First day of summer and we are spending the night in the villetta!
I’ve had a week of sleeping at home and today is Mom & Dad's first full day alone. Mom is getting stronger every day and I imagine it won't be long before she'll want to go out for groceries. Last weekend Olaf and Steph stayed with them for a night - Sunday was my first day fully at home since the end of May! And today is my second! It feels a little weird to be back to a semi-normal routine, at least for a day, but instead of getting back to my fitness routine, I made a cake!
Last Saturday after a night in my own bed, I went to Mom & Dad's first thing in the morning - it was Mom's birthday! Kirsten & Nissa joined Olaf & Steph for a badly sung song and some delicious lemon birthday cake.
Then the next day, Sunday, Father's Day, we met up with Carm's family at the funeral home for lunch. The cemetery puts on a bbq for Father's day so we enjoyed a hamburger and a cooler while having a nice visit. I was glad that Carm got to spend some time with his family…
When we got home, Carm got the chainsaw out so we could clear a few trees from the gate going into the hayfield… it's haying time so the farmer will be by with his machinery any day now. Our field is usually the last one he cuts and since he needs 3 days with no rain it could be any time soon or not soon at all - it's totally weather dependent. I remember in our horse-owning days standing in the field, arms raised to the sky, asking Mother Nature to split the rain clouds and spare our little field. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes we got rain… Rain can wreck the hay or at the very least, make it dusty and hard on horsey lungs.
Our photo memories have had lots of foal pictures popping up this week - it seems that many of our babies were born mid June - oh the memories that it brings back 😀 It seems like a whole lifetime ago and even that it happened to someone else, but no! It was me crouched on the ground welcoming a wet foal into my lap.
It's a bit bitter sweet though - looking at the foals that had so much promise for our breeding program which was trashed by my illness. Petra was our first filly - my plan was to keep her. She would have been a good mare but alas, she was sold along with Fiorgyn and Ulfrun… both beauties with laid back, steady temperaments. I have to remind myself that I got to live my dream, if only for a few years…
I deployed the new, matching chair cushion in the villetta and I'm pleased! Along with a little lamp, it seems homey and comfortable, a little oasis away from home. I always get that ‘peaceful easy feeling’ when we settle into our home on wheels 😀
Awesome!
“gathering with Carm's family”
“getting the trees taken care of”
“a dunk in the pool”
“Mom’s doctor appointment with her oncologist”
“an afternoon with Carm”
“supper with Nissa!”
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