Bye Pie

 Today we said adieu to Gussie and Pie; Shayla picked them up and took them to the farm of the lady who is buying Pie. Gussie will stay there too until weaning time sometime in February. 

This lovely filly is sweet as.. well... Pie  but she is also a little firecracker. Lots of speed and fancy maneuvers which I never could quite capture on the camera. She's very quick footed! 

She will be living at the same place that Sassy was sold to. Remember Sassy? She was the roan mare bred to Beamer who had the colt Booncat.

Coyote Belle and Gussie really bonded again, it was sad to separate them once more. They truly are BFF's. 

Belle is doing well. She is gaining weight back slowly, and seems to be quite content. She was very good for the farrier, and he was very patient and understanding of her needs. 

She was so relaxed with him! He's from Scotland and raises Charollais sheep, shows them too and won some championships at the sheep shows this summer. 

 Belle's colt made it to his new home too. 

He's another big colt, and you can see that Belle put everything into him at her own expense. This is likely to be her last foal. I don't think she is breeding sound anymore unless she gets a Caslicks, and she really has given us enough foals, time for her to retire too. 

That big ole knee will eventually fuse like Beamer's did. She's getting around well enough on it for now. I think she's happy here. She loves getting extra attention and of course, she loves Beamer! His pen is across the alley form her and he keeps an eye on her. 

Now that breeding season is over, it's time to devote my attention back on Ruby and Velvet, who are both getting... ahem... large. 

We are still getting lovely sunny days, not too hot. Perfect for getting Ruby worked again, but we sure could use a good hard frost to get rid of the flies. 

Sunrise on a smoky day, before the rain drove the smoke away.