The Ohio Show

Yes, it was Hillsboro, Ohio, for the weekend draft horse festivities....all 400 miles one way. A good time was had by all as we met some very nice Ohio folks and put the horses through the paces. In the picture you see Jeff commanding the six horse hitch around the arena. This is the last event we'll be attending this season and I look forward to next summer and fall when the horses ride again!

Driving Around the Horses!

He drives them around at the shows. Meet our "horse driver" Jeff Batton. At 23 he is probably one of the regions best having worked with his family's draft horses and "pulled" his own team at age 9 or so! Jeff drives them as a team in harness, as single cart hitch, as a team hitch, unicorn hitch, four hitch and as a six hitch. Imagine the skills needed to control six plus tons of horse from the seat of the wagon telling Jim and Doc and Marcus and Mike and Sam and Chief to do their things! Its been fun helping the crew and just watching the shows. Lets go again guys! This weekend we're planning to be off to Hillsboro, Ohio, to the Southern Ohio Draft Horse Show and Field Days. It'll be a four day adventure, the first such trip for the Wilderness Farms team.

The Wonder of a New Silky

Julia was treated with a brand new bigger girls silky when I visited there to see the baby Genevieve. (Genevieve also got a new baby silky). Julia wasted no time showing off the flannel side and then the silky side and later the silky became a swimming pool! She reportedly now keeps both the older and the newer silky in her bed and when awake doesn't let either get too far from her.
Ahh, the wonder of a blanket!

Do You Have Experience In This Area?

It is difficult to tell if there is a message here.
Nonetheless I must declare that as a result of the
past few weeks of horsing around I have new
experience working with a certain part of the
horses to add to past experiences working with
such! The dreams still occur once in awhile of some
of those experiences of the distant past!