Horses on the move

For five years we have had the great privilege of waking up and looking out our window or off the balcony and seeing the horses hanging out under the big almond tree or in the yard next door. For five years our neighbors have very graciously allowed us to keep Chocolate and KTJ literally next door. 

That arrangement ended this week. Our neighbors are planning to remodel the house and the yard and don't want the horses helping with the landscaping. All we can say is thank you for five amazing years of having our horses right outside the window.

For the past couple of weeks we've been building a new home for them - right across the street! Our other neighbors offered part of their land as pasture for Choco and KTJ.We had to move bunch of rock and construction material to make a safe space for them. That was a much bigger undertaking than anyone imagined. First we tried a front-end loader. That didn't budge it. Then we brought in a Cat D-4 bulldozer. That moved some of the rock but couldn't clear the whole area. The construction people wanted to bring in a Cat D-6 - at a mere $1200 a day. And they couldn't guarantee it would be done in one day. Ya know, it's tempting but...no. We'll work with what we have. 

This could be a temporary solution as well. If the family finds a buyer for the property, we have to move them again. Given that, we're using electric fence for most of the perimeter.It's much easier to remove if and when we need to. This weekend we built another small wood corral for them. It's not as pretty as the first one I built but so far it's holding them and they seem happy. And Ola Lola's guests get to watch them grazing right across the street.

We have such great neighbors! Thank you!