Carrots

We were able to harvest our carrots and our cabbages this week. It is always fun to care for the garden, but there is an extra excitement in bringing the harvest in and eating it. We made an Asian slaw salad with some of the cabbage, and sampled the carrots as carrot sticks. Momma, Annie, and I really enjoyed our home-grown vegetables.


We are preparing to take a weekend trip as a family, something we have not done since we moved out to the country. We are going to visit some friends and to pick up a pottery kiln we are purchasing from them. We'll leave the horses, cats, and one dog behind, but Abby, the Golden Retriever, is coming with us. She'll be happy to come, once the much-needed bath is over.


Peg has a new routine. He spends much of his afternoon stretched out on the grass, basking in the winter sunshine. Poco usually joins him for part of the afternoon, but she doesn't believe in being lazy. She is up and back to grazing after thirty minutes or so. Since Peg is my hyper boy, I was surprised to notice how much he sleeps these days. I guess he's recharging his battery, because he has plenty of energy during our riding time.


This morning, Momma, Annie, and I were able to rescue a neighbor's colt. He had become separated from his mother and tangled up in his fence. The poor baby had all four legs caught in his chain-link fence. By the time we got to him, he had freed himself from the wire. However, we needed to catch him, because he was outside of his pen and beside a busy road. He would not let us touch him, but we did manage to lure the little fellow into his pen. He was hurt, but none of his injuries looked too serious. I'm glad we saw that colt, because he'd have been hit by a car before his owner returned home.