This was a real sucky morning for all of us at the barn. Fay has kept the rain coming non-stop. She is stationary over top of the state and is not moving anytime soon. Cass & Becca can’t even stay dry under their tent (which is still standing strong) because it is raining sideways at times. We gave the girls their food and then I went to help in the barn. I went to check on them a bit later and Becca had eaten all her food but Cassy’s bucket was about half full with water and her not-eaten food was floating! Her bucket hangs under the tent but I guess water was streaming in just right. I went in and held the bucket for her after draining as much water off as I could. She didn’t finish it but she was eating her hay. She looks exhausted. I know she hasn’t been sleeping the past few nights. Becca doesn’t mind so much, she’ll even lay right down in the mud like nothing is different. She’s supposed to be getting her first set of vaccines tomorrow but I’m gonna cancel that. Too much stress right now to make her body deal with vaccines. We can hold off until next week. I got soaked through my rain jacket and clothes. Just my feet were dry – thanks to my Gortex boots! I will be stopping at Travel Country to get a better rain jacket before I start my afternoon today. My stomach has just been doing somersaults all week…
This photo shows the rain pouring off the tent – which is right where her food bucket normally hangs.
You can see the rain water overflowing the water barrel…
Rosie and Strawberry are trying to stay dry under the trees. You can see the rain coming down…
One more check of my girls on my way out…Big Baby B doesn’t mind the mud so much!
I’m glad to see the girls are not minding the weather. Sweet Babby Becca is getting a good mudd bath for sure,it will make her coat nice and soft and give her skin a good mudd soak. I’m with ya on the rain. Here in Stuart we had 11.5 inches of rain, altho I think it was way more then that. I’m still getting short,heavy and fast rain showers here today. Alot of flooding around here. Fay is finally on the move again and should be out of your hair by late night or early morning tomorrow. I hope all goes well tonight and that you get a break from the rain soon. Scottie..you did a great job on putting that tent in the ground. I figured it’d be blown over by now. Thanks for keeping us informed. I check every hour to see if theres any updates. I’m doing the get out of town rain dance right now, in hopes that Fay leaves your area real soon. Thanks for the updates and please keep them coming in.
By the way…How are Savanna and Delilah doing?
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