Chloe has been seen by several horse people recently, including the people who owned her, and she has been pronounced fit and healthy. Maria has been riding her and lunging with her every day, and we are learning that ponies have their own minds, like donkeys, and do not live to please.

Still, she is a perfect addition to Bedlam Farm, she is easy-going, loves people and attention, and shows a lot of affection. She is Simon- like her approachability and ease with children, she will be a hit at the Bedlam Farm Open House on Columbus Day Weekend – just a few weeks away.

We got a little rain last night, not much but some, and hopefully we will get some more. I don’t recall seeing things so dry in my time in the country, the animals are working hard for their grass, we may have to put hay out for them early. I feel for the people in other parts of the country feeling awful droughts and struggling to care for their animals. Hay in many parts of the country is now $10 a bale, people are having to give their animals up, an awful choice to have to make.

Chloe is  happy here, settled. She loves to hang out with the donkeys, she is at ease with Red and Fate working around her, we love to see her  galloping around the pasture and whinnying her greetings to Maria and me.