FRANCIS'S BLOG 03/19/24
The Florida Department of Corrections does not take bad horses (I checked) 🐎
Here is a shell shop I visited in Key Largo:I also visited the Everglades National Park:And right next to the Everglades National Park, and the Everglades Alligator Farm, was a humongous people prison:I sure hope it was air-conditioned. 🐴
More Florida pictures! 🐴
Here is the view from my hotel balcony:The walk along the ocean was shady (sometimes) and green:And here I am, braving the fierce Atlantic:The salt water is great therapy for my hooves!
Alligators made me appreciate our chickens and ducks 🐴
Here I am at the Everglades Alligator Farm:Here is where they grow the babies:Here’s an adult, getting a dead-rat snack:Everybody comes running for the great taste of rat!And this pair were making me feel next on the menu:I’m glad Geneseo is too cold for these monsters! 🐴
The swallows are leaving the nest 🐦
Yesterday the baby swallows were in the nest:And today they’re out, learning to fly:They better learn quickly:
Oh, here’s a video of the friends I made at the Everglades Alligator Farm:
Last Sunday was a winning day! 🐎
I’m back from Florida, but I first had to show you all the awards Mary and Mara and Jewel and Iris won at the Mississippi Valley Fair!What happy girls and horses!That first place trophy in the center went to Mara and Iris (Iris would say it was mostly her, naturally). But all those blue ribbons in the middle are first places, too!What a haul! 🐎
Will be back Saturday, Jun 24 🐴
See you later horses. . .I’m going on a trip to Florida. . .I’ll be back next Saturday. 🐴
Flat cat 😺
Finn flattens out and hunkers down. . .She waits for a sparrow or swallow to get careless. 😺
Waste not, want not 🐎
Chezzie always inspects my dish on his way out:Heaven forbid either I or RC should leave an uneaten speck. 🐴
Never handle a grounded bat 🐴
What’s this hanging on our hay?It’s a baby bat! We’ll leave it alone and hope its mother comes down tonight to get it.We never touch any wild animal that can bite! 🐴
It’s very hot 🐴
I’m very hot today, again. I just feel like stretching out and taking a nap. 🐴And so does Noodle. 😺
Bat check 🦇
The hotter it gets, the earlier the bats come out.They might be cooler if they spread out a little. 🐴
Warm kitties 😾
If you’re a cat, there’s not much to do but lounge around the pool:Major Tom knows it’s going to be hot today. 😺
Grass, grass, everywhere 🐎
It’s a nice Saturday morning in the far pasture:I’m carving out my own little space:We’re lucky that we don’t seem to attract ticks (knock on wood). 🐴
Sometimes this place only gets one-and-a-half stars 🐴
“Um, excuse me, room service? There’s a problem with my stall.” 🐴 “Could you please get rid of these chickens?” 🐴“And don’t tell me it’s healthy to go to bed with the chickens.” 🐴
I need glasses 🐴
I see some careless horse made a poopie right at the gate, where everybody has to walk. 🐴Oh, sorry horses, it’s just Nimbus. 🐴Nimbus, seeing as you’re expecting, the last thing you need is to be stepped on by a horse. (And I’m sorry I thought you were a poopie.) 🐴
Communal critters 🐔🐦😺
The swallows take a break from the nest:And Schroeder visits with Minnie in the garage:Everybody’s friendly! 🐴
Good job, Mary! 🐎
Our Mary competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association Alumni Tournament of Champions at Black River Farm in New Jersey.She got a 4th place out of 13 competitors from all over! That is very good! 🐎Way to go, Mary! 🐴
It’s bat time of year again 🦇
Just like the swallows, the bats are back right on time.Most of them hang around in clusters.But this guy just wants to be alone:Get out there and eat those mosquitos! 🐴
The kitties don’t miss a thing! 😺
Katfish checks out a brand new shelf in the feed shed:As long as it holds a cat, it’s fine! 😺
Sometimes a donkey just wants to lay down 🐴
Here I am, trying to relax in the sun. . .But someone always sees me, then runs out to see if I’m alright.I’m okay! I’m fine!Now, of course, I have to get up to prove it. 🐴