Three Pines Farm

Our friend Allie will be leaving on vacation for a few weeks so we got her a couple good rides in beforehand.  She loves Joe like crazy and he clearly loves her too.  Here are a few shots of the two amigos:

This weekend was HOT, but I got out for a few shots of the sweaty boys.  Everybody got baths Saturday afternoon and wouldn't you know it, 4 hours later it's thunderstorming.  Yay.  But it cooled things off for a few minutes, anyway.  Now back to your regularly scheduled heat wave...

After hearing from at least one person that they would love to donate to a future rescue/rehome project horse IF ONLY the donation were tax deductible, we have decided to start looking into filing for 501(c)3 status.  I don't know if it would be worth the trouble, but it won't hurt to check into.  Also looking into possibly partnering with a larger, already-tax-exempt rescue but haven't heard back yet.  Anyone with any advice pertaining to the filing, please contact me!  Thank you!

Allie recently brought us two tiny kittens that are SO adorable.  I had told her how I'd always wanted a white cat, and little more than a week later, her cat revealed two white kittens!  (They are about 7 weeks old, but had been hidden...)  She brought them over and we made them a home in the bathroom; we ended up bringing momma in, too; at least until we're sure they're old enough to wean.  We thought it was a boy and a girl so we named them Sophie and Smudge, but it turns out Sophie may be a boy, too!  More pics of these cute fluff-balls to come.

We started out calling her 'Lily' but after getting to know her, we decided that 'Tyla' suits her better.  Her page is the bottom right tab at the top of your screen; check it out!

Some of the woven wire around here is run-down (and I dont like the looks of wire, anyway), so we decided to start replacing the whole perimeter with 5' 3-rail wooden fencing.  We'll probably only be able to do sections at a time but it's going to look great, be strong and safe, and last a long time when we're finished.  Nathan's been getting the poles that the electric company across the street takes down and getting some lumber from work.  He got the first 200' done this weekend (along with a pretty bad sunburn in the process, but that's what he gets for not listening to me when I tell him to GET A SHIRT OR GET SOME SUNSCREEN, lol!).  We still have to run the hot tape across it in order to power the next section and we haven't opened it up yet to let the horses next to it, but that should happen this week.  We've also got to paint it (black/creosote/treatment) once the lumber cures a little more.  Whaddya think so far?