HC Minis - new pics pg 172

[AnnaC]

Another WOW Chanda - Great mixture of colours and I love the pattern too.

 

[chandab]

I could just scream... Having internet problems. yesterday, the internet wouldn't load, called my ISP provider and while we were talking it came back on. Happened again today, called tech support, he walked me through a bunch of steps, but still having problems, no e-mail, no Yahoo, no google; guy said he wasn't sure what was going on and that he'd consult with someone on his end and they'd get back to me, so we hung up and I got ready to go feed. (I was able to read e-mail before going out to do chores). I thought, yeah its fixed and we're good to go... No such luck, tried to go on line after lunch and almost the same problems; no yahoo, no Hotmail, some missing pictures on FB, no video links works on FB. Can't even go on the ISP providers website, usually that survives just about anything. Luckily, I can still come here and read and post; but that doesn't help me with my e-mail and business.

Supper's in the oven, anti-virus program is running (has been since before I went out to feed this evening, so well over an hour, nearly 2 now), and hubby is crabby (what's new this winter; I'm crabby, too).

Most of the fur kids are doing fine, but I think I have a couple that are a little ouchy on their feet, the ground is so frozen and hard right now, its no wonder. Hope the weather breaks into spring soon; but I'm in MT, so that'll likely be May.

 

[chandab]

Ok, so for the moment the internet is working fully, again. I have e-mail, all of FB, all of Yahoo, etc. Hopefully, they got what ever it was fixed. My anti-viral scan found nothing.
Luckily, we haven't had the winter weather other places have had; cold yes and lots of it, but snow has been limited.

Here's a little project I finished a couple weeks ago (baby-size):


And, here's my current project (small lap size):

 

[AnnaC]

Another two brilliant designs Chanda! I prefer the quiet regular charm of the second one to the exciting colours of the first one, but then I'm all for peace and calm in life just now!

Sorry you have been having computer trouble - there is nothing worse than having 'hold-ups etc' with the internet when it is important that you stay 'connected'. Hoping things stay sorted for you.

Any news about your possible pregnant girls?

 

[chandab]

Nothing new with the maybe girls, if they are they won't be due til May/June, so we should have time for warm up first. I have one girl I'm now thinking might be pregnant, and she is getting slightly ouchy hooves (which I think she did with her first foal, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do with her, we are frozen and crappy around here).

BTW, we are literally crappy around here, our septic backed up, and we can't get it flowing in the right direction. Commercial companies won't drive this far out, especially on Sunday.

:10_2_12:

uke

:arg!

 

[chandab]

We got the back-up system running, and when the cold climbs above freezing, we do hopefully have a guy coming to pump out the tank. I have tons of laundry to do now. The load that I started this morning, is now on its second full, clean wash cycle; my clothes sat in the washer all day with backed up water.

One of those cycles was with Lysol in the water, since I don't want to bleach my clothes, but do want to disinfect them. I have a load of towels from the floors to do

, another load of my clothes, a load of the stuff Shayne was wearing today; then onto washing the back hall floor where we tracked in and out of the house

, toilets to scrub and tubs to scrub (I got mine done, but the other won't be done til after Shayne cleans up the two sump pumps he tried to work with today).

And, I hope I am able to go to town tomorrow for my meeting.

 

[chandab]

Got a few things cleaned up this morning, already. Now time to do chores, hten more cleaning, so I can get to my meeting this afternoon.

 

[chandab]

Not a foal, but we have our first calf of the year. No pictures, as I've not even gotten dressed yet (I'm running late this morning), but his momma had him up at the front of the corral, so I could see him/her from the house. Its red, like most of our calves will be.

 

[Silver City Heritage Farmstead]

Ooooooo...baby cowies!! I like pictures of cute little calf faces while we're waiting. I believe you need a break from cleanup and taking pictures (if you can keep the camera defrosted) is ever so much more fun.

 

[chandab]

Perhaps in the next day or two, once it gets out of the barn; the calving barn is too dark for decent pictures. Besides, momma is pretty protective, that camera flash might cause a stampede.

 

[chandab]

Still haven't made it down to the calving barn with the camera, but did take a picture of our fresh snowfall this morning.

Here are Misty (silver dapple), Tana (silver bay dun) and Showy (sorrel) on this fresh snowy day.


Tana and Showy are my two maybes (due May/June, if they are).

 

[chandab]

Not horrible, right around freezing at that time, warmer later in the day (about half the snow is gone again, already).

 

[chandab]

Ok, Diane, here you go...
I have a maybe pregnancy with Caddy, it wasn't planned, but if she is and goes 320 days like she did with her other foal, then she'd be due around May 23-May 27. [i was planning for a different mare or two to be bred, but may have had a whoops.]
Here's Caddy today:


She's been a bit uncomfortable, and lying down, plus the new batch of snow, so they are dirty and/or wet.

 

[AnnaC]

Love the snow pics Chanda, cant really give you an opinion about Caddy, but keeping my fingers crossed for her, she's such a pretty girl and I'm liking the sound of a new buckskin filly!

 

[chandab]

Ok, so not foals, but here are a couple of the new calves. I took more pictures, but had technical difficulties loading them (they didn't turn out that great anyway).

 

[chandab]

I think they are too cute at these age; don't like but a few once they are adults. Most of the solid red calves will pretty much look the same, but we have a few of the brockle red cows, so will have a few calves and I'll probably take pictures of a few more of them as they come. I think we are up to 8 or 10 now, not sure.

 

[eagles ring farm]

How cute Chanda

 

[Ryan Johnson]

I think they are cute at that age too Chanda, not so much when they get older, for me they cause a fencing headache

 

[AnnaC]

Ooooooo baby moos!! Love the pics Chanda, like Diane I miss my cows and calves so much. Looking forward to more pics as new ones arrive.

 

[chandab]

Ok, I tried the string test, and I have 2, 2, and 2... Two fillies, two colts and two open (plus three I didn't try today).


Two oops: one strong filly (Caddy), one colt (Misty). Two planned; one tiny circle, filly (Showy), and one colt (Tana). Two open: Dolly and Bonny.