Sunny and 54

 We had a wonderful warmup today with the thermometer going all the way up to 54 degrees with bright sunshine. Mom and Karin spent some time out on the deck enjoying the warmth. Mark and I worked over in the big barn today hauling supplies over and doing lots of measuring. We were all ready when Tim Meister arrived. The only problem with the drawing Diane made was the one bathroom is going to be very hard to install as it is over the downstairs bedroom. I spent some time changing the plans only to realize when I finished that I left out a window in the second bedroom and no way to get to an outside wall. So back to the drawing board. This evening I met with Ralph and Jamie to start planning their 30th wedding anniversary. This will be held in October and they have booked both the apartment and the barn. We talked about the food to be served and the decorations. Mike and Diane left around 12:30 AM for Gulf Shores. Mike sent back videos of his trip out to Middle Grove yesterday to put in bales. Those horses heard his truck as he turned down Middle grove road and started running down to the fence to greet him. Mika stopped at the spring that runs winter and summer for a drink before heading to where the tractor is to put in the bales. After the bales were put in. Mike usually heads over to the cabin to check everything there. Well the horses heard him all the way across the field and of course wanted to be with him. I could just see them thinking, "why doesn't he just stay in ONE PLACE and pet us?" Below is that video.

He put 6 more bales in. We are in great shape with hay. We have about 40 round bales left out at Middle Grove and another 60 left here. I also have plenty of square bales here. 

The bales of hay and straw are used for foaling season. We use them when the mares come in for foaling. We use 2 kinds of bedding for the stalls during that time. I still used pelleted bedding but on top of that I put a bale of straw. When the mare's water breaks it creates a flood, the pelleted bedding will absorb a lot of that and the straw keeps the wet off the new foal. I am very thankful for the beautiful warm sunny day and just really thankful that I get to live HERE.