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EA is a private equestrian center in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, owned by Deanna Russell.

07/07/2023

Yesterday, Eclipse Acres hosted its very first clinic since moving here in Nov. 2022 from Ontario. Four of us, myself included, enjoyed fabulous lessons in a half-day mini-clinic with the wonderful Jane Fraser (and, of course, her adorable sidekick, Dottie!). The weather was on the hot side, but the arena stayed relatively cool with a breeze coming through which was a welcomed relief.

We hope to continue with similar clinics in the future.

01/22/2023

Today was the first hack I’ve taken since I moved in back in Nov 2022. It was nippy in the wind, but otherwise beautiful. I kept it short and went down to the Annapolis Valley trail (400m from my driveway) and about 200 m down the trail, then back. You can see the farm from the trail, especially on the way back.

01/20/2023

It’s so nice to be able to bring them in on blizzardy nights like this!

01/17/2023

Mr. Jet, happy to have a dry place to sleep in the midst of days and days of rain! 💕

12/25/2022

Today I celebrated Christmas by using my tractor for the first time. I broke it in by dragging/harrowing the indoor arena footing for the first time since I moved here! The footing was very hard packed in places because the former owner stored heavy equipment in the indoor arena. So I did a first pass with the tines set fairly shallow and tried to level it and distribute the sand more evenly. Then came hand-raking the entire perimeter (phew!). Then two more pass with lots of overlap in various directions. Finally, I walked the ring and picked up stones that were in the footing (not from me digging them up, they were there beforehand!). I think it came around nicely for just the first go-over!!!

Merry Christmas!!! 🎄 🎀 ⛄️

12/25/2022

Merry Kiss-a-Moose from Eclipse Acres!

12/21/2022

I finally got the smaller 2-horse trailer out of the indoor arena and parked between the stable and the outside shelter. I also unloaded the rest of the stuff from the 2+1 trailer and parked i beside the garage. That included the carriage and the harnesses. They will live in the indoor arena as per the photos below. I like the way it all worked out!

12/21/2022

Today was the first visit by the new farrier for Eclipse Acres, Maritime Edition. Joe Larochelle of Valley Farrier had big shoes to fill (pardon the pun!) after years of having Dan's excellent work back in Ontario, but he rose to the occasion and did a great job!

12/19/2022

This morning's "fun" was removing the broken hay basket from the main paddock, moving the (only remaining intact) hay basket from the donkey's paddock and putting it in the main paddock, then re-jigging hot fence in the donkey paddock to allow me to put up 3 boards and attach slow-feed hay bags to the board (in place of their hay basket). This was all done in 1^C temps in the rain with frozen fingers. Ugh, horses!!!

12/18/2022

Welcome to the new edition of Eclipse Acres! The farm moved at the end of October 2022 from it’s former Kingston, ON (Harrowsmith) location to the new location near Lawrencetown in the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. The photos in this welcome post show a few of the beasts that I share my life with. The entire current critter count is as follows:

EQUINES:
Jet: 17 yr old black Friesian/Percheron gelding & superstar
Finn: 8 yr old dark bay homebred Hanoverian/Shire gelding & sweetheart
Eowyn: 4 yr old black homebred Hanoverian/Shire mare, full sister to Finn, & beautiful
April: 2 yr old bay molly mule & lovebug
Leon, the Prince of Uxbridge: ~18 yr old grey standard donkey gelding & cutey-pie
Jackson: ~14 yr old grey standard donkey gelding & snugglebum

DOGS:
Maverick: 9-1/2 yr old harlequin Great Dane boy & personality-plus
Ferdinand: 3 yr old mantle Great Dane boy & do**us
Ballyhoo: 2 yr old black & white Border Collie boy & smartie-pants

INDOOR CATS:
Bazinga: 12 yr old Siamese girl & weirdo with lemur-eyes
WC Fields: ~13 yr old orange & white medium-haired boy & Mr. Handsome
Noella: ~6 yr old black short-haired girl & toilet-cat

OUTDOOR/BARN CATS:
Big Boy: ~13-14 yr old semi-feral grey & white short-haired boy & Mr. Timid
Cloudy: ~13 yr old grey & white short-haired girl & pretty-thang
Jolly: ~13 yr old white with black patches short-haired girl & purr-monster
Ava: ~13 yr old brown tabby short-haired girl & The Supervisor

PARROTS:
Kanzi: 22 yr old male Timneh African Grey & Whiz-Kid
Baliza: 17 yr old male Yellow-crowned Amazon & Big Green Bird

I no longer have poultry or waterfowl (geese/ducks), but plan to get some in 2023.

That’s the menagerie as of now!

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Lawrencetown, NS
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