Fall Madness

How did I get from an overwhelmingly huge abundance of zucchini to a yard full of leaves in such a short period of time!  Fall is just so crammed full of stuff that has to be done.  The hurrier I get to Git R Done, the behinder I fall (great english, isn't it).  I had barn and dog duty this weekend, and everything else was a hit or miss.  The pastures did get mowed and the horses finally got put back on them on Sunday. 

My goal is to get things from my "to do" list to my "done" list.  I had unexpected company all day Sunday afternoon.  I'm still looking for the things I shoved in all kinds of places. 

The wood arrived and hubby did a good job getting it stacked.

I didn't know when or how I was going to get the hay done.  I called the school agriculture class and found a really great young fella in the FFA to
help me get that put up.  We found a snake already hibernating under the bales we moved. 

There's still so much to get done to winterize the barn.  The horses blankets just came back from being cleaned.  That should have been done months ago.  The fans must come down and be dusted and stashed away for next year.  Hopefully, we'll get to re-do the stalls with new mats before it gets cold.  The yearling has done terrible things to his stall.  He must have bad dreams or something.

Very Upset!

I like to bring Potter to the barn.  Sometimes, he's nice, but mostly, he is just a crazy Jack Russell when he comes up there.  He takes the broom away and tears it up, pulls the hay out of the hay bales, runs off with the muck buckets ... just crazy!  So.... I have to put him in jail (really I just shut him up in one of the stalls until I finish). 

I'm sure all you horse folks know about maple tree leaf toxicity.  The leaves in their wilted state contain a toxic compound that can be fatal to your healthy horses.  We had 3 horses die in our area from maple leaf  (acer rubrum) ingestion a couple of years ago.  My pastures are surrounded by all kinds of trees, and many Red Maple.  We are always checking the pastures to see what has blown in to avoid contamination.

My new stones.  I bought several of these when I was in Blowing Rock recently.  I have right many different animal stones from different crafters around the state.  Really love the look of these out here in the woods.

How about you ~ are you getting it done?  Do you feel a little squirrely, running here and there knowing the holidays are just around the corner?  Feel a little pinched for time lately and not checking things off the list. 

"Life is what happens while you are making other plans " ~ John Lennon

Breath in ~ Breath out

                                        Later, Debi