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Kathy - I'd forgotten that you had Ydel. I will give grandma Edel Berger the
good
news in the morning. Grandma is currently going through the CEM testing. We
started the process on Monday. As a dairy state, we are lucky to have a federal
vet just dow
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Cynthia fell and broke her kneecap yesterday morning. She was in
surgery this
morning.
Steve - could you give us an update on her condition? If, she is
going
to be hospitalized for a few days, I would appreciate the name of the
hospital. I'm sur
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Karen K. - I've been thinking that when the truck comes through here tomorrow
night at midnight I might just whitewash a cute little brown dun and put her on
the
trailer but then I thought that's probably not a nice thing to do.
We also have a
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Personally I think dipping in beer might be to kind of
a punishment.
Susan - Longtheway Farm
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Karen - sorry I'm not going to try that stuff on my head even to get hair to
grow. My hair guy of
20+ years just sent me a care package of a shampoo which is supposed to make
the existing
hair thicker and the unexisting hair to grow faster - my husband
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Diatomaceous earth/Merideth and Steve Sessons/chickens and horses
As an organic gardener I've used DE for many years in my garden to combat slugs
- those
nasty grub like things that like to eat plants at the root base. We also use
beer because it
lures
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Linda Lotti - I've been watching the cougar news with interest. Our neighbor
and her mother used to walk the Tuscobia Trail which separates our
farm into two pieces. They reported seeing a large tail several times
as they were walking - the neighborhoo
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Karen M. is right - Live Oak is the 'Big Cheese' of CDE's. Vivian
mentioned that the hazards course is the worst of the worst to drive.
Quick clarification - she was driving Winona not Mira. Mira is home
expecting. This was Winona's firs
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Kate - we had the same issue a couple of springs ago when the paddocks
became
very muddy around the waterers. We didn't use sand by a combination
of sand
and gravel. It just mixed in with the mud and in the end, didn't make a
difference - it w
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Thank you Eike for the informative post. I have a couple of fjords
(originally
imported from outside the USA) who are definitely easy keepers. I
don't consider
them to be hot but a little more sensitive. They definitely
c
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Jeanne - that's just not fair - I'm further south than you are in Alaska.
They are promising warmer weather next week even in the 40's. The
fjords are telling me that spring is coming because there are piles of
ha
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I forgot to mention that the ribbon quilt from the leftover 25th Anniversary
ribbons will be a raffle item for the 30th Anniversary of the NFHR.
Susan - Longtheway Farm, WI
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Sherie - thank you for asking about the ribbon quilts. One of my
life's passions is quilting, it fits nicely between the fjords and gardens.
I've been thinking about what to do with the leftover 25th Anniversary
Ribbons and
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It was great fun to be at the opening night of the Dancing with Horses
at the NWSS. The Starfire Quadrille was stupendous as always. It was
great fun seeing two of the T girls (Tirra & Haley aka Trudie) and Orinike
perform.
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As many of you know the Starfire Quadrille is participating in the National
Western Stock
Show in Denver tomorrow night. Beth and the Jumping Quadrille were featured on
a national
affiliate of a local station this morning on early m
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I had a great time meeting the ladies from South Carolina that organize a
wonderful fjord event.
Kate and Joe (well, Joe wasn't there) were in attendance.
Kate - the reason I feed hay cubes is that I'm allergic to the hay,
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I wanted to share with everyone the wonderful SS gift I received this year.
And no, I'm not going to share her name because hopefully she'll be my
secret santa next year. The gift was a sign for the barn with Felix's im
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We live in a cold wintery climate. All of our pastures have three sided
shelters.
The barn was built with 12 foot overhangs - stalls inside the barn, covered
shelter
and paddocks outside. Except for a few fjordies with less hair th
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Karen K - thank you for my Secret Santa gift. I'm waiting to open it Christmas
morning with my Family so we can all ohh and ahh over each gift. Eagerly
awaiting
the second half. Can't wait to open them tomorrow.
Susan -
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I was amazed when reading the post about the hurricane in Oregon and Washington.
Living in the Midwest and rural Wisconsin I must have missed the news or
amazingly
it never reached our press. But ice storms are something I've
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Catching up on my FH List posts I caught a comment from Pat Holland regarding
the 25th Anniversary Show
in Winona - Pat referred to a four-in-hand that ran
into trouble and Tyler was there to help with his electrical tape in one
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The very long awaited DVD "Dancing with Fjords" arrived at my farm yesterday.
As soon as I receive
addresses they will be in the mail. For those of you who
have not ordered a DVD there are plenty of
copies. Katherine wi
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We used Benjamin Moore's Benwood Stays Clear in a High Gloss. After
construction we power washed
very carefully to remove construction dirt and
grime, then sanded the areas where the wood had blue and
yellow marker
splotches.
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Solveig and Dan - I'm very glad that the Feidler's were willing to let Tico
move West. He is
a very nice stallion even if he didn't get a "Grand". He
will do great things in the West.
