April showers bring May flowers, right? Welp, Mother Nature is messing with us this year by waiting until the flower growth month to dump the rain. How much rain you ask? We aren’t sure because Mr. Pesky’s gauge — that’s just down the road a bit — shows an amount that’s way different than mine.
Yesterday morning, his gauge showed 2 inches of rainfall overnight. Mine was different… a LOT different…
Between the rain storms, Perry planted 4 trees.
Property across the road from the barndo was sold a few years back and the owners plan to build there at some point in the future. It looks like they’re planning to build more in front of the woods, but we still wanted to have some sort of privacy block just in case.
Hugo is convinced the trees are some evil predators eyeing his slice of the earth and loudly protests their existence.
In other news, May doesn’t just bring flowers…
Now you know: Horses have no muscles in their lower legs, so their hooves act as “second hearts”. A horse that can’t move risks blood pooling in its hooves, which can cause tissue death starting from the hooves up. This is a key reason why leg injuries are often fatal for horses.