10/25/2025
This past June we got hit with a small EF2 that destroyed the donkeys shelter, tore out a lot of trees, and damaged the 3 barns, the outside stalls to the main barn and the barn doors were the most damaged. Because we are both over 70 and ladder w9rk is a little difficult, we hired a contractor to rebuild our main barn. Needless to say, we were taken advantage of the barn ended up being unsafe for the horses. Especially when the first evening I went to feed, attempted to open the 700 # sliding door and it fell off the tracks. Since then we have had to do all the labor to repair everything. We are slowly making progress and the horses are all safe.
One of the most awesome things about a newer, better designed barn is how much I love just being there. Early every morning, while the dogs are running, I walk to the barn, flip the lights on, and prepare the morning mash for our 5 oldest.
This morning when I flipped on the lights I found our blind guy, Apache, snoring away. This is the absolute first I've seen him in this barn, let alone a stall. But, there he was and my heart was so happy. We had rain last night so to know he found shelter, and felt safe enough to sleep, I couldn't ask for more. I prepped the mash and went back to the house to feed the dogs. When I returned to feed the horses I found the King of the Hill. George loves to stand like this. I hauled in a ton of dirt to level his stall. We need to order gravel, and once it comes in we'll finish his and Loki's stalls and get mats down there, too. Slowly and just in time for the rains to begin
