Farm Photos

Rain, I guess, makes me tired, too much so to do anything today but to post today's photos. And, ooops, I just erased half of them by mistake. The Texas "rain plume" has come right over us and we're under water. The blog makes a good weather memory. I just looked at my April posts and jeez that weather was even worse than I recall.

The late June rains come every year like clockwork, and so this week's deluge was other than a surprise. I planned to train around it, and we'll miss very little. Back to warming up tomorrow

Nice shot of Acesmash:


The vet yesterday cut a channel to drain the abscess. Something new on abscesses--where the vet cut to the live tissue, instead of abscessed fluid bursting out, what was there appeared to be congealed and jelly like. This explains why I've been unable to get a "pop", and also perhaps why abscesses linger over wide areas of the sole. The jelly stuff stays instead of coming out unless you locate it perfectly. The vet dislikes the boot due moisture and bacteria build up, so the young fellow is wrapped and confined, due to mud, below. This set up and separating and providing care takes about 1.5 hours, oh well!
The downstairs barn serves as the horses only shelter at our farm.
And, yes, half the tractor wheel repair is done. The rim is less damaged than expected, and after a little grinding work to smooth the edges we'll be back mowing the high, rain nourished grass. Our little frog buddies are ecstatic with the weather this year!