I took the following photo from our back deck using my lowly iPhone 2MP camera. It shows the fireworks from the lake about a mile away with my backyard flagpole in the foreground. Just a bit of shadow/highlight adjustment in Photoshop CS3 and it looks OK.
Surgery went well, stayed in Delta Memorial 6 days. The re-attachment of my large intestine failed the first few tries, but he finally got it together without a leak. Because it was tenuous he performed a temporary ileostomy on my small intestine on the right side which will ease the load on the colon for the next month or so. More baggies ugh! It can be reversed with a relatively minor procedure. I’m a bit disappointed that I still have mis-routed plumbing, but it should be corrected soon.
We will be staying home for the 4th of July, watching the fireworks from our back porch which has a view over the lake. They launch fireworks from the lake edge so it should be a nice view.
As I mentioned, tomorrow I go in for my 2nd surgery. I’m looking forward to it and getting my intestines back to normal. The worst part is having to stay in the hospital bed for 7 days.
We are in the middle of our first hay cutting this year, don’t know if we will get three cuttings or not.
Before cutting…
… after cutting
Also, we had a baby colt, here are a few photos. The first is the new baby sleeping with Sandi in the field.
This is a link to a short video taken with my iPhone of the baby and momma.
I’ll post more in a week or so… I hope, no promises.
We have been working on the rental and things are going well. We have a couple all lined up with 3 horses and a teenage daughter, and we hope to have them moved in by the 2nd week of June. The house is on 1.5 ac and is a 3 BR 1 BA with a really nice bunkhouse behind it. It looks better than in the photo.
The baby chicks we got in late March are growing up quick!
Same ones now:
I have a 2nd surgery scheduled for June 19 which will be a repeat of my December operation, but this one will put everything back together correctly and for good. Although it will be another 10 day hospital stay and 2 month recovery, I am looking forward to having this health issue behind me.
It came about mid-month and the days have been getting warmer ever since. We are well on our way to completing projects around the house, something we couldn’t even thing about doing this time of year up in Meeker. Today I burned the irrigation ditches in the front and back of the property:
We bought the house and property that is adjacent to ours, primarily because of its location. It sits between our property and the main road. It went into foreclosure last year and it finally hit the market. Not a super deal, but we will be able to cover our cost by renting it out. It also increased our land by almost 2 acres. If you look at the property image I posted earlier, it is the house and land at the top of the pic between us and the road.
Last year we were able to get one of the mares bred and she is due in about 45 days We’re breeding the other 2 now for pony babies next year. Here is a pic of Sandi with momma:
