MARTIN DRAFTS

 Here it is already March! Can you believe it? Time is passing by so fast. I know my grandparents always said that the older you get, the faster time goes, and I see that now. It will be Christmas again before we turn around! Isn't the weather getting to be so pretty though? Spring is definitely in the air. The flowers and trees are beginning to bloom and there is new birth all around us. We have been having baby goats born for the last  week and we have quite a few down at the barn.I think we have about 30 so far. We also had our first colt of the season born. A beautiful champagne colored belgian filly. But where there is birth on a farm, there also comes death. We lost her about 3 days after she got here. She was so weak from the time she was born; we don't know what the problem was. We have also lost 2 or 3 baby goats. We have had mama goats having 3 and 4 kids at a time this year and it is hard sometimes for the mamas to feed that many. So nature takes care of its own. If you have animals, sooner or later, you will loose some. It is the way life is, I know, but it does not make it any easier. We have 15 more mares that are due to have babies between now and May, the way I have it figured. I pray that they all born healthy and strong. We just have to wait and see.

As for other new beginnings, we have had several of our horse family to go to new homes! Banjo, Scarlett, Shadow, and Ginger,have found other families to love them and take care of them. We will miss them, but we know they will be well taken care of. David has been giving driving lessons to a lady that has mini horses. Tosha shows the mini horses and wanted to learn to drive them as a team. She has done really well. It won't be long till show season, and I am looking forward to seeing her perform with them. We have also had a couple that has now been introduced to riding mules. Hunter and Holly may be converts!!! They were very surprised with the difference in how a mule rides verses how a horse rides. Bless her heart, though, Holly started up on one of the mules the other night and tore her ACL in her knee. So I am afraid she will be out of the saddle for a little while. We wish her fast healing!!!!

We have a wedding coming up in a couple of weeks that we are looking forward to. It is always a blessing to us to have a part no matter how big or small in starting a couple on their new journey together in this world. I pray that they have many happy years together. With their permission, I will take photos and post them here.

We continue to have new members for which we are thankful!!! WELCOME to all of you! Please continue to tell others about us. Word of mouth is the best advertising! If you do tell someone about us and they decide to join, please tell them to email me and mention your name. We shall see what we can do about giving you something in return for your kindness. By the way, check out the Cafepress Shop. We have t-shirts, mugs and other things for sale there. I need some suggestions for designs. I only have the one design on there now, but I would love to have some input from you all to see what we can come up with. Tell you what, let's make it a contest and whoever has the winning design will get the product of their choosing from CafePress (our site,of course).

I have kept you all long enough. I hope that you can enjoy the weather and get as much riding in as possible. This is my favorite time of year. I love to get out and see all of God's glorious gifts to us. I love the smell of the spring rains and the bright green of the trees and the flowers pushing their way up towards the sun. Like I said before, time is flying by so take every opportunity to enjoy the beauty around you. Until we meet again......:)