Colic

Dommie had a bad night.

Called the vet this morning.

NG tube with epsom salts, impaction.

IV shot of banamine didn't seem to do much.

Sedation shot is wearing off now.

He is in his stall, lying down, miserable.

Could take up to 12 hours for epsom salts to

help him poop.

xo

What a Weekend...

Saturday was lovely...put on a warp...took a nap...

Gary and I went out to dinner (!)...and came home and

 watched the most remarkable movie 

I think I have ever seen--

Beasts of the Southern Wild.

I am still processing.  

One of those movies you will never forget. 

This is my new warp. 

 No name yet but I have already finished one scarf but haven't taken it off the loom.

And here is "Seascape" a shawl I've also been working on.

Threading...

 Weaving

I'm weaving three of these...the first one is woven with an icy blue.

Woke up Friday to more snow...

Today I figured we would have a peaceful Sunday...

Gary went out to do the horses and Dommie was colicking again.

He wasn't terrible but he wasn't happy.

I had one more shot of Banamine but Gary thought we could wait.

Finally, in the afternoon he was running

and getting agitated and rolling and generally miserable

so we gave him the shot.  He is somewhat better.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

I'm exhausted emotionally.

I love this horse.

I took this video from the back door and he is in the north pasture.  Sort of far away.

Here's hoping tomorrow is better.

xo

Obsessing over the Sea...

I've been obsessing over the ocean lately...Thinking of the Outer Banks, NC and Italy, and the beach where I grew up in CT.

Must be cabin fever.

In any case it is informing my color decisions.

The scarves I'm working on are called "Beach Glass."  Visions of walking along the sand, looking for treasures, hearing the gentle lap of waves,

 feeling the wind off the water,

Smelling the salt air...

Already designing the next scarf..."Seascape"

We had a bout of colic this past weekend with Dommie.  Of course it was a Sunday.  Gave him a banamine shot in the morning but when he still wasn't feeling better I called the vet.  He came around 5 pm and gave him another one but IV this time.  Finally put him in his stall by 10 pm and he was looking much more alert.  He hadn't pooped all day.  He was pawing, lying down, getting up, lying down, looking sad.  It was 0 degrees.  But by morning he was good.  So distressing.  All the next day I checked on him about every 20 minutes out the window as well as brushing him and talking to him.  Now he is, of course, filthy but happy and eating.  Oh, and pooping.

That white patch of snow behind Dom is our pond.  It is beautiful up there but the snow is very slippery...too slippery for riding or walking.

So all is well...

xo