Scary things......

Scary things.

Things that go bump in the night.

Big hairy bugs on your ceiling.

Rattlesnakes on your front porch.

OR?

Coming home to find your horse in a puddle of blood.

Nothing like giving a horse mom a heart attack! I came home on Thursday to find my sweet Siri` standing in a puddle of bright red blood! And not just a little puddle! A HUGE puddle!

 

I checked her all over and could not find any injury. Good gut sounds, no fever, no raised heart rate, good respirations and good pink gums. But then it happened. Siri` squatted and urinated....TOTAL blood. So off to the vet we go. AND?

 

Nothing. We could not find a stinkin' thing wrong in the blood work, in the urine sample, NOT. A. THING. Nothing in the vaginal exam and all the other exams. So we sent blood off to the Equine Center in Las Vegas and they found nothing either.

 

What. The. Hay???

 

Friday evening it stopped. No sign of anything through the rest of the weekend. Siri` seems to be in good spirits and doing fine.

 

ME?

 

I have a few more gray hairs and a depleted bank account.

 

I love that girl!

 

 

 

8/30/2016 Addendum

Siri` again had blood issuing yesterday and last night. I took her totally off of anything but Bermuda hay and her pellets. I am worried. Please pray for my sweet Siri`.



Dreaming..........

 

 

The monsoon rains will soon end. The days are getting shorter and nights are clear and crisp. Fall will soon be here.

 

I am dreaming of fall because it is my favorite season of the year. I LOVE the expectancy that is in the air. As if you must hurry to soak up every last ray of sunshine. It never lasts long enough and I still feel the excitement of the smell of new pencils and erasers. Sweaters and corduroy pants, boots and fleecy gloves....and the COLORS! Oh. My!

 

I love the colors! And so I share with you some favorites....so you might begin to dream also!

 

 

 

Happy weekend, my friend!



Just a little sunshine and happiness

Monsoon rains are here.


I love the rain. Even when it floods, although that can have some disastrous after effects. But the best thing about the monsoon rains is that I do not have to water my little garden. My flowers love it too.


So with the overcast skies and the drippy porch and trees, THIS is what I do to make my home just shine a little smile of happiness.......

Zinnas from my little porch flower bed. They just look wonderful in an old milk bottle!

I love zinnas. I had never planted them before, but one year, when I was WAY short of funds and living in an old rental home of mine while I was going to college to finish my degree in Occupational Therapy, I found a deal on zinna seeds. Ten packets for a dollar. I had ten bucks to spend. I spent it on zinnas. I am SO glad I did! That year I had more butterflies in my garden than ever before. My kids, then 12 and 8 years of age, LOVED sitting in the garden swing and watching the gazillion butterflies while eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

I wonder if they even remember that.

I know I will never, ever forget.