Two "Palominos"

My favorite photo from the tadpole wrangling. 

Two "palominos" with their manes blowing in the wind.

Life is good.

Tadpole Wrangling

With a little help from some Cowpokes, a Pony Pal, Teacher Daughter Lisa, Local Son Curt, and Craig - we wrangled tadpoles yesterday!

Tadpole wrangling is a lot like herding cats - those little froggies-to-be can swim fast and dodge nets!

We quickly figured out that the best approach was to put the net in the trough and then swish it back and forth a few times.

There were so many tadpoles in the trough that you were bound to have netted a bunch. (Pony Pal Mila had a cold and so she wore a mask.)

The next step was to carefully bring the net over to the bucket where one of the adults would tip the froglings into the bucket with the others that had been caught.

Cowpoke Lukie was absolutely fascinated by the tadpoles.

He had a net to use, but was happiest just watching the tadpoles wriggle around in the bucket.

He spent a lot of time squatting next to the bucket and watching the nets be emptied into the water.

Because it was a beautiful day with temps in the 70s and low humidity, we got out the camp chairs and hung out a bit.

Of course, soon the horses got curious and came over to check out what we were doing.

We gave them a couple of cut up apples and then shooed them away so we could finish netting tadpoles.

In the end, we removed a lot of tadpoles from the trough. After packing everything into the car, I went back for one last look at the trough to see if many tadpoles were left.

Looks like we've got some more tadpole wrangling to do!

Saturday Scramble, Surprise, and Sarcoid

It took all day yesterday, but I finally have a new car. We were lucky and found a 2019 Ford Fusion for a good price less trade in for my other car. I say "we" but Craig actually did all the work so I could get other things on my Saturday scramble list done. (Thank you!!)

I headed out to the barn as soon as he'd gotten home and we'd had a chance to chat. As I always do when I arrive at the barn, I walked over to the trough to check the horses' water.

There was a surprise in the water - tadpoles!

While fun to look at, I really don't want them in the trough. I'm going to scoop out as many as I can and release them in the lake in the park across the street from my home.

I continue to keep an eye on the lump on Abby's neck. At this point, I am pretty sure it is a sarcoid.

My plan is to continue keeping an eye on it and make decisions about it as needed. It doesn't bother her, and since sarcoids are not malignant, I'm not too worried about simply leaving it be.