Unbelievably it is already more than a fortnight since my parents returned home – and I haven’t written anything since Not that there is a lot going on. Just one or two “administrative” chores and the usual round of job-hunting. Last Friday, Anike and I went to the riding school in Havert with Zula. When [...]
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Yesterday was a pretty warm day – 32 degrees again – so we kept pretty quiet. Once again riding was cancelled so my parents were not alone very much. Despite the warmth, most of the helpers turned up to help put the horses out to pasture for an hour and to feed them. We may [...]
The past few days have seen temperatures soar above 30˚. Too hot for horses – yesterday Cira and Laika were put straight out to pasture and I called the RSVG lessons off before 11:00. The strawberries have kept on coming – we have now picked some 8Kg in 16 days from a patch 2m². We [...]
Well, after a cool weekend, the temperature has shown a marked rise following the summer solstice. Yesterday we hit 29 degrees and the forecast for this weekend is even higher. We did get to go riding at the riding school on Tuesday – it was still only around 22 degrees – but the horseflies were [...]
So, back into the old routine. Riding school this evening and Roy and Sander on their best behaviour. Tom a little less. Still, everything back under control. Kyra had a minor panic last week when Pien called in sick but after a number of SMSes we managed to get things sorted and in the end [...]
