THERE IS WEALTHY.....------and then there is great happiness in having plenty of what you really need. ----- Janine called... i have never heard her more thrilled... someone had donated at huge 53 ' LONG TRAILER of shavings to equine rescue--and she was thrilled to share-- both with sdp.. but also windrush farms THE RIDING FOR THE HANDICAP PROGRAM IN THE NEXT TOWN..WHEN SHE CALLED SHE SAID IT WAS PARKED AT MERIDITH FARM-- A BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED --NATIONALLY KNOWN HISTORICAL..WHERE JANINE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUate to PASTURE SOME OF HER MORE UNUSUAL "FINDINGS" FROM THE SLAUGHTER BARN IN PENNA... WHAT WAS "OUR" MINI ZEBU ---- ELVIS ---- IS THERE LOOKING LOVELY.... MOST CURRENTLY 4 LITTLE BABY. DONKEYS.... IF I HURRIED THERE WAS A CREW THERE TO HELP LOAD--- SO I DROPPED EVERYTHING AND LYNN HOOKED ME UP THE TRAILER AND I WENT ROARING DOWN TEH DRIVEWAY ... BECAUSE TO ME TOO....... ENOUGH SHAVINGS IS A BEAUTIFUL LUXURY.. THANKFULLY A SUNNY DAY.... THERE WERE A LOT OF THANKFULLY'IES.....I HAD YET TO APPRECIATE.... . KAREN WAS THERE AND IS ONE OF THOSE UNDAUNTABLE PEOPLE.. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HER... JUST GET HER STARTED AT IT.....AND GET OUT OF THE WAY.
ACTUALLY FROM THE TIME OF THE PHONE CCALL TO ME TIL I WAS DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, I NOTICED OUR BIG DUMP TRAILER WAS GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AHEAD OF ME BEING PULLED BY JANINE'S TRUCK WITH UNKNOWN DRIVER.. THAT ESTABI\LISHED TEH URGENCY I HAD NOT YET SEEN TEH SIZE OF THE WEALTH WHICH HAD JUST BEEN BESTOWED ON HER .... BECAUSE THEY WANTED THIER TRUCK BACK IN 24 HOURS
I PULLED IN AND BACKED UP TO THE EMENSE PILE THAT WAS ACCUMULATING AT THE BACK OF THE "MOVING VAN SIZE TRAILER". I WAS TOLD TO GO HOME WITH THAT AND COME BACK--- WHICH I DID ... THEY REFILLED MY TRAIL ER AND OUR DUMP TRAILER AND JANINE HAD ORGANIZED ME TO DRIVE TO "ANN'S" ...
BECAUSE TO UNLOAD THERE WOULD INVOLVE BACKING UP FOR QUITE I DISTANCE AROUND A CORNER.. AND NOBODY ELSE WOULD EVEN TRY BACKING THERE.... -- SO I BACKED MY NORMAL TRAILER TO ONE OF THE HISTORIC STALLS, WHICH USED TO HOUSE TEH CARRIAGE HORSES FOR THE "BIG HOUSE", NOW EMPTY... WHICH JUST LEFT ME
GETTING JANINE'S TRUCK WITH OUR DUMP TRAILER UP AROUND A CORNER TO ANN'S "MOTHERS BARN" WHICH JANINE HAS LOADED WITH MORE RESCUE ANIMALS... THE BIG DRAFT MULE...MOE.... WAS THERE WATCHING ME DO ALL THIS FROM HER LOVELY 10 ACRE PASTURE.
TRACY OF DAYS GONE BY WAS THERE TOO... WITH A COUPLE OTHER "DAMN IT DO IT" TYPE PEOPLE"
HAVING NEVER DRIVEN JANINE'S TRUCK BEFORE, I OPTED TO DRIVE UP THE HILL AND TEHN BACK DOWN.. WITH 2 PEOPLE WATCHING THE FRONT FENDERS SO THEY DIDN'T TAKE DOWN ANY HYSTORIC BUILDINGS. IT IS THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK THAT IS THE PROBLEM IN TIGHT PLACES.... THIS AREA HAS SOME MORE CURRENT HISTORY TO IT, IT IS WHERE ANN TIPPED OVER HER TRACTOR WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND IT PROCEEDED TO GO AROUND THE BACK TIRE CHASING HER ON HER HANDS AND KNEES TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT'S WAY.. THERE ARE ALOT OF INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT ANN'S AND RUNNING THE HUGE." GROTON HOUSE HORSE TRIALS " GOOGLEABLE..( . I WOULD HAVE TO CLEAR SOME OF THE STORIES WITH ANN)
AS I STRUGGLED TO GET THIS RIG TURNED AROUND. THE DODGE GRAIN TRUCK ARRIVED... HAVING COME FROM OUR HOUSE... IT WAS LO\IK OLD HOME WEEK.
WHERE DID THIS WORSHIP OF SHAVING S COME FROM??? WHEN YOU HAVE HORSES YOU NEED. WATER, HAY,, AND GRAIN IF YOU ARE LUCKY..... HOWEVER....
SHAVINGS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN REALLY SKIMP ON WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH... BECAUSE HORSE MANURE ... IF DRY IS NOT BAD IN A STALL .. HORSES WILL OFTEN LIE DOWN ON A WARM I PILE,,,SO... WHEN MY KIDS WERE 4H AGE SIZE AND TYPE.... BAGGED SHAVINGS WAS WAY BEYOND OUR MEANS... BUT THER WAS A SAWMILL UP THE ROAD.. WHICH BLEW IT'S SHAVINGS INTO A HOPPER KIND OF THING-- THEY WERE HAPPY TO GET RID OF IT SO I USED TO BACK UNDER THAT CHUTE AND PULL THE TRAP DOOR OPEN.
NOW YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO FLOW INTO THE TRAILER... WRONG.... I THEN HAD TO GET INTHE HOPPER AND FORK, SHOVE, PUSH THE SHAVINGS DOWNTHE CHUTE,,, ABD I WAS THRILLED TO DO THAT... IT MEANT NICE STALLS FOR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS....BUT THERE WAS EARLY TRAINING OF JANINE... WHEN THAT MILL CALLED AND SAID TEH HOPPER WAS GETTING TOO FULL... I DROPPED EVERYTHING AND RAN.. I DID THAT FOR YEARS.. AS MY KIDS GOT OLDER IT WAS NOT QUITE SO DIFFICULT.. THEY GOT IN THE HOPPER AND I STAYED IN TEH TRAILER GETTING BURRIED EVERY ONCE INA WHILE WHEN THE PACKING WOULD LET GO./. BAGGED SHAVINGS WAS JUST FOR THE FANCY HORSE CROWD.... WE MANAGED.....
NOW HERE WE ARE WITH SHAVINGS FOR ANIMALS WHO WERE BOUND FOR THE MEAT MARKET IN MEXICO... .. WE HAVE LEARNED--- AND ARE TEACHING MANY "HORSE PEOPLE". DONKEYS BEING MUCH PREFERRED TO HORSES AS FAMILY PETS. OR IF I COULD POSSIBLY BREAK THRU DONKS WOULD BE GREAT RIDING FOR THE HANDICAP ANIMALS. .. PROPERLY RAISED/TRAINED.. THEY COULD BE SERVICE ANIMALS -- ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKLE TO HIKE IN THE WOODS !!! FAR LESS TROUBLE THAN THE MINI HORSES THAT HAVE BETTER PR.......
THAT IS another story...
