Good Mums are worth their weight in gold

This week I have had most of our boundary fencing replaced.  The snow and frost of last winter damaged the old posts beyond repair and had stretched some of the wire too. None of my neighbours can remember when last the fence had been replaced so it’s time had come!

Having this work done meant relocating some of the horses on a temporary basis. They were so good about it. Darcy and Storm had a wonderful day in the long grass and I did wonder if they would be willing to come back to their summer paddock with much less grass – but they were good as gold, albeit with feed buckets as an incentive. Bluebell, was ever, was her usual easy going self. Anywhere with anything at all to eat is enough for her.

Bluebell and her girls (photo by Ann Romberg)

The fencers (Jim, a local farmer, helped out at times by his son, Calum) were, of course, regarded as good entertainment. Much to my delight non-one was bothered by the very large tractor and the noise of the powered fence post driver. The last piece of work was a new gate post into the field where Katie and Annie, the two youngsters, live.  I went out at one point to check that all was well as the tractor with its bucket full of old bushes that had been trimmed back from the new fence  was coming through very near to the horses and I wanted to check how they were. I found Katie and Annie standing very politely watching Jim work, barely contained by a loose wire. Bluebell was watching from her paddock nearby, never so much as blinking as the tractor drove passed her.

She has been such a good Mum to her girls, setting them a good example and  insisting on good manners (backed up by Chelsea and Susie!) even when they grew taller than her! She must have been quite proud of their good manners. I certainly was – and was grateful to her for her good work. Like all good Mums, she is worth her weight in gold.