DINNER TIME

We may not always be the perfect residents here at the spa but they never
have to ring the dinner bell twice.

rodeo cowgirl

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This is the Spas newest attraction. Her name is Rodeo Cowgirl and we are proud to welcome her on board.

Dearest Readers,

What an adventure we had yesterday. We started out on a usual little evening stroll with my good Friend from SE , April. All was going beautifully and we were having a wonderful time but the foolish humans didn't realise when we crossed over the line into the twilight zone and they never saw the monsters in the bushes. We have gone over this with them several times and they continue to believe they see this

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but we Equine know that it is truly one of these in careful disguise and since we are astute , we can see through the false front to the terror beneath.

What Nicky and I find most interesting is that when we call an emergency evacuation , humans do not respond in an appropriate manner .

By the time the humans realize we are

all in mortal danger we have already left

the scene and have become one with the wind. At that point they ( the humans ) are sitting on the ground becoming one with the dirt and wondering what just happened.

We didn't really go that far, only about 1/2 mile and then we stopped for delicious green grass and to wait for the humans to catch up and/or listen for a monster belch That would indicate they had been eaten .

I , as usual , was as calm as a cucumber and was trying my best to get Nicky to relax a bit. What a big chicken he is sometimes. It should be noted that I didn't " run off" because I was afraid or anything, I only ran off because I knew Nicky didn't need to be alone as it would only make him even more afraid.

The humans finally caught up with us and because they were walking funny and groaning alot , the four of us walked back to the bus. Thanks again to April who heard my call and knew which direction to walk in.

And then we got lots of love and hugs. You would have thought they had been worried about us because they were acting so mushy. When we got to the bus there were two more humans that we know, Rick and Gwen . They had come to help find us but fortunately it wasn't necessary. Even Frank, the roving reported, offered his finely tuned nose to track us but we were able to turn down his kind offer

A personal note to April.......Keep in mind April that I am one chubby chick but I did my best to heave the poundage off the ground and go aerial to give you one exciting event. Don't forget that people pay big money in bars for Bull riding fun like I gave you for free last night. But Heck, that's what friends are for.

Happy Ending

PS.... Note from Photographer.... I apologise for my use of clip art however after I got up and dusted off I realized that the camera was basically embedded in my tush ( it was in my back pocket) so no more photos were taken that afternoon.

Spring

HELLO ALL,

There has been allot going on around here since I last posted a blog. Above this line of type is a picture of something that the staff here thinks is special . What you see is a Chicken with her baby. However her baby is a Black Spanish Turkey poult. Our friend the hen turkey had given up on her nest after three traumas and went back out into the general population. It must have been at that instant that this hen jumped on this egg and stayed with it until it hatched. She is a good mom to it and won't let anyone near it. It will be kinda funny when baby Hughie gets to 40 pounds and mom weighs 2 pounds soaking wet.





We have also had another batch of Muscovy Ducks hatch. She may be a new mom, she has already lost two but the rest seem healthy and she is caring for them nicely.

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The big mystery just gets worse and worse. The Duck who stole / kidnapped a bunch of ducklings is still at it. We are begining to think that maybe she is babysitting, not known behavior in ducks but nothing else fits. A couple days ago a hen duck with a badly damaged leg showed up and the staff tried to catch her to help her but were not successful. That very evening when that hen disappeared 8 of the ducklings also disappeared . So now our duck had 9 babies and there are only 9 babies for several days. This afternoon she has 13. ( update via edit... new count, now 14 babies ) Four of them are quite a bit smaller than the others. You can click on the photo to see the difference, The tiny ones are the ones on the left of the photo. The question still remains, Where is she getting all these baby's. I would like to know her secret, I would love to raise a colt, I just don't want to ruin my figure having it myself.

There has been allot of construction going on around here. That not so bright human woman who seems to help run the joint thought that since Nicky and I are so close we would stay in the same bedroom together. Especially since once it gets wet I will have to spend allot of time indoors . Oh well, Nicky's was 12 X 12 and mine was a miserly 8 X 12 ( originally built for a bunch of goats ) . My stall was so small she thought it would be great for us both to have a 20' X 12 room to share. It took me about 3 seconds to pound down on Nicky and convince everyone that it was not a really bright idea to expect me to share space . We both now have a 10X12 of our very own to eat in. Nicky is thankful not to have to be enclosed with what he calls Demon Daisy.



Also , They have changed the drive-in snack shack because apparently we were not as careful with the hay as was expected . Fiona ( the ass ) said we wasted allot on the ground , They also believe making us work a bit harder for it will entertain us. I think they're nuts , if you want to entertain us read Black Beauty to us again and provide popcorn.

We all anxiously await getting into Prairie Pines Preserve, 2,700 acres to stroll, run and gambol about in. We are locked out of our favorite little ( 300 + acres ) park, Pop Ash , until they finish some work so last night we went out to Caloosahatchee and saw another herd of 10 + deer. I am excited because my friend April from SE is coming to see me tomorrow. We will take lots of photos of our time together and share them with you all dear readers.

ARevoire ( is that spelled right ? )

Daisy