Birds were up early today, time for coffee around 7:30. S continued his research to find a new bison bull and why so many dry cows. Turns out drought affects this hugely and can be remedied with oats as suggested by 2 breeders he chatted with. Now if he only knew that before. Always learning lessons it seems.
It turns out the travellers have more than a cough with both testing positive for Covid. Wishing them a speedy recovery and fingers crossed we did not catch anything with our big party w/e coming up. I took vitamin C in hopes of warding it off then jumped in the shower.
S was off to town at 10 to do a walk thru with the renters who are finally moving out. I worked on tutorials and accounting. I also snapped a few more photo's of K's dining table before putting our table back in place.
I wrote a Hometalk post for Tami's custom blended ruler. S was back from town after 11 with Cooper and a tea with no rental walk thru as they were not done. Not surprising to me though. He then started mowing the lawn which is growing too fast. I loaded the truck with boxes and wall repair kit for Shaina and the returns for Costco. He was in at 12:30 to scarf down a smokie then we headed out. We saw the fox scampering around the hay as we were leaving. S thinks there is 2 as this one is less red color. It has also gotten a hall pass for a bit to see if an more cat interest.
We popped into Costco quickly on our way by so I could return a few things then onto downtown Calgary to pick Shaina up from a hair appointment. We arrived at her place after 2 and for the next 2 hours packed, cleaned, wall filled, painted, fastened down to get her moved out. When we picked her up it was raining but it was sunny shortly after. The ride home was beautiful sunny plus 15 ish.
Back at the ranch, I fed the dogs. Cooper still wouldn't eat his food, which was salmon, just like Harley's. I cooked chicken to add to our salad. The piece of buttered bread and coffee from breakfast had definitely worn off. Luckily, S had his smokie before we left. We also rehydrated after our busy day.
I went out to water the planters and do some weeding. S parked the truck in the shop in case it rained, then finished cutting the grass along the lane and by the gate. I organized the area where Shaina will store her things in the trailer and moved the umbrella and stand to the car to take to Kaylin. I thought they had a table with an umbrella hole, but it turned out they didn't, so I'll have to see if it can stand on its own. I don't think it can. I also brought back a box of CDs.
S took down the fireball and went to town for the rental walkthrough at 7:30. Britt arrived at her usual time, so I stopped gardening, put on my boots, caught my horse, and we went for a ride. It was beautiful outside. As we rode around the winter pasture, I spotted a fox in the middle. The dogs and I circled around it many times, and it just sat there watching us. Eventually, it ran off to the north, and Cooper finally saw it and chased after it.
S returned as we were trotting down the lane. He caught the end of the hockey game. It was so nice out that after releasing Switch with a grazing muzzle to match Roo's, I did more weeding just to stay outside in the calm, golden hour. B fed her horse, and S started a fire. After B left, I took a soak in the hot tub, watching the beautiful skies. Then I showered and went to bed to watch Netflix. S came in later from his campfire, showered, and browsed his phone before reading a bit.
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