Jerry is here tidying up the flower beds and pressure washing the horse mats that will go on top of the concrete that was poured around the barn. (The horses don't like walking on concrete, given a choice.)
The mats will go on the concrete, but I think we will be using those grids to make a non-concrete parking area off the driveway. |
Those mats were stuck on top of the dirt for a year or two and ended up covered in mud. So now they need to be cleared off before sticking them on the cement. |
Once Jerry pressure washed those mats, they looked just like they looked when we bought them! |
And while Jerry is dealing with that stuff, Blaze Zuvich (Zuvvich Construction) is here with his uncle putting up the roof along the far side of the barn to keep Shadow and Arthur's stalls as dry and safe as Duke's stall is.
Blaze is incredibly very neat about everything -- now THAT's a fine thing! |
Here's a view of the doors into Shadow's and Arthur's stalls before the new roof gets built. |
Adding that roof on the right side will probably make the barn look a bit more balanced, too. |
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Arthur is very careful -- he doesn't rush in and eat with either of them until he's SURE they aren't going to mind. (Very wise for a little guy!) |
And speaking of Shadow, she appears to be gaining weight in just the couple weeks since we got her! MAJOR eater!
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Shadow is such a pretty girl, huh? |
She really does look wonderful. But she obviously weighs a bit more already. |
Of course it took a while to get photos of her alone -- Arthur is moving along RIGHT next to her almost ALL the time! (I think people who don't recognize a mule might think she has a baby!) |
Of course, Duke is also part of the group -- just generally not RIGHT next to Shadow the way Arthur insists on being.
Okay. So it's only about 10 AM. I'll post more photos this evening once that roof goes up. Oh - and the guy who's doing the roof said he would be glad to cut down those four huge trees over on Vickie and John's property, very close to the barn, so we wouldn't have to worry about them coming down on the fence and/or barn during hurricane season! Hooray! Once he decides on a price, I'll get hold of Vickie and John and see if they're happy about it. For that matter, I think we would probably be glad to pay part of it as well -- I REALLY don't want to have to worry about yet another tree falling over during a storm!
Anyway - what a great weekend, huh?
1 comment:
I'm glad to hear you got your round pen panels! There's nothing like having the right equipment.
These long days will give you more time to work too...
I'm impressed with how far you've come with Vaquero. Pasos are so sensitive...
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