
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ELSIE ND HER NEW OWNER GO HOME TODAY-- THEY HAVE DONE FAMOUSLY---
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SOMEONE IS SLEEPING UPSTAIRS--- E\BESIDES MARIA -- THIS PLACE IS GETTING TO BE A VIRTUAL CLUBHOUSE--- I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT-- I HAVE A ROOM OF MY OWN..
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AND SO IT GOES
