Force

 Goodbye Forevuary I'm not going to miss you. 

Why is the shortest month of the year the one that seems to last forever....

This February is one that will go down in the history books. A government who used force on a peaceful protest and froze the bank accounts of those who supported it,  even denying Farm Credit loans this year to those farmers who supported it. Forcing people into bankruptcy and financial ruin for standing up for their rights. 

Another government who used force to invade another country, causing endless misery and death and destruction. 

A world elite who forces people to take an experimental and harmful jab or lose their livelihood and freedom, and in some cases their health or their lives. And not allowing doctors to use medicine that works. 

There is one force to be reckoned with: God's mercy , love and Justice.  I know which power I will side with when the time of reckoning comes. 

Ok rant over. 

Then there's the force of nature.

We are getting a lot of snow, big heavy wet flakes that piled up to over 5 inches in a short time, and it's still coming down. 

Can you feed me in my house today please?

I got my exercise today shoveling that long path to the barn!

He did come out of his house so I could muck it out before I put his hay in there.

Jayne was just hanging around in the snow. 

She will be leaving on March 18th  for Shayla's place. She will be reunited with Belle and Gussie. I sure hope she throws me a filly again this year! If so, this one will be a keeper. 

Focus

 I was going to post my thoughts and feelings about the unprecedented and very disturbing things going on in Canadian politics and my worries about how it will affect the lives of Canadians....

but I choose to look at all the positive and beautiful things of this world instead. Like for example, the fact that I am certain that Sophie has a baby belly! It sticks out on one side or the other. 

Getting rounder!

She is also mellowing out quite a bit and getting quite friendlier. We have a cold snap going on, and I had to chop ice in her water tub this morning, and she stood there waiting while I did that and immediately took a nice long drink, whereas normally she would stand back at a distance and wait until I moved away from the area before coming up to drink.  

I also was able to put Jayne back in her own pen as a lot of the ice melted in the warm weather preceding this cold snap. She hadn't laid down to sleep when she was in with Sophie, and I could see that she was a bit off so I think that was why. She seems quite content to have her own space back. 

Today is a good number day- 2/22/22  so let's celebrate some beauty to quell the February blahs!

Bouquet of tulips I bought for my husband

Sunday Silence

 

Peace, please.

 As many of you know, our cowardly Prime Minister has refused to dialogue with the peaceful protesters who have a legal right to a peaceful protest under our Charter of Rights (which was also cleared by a Supreme Court Judge) instead calling them illegal protesters and various other derogatory terms.

The  people have been very calm, loving and peaceful in all they have done. So what does he do..... calls for the Emergency Measures Act, which is basically martial law that enabels him to do whatever he pleases. He has called in Police and military from wherever he can in an effort to force the people out without engaging in a single word of dialogue with them. He has illegally used an illegally obtained leaked document with a list of donors who supported the legal protest financially and moved to freeze their bank accounts. This is the most despicable excuse for a national leader that I have ever seen. He refuses to answer questions directly (even from the first day of his dictatorship rule as PM. He is doing his best to turn Canada into a Communist country, and the people of Canada are fed up.  Being good Canadians we are doing this in a non violent way, but holding the line. Despite the strong police presence, which was pretty intimidating, people were not afraid, but sad. 

Note the mounted Patrol in the background

Sad indeed when most of those police officers were only there because they had to be, and good on them for their mostly non violent way of doing their crowd control kenneling tactic. I lstened to a few of the people on the live feed talking to the officers. Some were stoic and not answering , but the message that was being offered to them was one of love and peace. People telling them they love them.... how many police officers get that?

As far as I can ascertain there were 70 people arrested, and only one case that I could find of police brutality. 

                                                  But really? Snipers on the rooftops?

I am beyond proud of how Canadians are dealing with this. Things could have goyten really ugly really fast, but didn't. I call to mind some of the protests in the USA where protesters became rioters and were hell bent on destruction. 

There is supposed to be a vote in Parliament on Monday on whether or not the Emergency Measures Act will be fully implemented or struck down.  It might be a pretty tight vote, but I hope enough members of the ruling Liberal Party MP's have enough cojones to stand up for what is right. All of this mess could have been avoided by simple dialogue. 

I hate to see what will happen if it isn't struck down. 

EDTED TO ADD:

Just watched a brutal video of 5 cops on one protester beating him with a rifle butt and the mounted troops mowing people over. Not good. Also- Trudeau shut down Parliament... imagine that. Typical tactic for him when things don't go his way. 

....sigh....

Meanwhile, I leave you with something that brings peace to my soul.

Going for a nice quiet walk with my girl Sophie.

In and out

March came in like a lamb and went out like a lamb, as is usual here. What a beautiful sunny day today!

I managed to get a moon shot this morning as the waning gibbous moon lowered into the western sky.

I must say, I am happy with the moon setting on my camera!

Then I turned around and looked to the east and caught the lovely morning colours.

No editing needed there! It was breezy today but warm with it. 

Ted was busy today, he installed a pump in the well for our personal use, namely the horse water and any other water use we may need at the barn, like horse baths or washing vehicles. It is powered by a generator he bought with his tax return.

Ain't she a beauty?

Now we don't have to bother the neighbours with using stuff that goes on their power bill. It will get a fair bit of use this year as Ted is building me a "cabin" for my camping out adventures at foaling time.  More on that as it progresses; I will wait until it looks good and then do a full post on it.

Meanwhile, Beamer and Jayne are doing great; enjoying some time in the grazing  paddock every day and soaking up the sunshine. 

Sadly, our gestapo  government decided to shut everything down again, so no Mass in Church for Easter. I expected that. Everything- restaurants and bars, sports etc. I am so tired of all this. 

Palm Sunday

This is the Sunday that we first moved to the Creston Valley, 12 years ago. Actually Ted moved first for his job and I followed a bit later. 12 years! I have never lived in one place that long. We both love it here, especially the mild climate after all those Alberta winters- and winds.

Even a heart in the sky!

I caught something cute on video. Beamer is totally Jayne's slave. But then we all know redheads rule!

Today, for the first time in months, we are allowed to have Mass in the Church. 50 people allowed, so Fr. is holding 2 Masses to accommodate all those who wish to attend. Our Archdiocese filed a lawsuit against the government and I think that made them pay attention to their blatant discrimination. We shall see if they rescind their approval after Easter.