Work Day Wednesday

This morning was cold and windy again so it was a good day to do some work outside. Our makeshift round pen (it looks kind of crappy, but it works and it was cheap compared to the professional ones) needed some repairs and we wanted to make the 'gate' a little more substantial.

I added some brackets so we can put some 2 x 4's in them as the 'gate.' Before this we had some rubber tie downs that we stretched across the space. Whenever we work the horses in the round pen they would eye those rubber tie downs as if they were thinking, "I can get through there." And, they probably could. So, now we have something more substantial.

We have a meeting at church this afternoon and visiting with another couple from church this evening.

If the weather permits tomorrow morning, Betty is going to work with Sugar on getting into and out of our horse trailer. As the weather gets better we want to be able to trailer the horses so we can ride along the river.

Have a great Wednesday.


Today is January 28 and if today is your Birthday then you share your day with: Elijah Wood (actor, Frodo in "Lord of the Rings"), Nick Carter (singer, Backstreet Boys), Sarah McLachlan (singer), Alan Alda (actor, Hawkeye Pierce in "M.A.S.H."), Jackson Pollock (impressionist painter), Arthur Rubenstein (classical pianist), Colette (French novelist), and Jose Marti (Cuban writer).

A special remembrance that on January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded shortly after lift off. God bless them still.

On this day in 1596 English navigator Sir Francis Drake died off the coast of Panama; he was buried at sea. In 1858 John Brown organized a raid on the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. In 1878 the first commercial telephone switchboard began operation in New Haven, Conn., with 12 subscribers. In 1904 the first college sports letters were given out. Seniors who played on the University of Chicago's football team were awarded blankets with the letter "C" on them. In 1915 the U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea. In 1916 Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Wilson to the Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member. And in 1978 the words "De plane, de plane!" were first broadcast on ABC with the premiere of "Fantasy Island."