Its Monday!

Well its Monday and its now August. Still pretty hot out too. I hate to use my air conditioning so much. But with no breeze and super humid, what can a girl do??!! I sweat enough outside with the horses. Boy, those horses..... I put on their fly masks, they take off their fly masks etc.... I have had people come over and they see the fly masks in a box outside of the pen. They say, hey, why dont you put these on? I say, cuz in 20 minutes they will have them off! So the old girl that i am, really gets tired of putting them on and then finding them all over the pasture to pick them up! After about 4-5 times, i say, ok, so have flies on you! Little poopers! So hopefully not too much longer for the hot/humid weather, but i heard its going to be like this for awhile. Farmers almanac said the summer was supposed to be cooler, but I think they surely got that wrong! At least the horses have some BIG trees to be under. They like that! I have heard from both Daevin's and Antar new mom's that they are doing well and they love them to bits. Boy, does that make me feel good! I am very happy about that. Also is nice that they are close! Will be going to see both in the next couple of week.
Oh yes- Hay! Even with pasture, the pigs (oops sorry, horses) have eaten their pasture down. Now there is just the nibble stuff. So i have been feeding them hay. I thought i was smart and got some small squares and then got some big ones from my usual hay guy. Well remember last week or so when we got dumped with 7 inches of rain? Well, Miss Jenny didnt put enough weight on the tarps to make sure rain didnt get on the hay. I come out and the tarps are all flapping OFF of the hay and my poor (expensive) hay is getting drenched. And then the hot weather. Well i have probably lost about $250.00 worth of hay. Bummer.. But i sure learned - ok the hard way, but i learned! Will be building a lean-to later in the year to store in the winter, but will be more careful about the tarps in the summer! So have to get more hay. I have a couple of days left. Am seeing a family just down the road from me and i usually will get a few bales of hay first to see if its good. I hate to get a ton of hay and then find out its got weeds in it or thistles or just icky brown. My horses just look at me and say (as if to say!) What the heck mom?? We have to eat this?? But going back to the PIG reference, they do eat just about anything put in front of them. Also- my bad hay? Will have to find somewhere to put that, cuz it now looks like a sty with the crappy hay piled up. Oh well. Expensive little lesson. With my old place, i never had to worry about hay. I had a barn with no leaks! Could shut the doors to make sure the wind didnt blow it away! Oh well. So more to do this year, but its ok, i can deal with it. I really actually like my new place. There are a few things that I need to get my landlord to fix, but all in all? I like it! Remember me talking about the highway? Well my dogs havent (knock on wood- yes, superstitious)gone to the road and Zeus will stick by me and Hunter is on the prowl to get a pidgeon and he will at some point. He is relentless! He always gets his man! (or should i say, either the male or female bird) he is like the energizer bunny. Zeus is now 9 and is slowing down. But he still loves to go out with mom! Anyhow, so the update is about hay and here is hoping that I will find a few different folks with decent hay! I hope your week goes well!