We are on foal watch t
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It was with pleasure that I read the post regarding the Nesseth Family and the
home for two of their fjords.
As many may know, Crysten is spending the next 9
months working at Nordfjordheid. She is a wonderful
young woman and very
ta
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Peg - that is so wonderful. I will tell his son and daughter when I get home
that they have a great father. Sounds like he has a lot of good years left in
him.
Susan - Longtheway Farm
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Felix has found his niche in the driving world. He is definitely a pleasure
driving horse. Vivian Creigh
and Felix, against very stiff competition, did
very well at Walnut Hill Driving Competition in Pittsford,
NY this past
w
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Beth and I have received the finalized copy of the Evening of Dancing Fjords
DVD that was filmed
at the 25th Anniversary Celebration in October, 2006.
Since Beth and I have a tendency to over-extend
ourselves this project has
taken
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Thanks Peg - Felix is a great horse. For your information - Yenna is on her
way also.
Her time is coming. She has great movement and wonderful presence.
Beth is doing a
great job with her. I drove her dam, Mykleblakka, yesterday
a
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Vivian Creigh who drove Felix to a Reserve Driving Championship at the 25th
Anniversary in Winona has
done it again.
She competed with Felix this last
weekend at Lorenzo. I'm going to give you excerpts of her email.
-"H
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Lisa Pederson mentioned that she and Jeff have acquired Snow Flyer and Silver
Flyer (both from FC Gwendellin and
Smedsmo Graen). With seven new
possibilities (foals) this spring it became evident that we needed to reduce
the herd
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Longtheway Farm launched its new website today - www.LongthewayFarm.com or
www.LongthewayFarms.com. Let me know
what you think.
Susan - Longtheway Farm
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The Evening of Dancing Fjords DVD is going to be awesome. We combined the
footage from
two cameras - one above the arena in the announcer's stand which gives you a
birdseye view
and one from the floor of the arena. The ligh
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Just as a point of clarification - I have foals in the barn by Erland as well.
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AndMillenium is a Hostar daughter.
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Carol - thank you for the information on Sievert and BDF Titian. My Dutch mare
Tarrisa
(do you remember her?) has those beautiful leg stripes which are very
pronounced because
of her very light brown color. Even though we have the
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I don't post often to the list but try to keep up with what's happening when
there is time. Since
this is the time of the year when foals are being born I thought you might like
to hear of the activity
at Longtheway Farm.
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Mike, is very correct - we have at least 40 hours of video from Winona. We
have coverage of the evaluation, horse show, stallion presentations, Evening
of Dancing Fjords and interviews with participants and our European visitors.
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Hi Everyone - we are fast approaching D-Day. From the posts I've seen people
are progressing toward Winona, MN. Some will arrive a few days early and spend
an overnight at a local horse vet clinic who has opened their doo
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The indoor show arena, indoor warm up area, outdoor show arena and outdoor
warmup area have very good footing. Between the barn and the outdoor arena and
warmup area is gravel. If you plan to use only those areas with good footin
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Peg - I'm so sorry that Erland is having some health issues. He is a great
horse and we all need to keep him in our prayers. Besides, he is expecting two
offspring in 2007 - maybe if you whisper that in his ear it will ma
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Jean - if you can come to Winona I'll make sure you have a carryon bag of
Nutrena's Lite Feed to take home with you.
I have used Triple Crown Lite Feed for years for my fjords - now that Nutrena
has a lite feed I
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Katherine and everyone - the $500 tables are not very large - about 36"
diameter with 4 or 5 chairs. The $500 covers both the Stallion Review and
Evening of Dancing Fjords. We do have bleacher seats with equally good
vie
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The 25th Anniversary Show Committee has agreed to waive the $10 office fee per
horse. If you have already paid the fee, you will receive a credit in the
amount you have paid at the promotions booth. Please send any questions
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I'm happy to announce that Wayne Hipsley was able to change his plans and will
be joining us as a judge and evaluator for the 25th Anniversary Celebration.
Susan Cargill - Longtheway Farm
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Horse Show Entry Forms and Evaluation Forms are located on the NFHR
website - a mailer went out at the end of the week with lots of
information and soon to arrive Herald has biographies of all the
judges and a show schedule.
I&#
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Carol - in our area of Northern Wisconsin, it is always better to have pallets
down for air circulation. The concrete tends to pull the moisture up from the
ground at certain times of the year and spoiling the lower layer of hay.
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Hello everyone - thought an update on the 25th Anniversary Celebration in
Winona, MN at the Minnesota Equestrian Center October 12-15, 2006 might be in
order. The show committee has developed some interesting and inspiring event
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As the new chair of the 25th Anniversary Celebration I'm looking for volunteers
among all of you that are attending the 25th Anniversary Celebration in October
in Winona. We need volunteers to make this event happen. Voluntee
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