arrivals

From: Caroline
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:29 PM
Subject: arrivals

well, I'll give this another shot - and hence forth I promise never to "copy" before I hit "send".

By far and away the most important arrival has been that of Nia Elizabeth Poor - my Great grandaughter. I am so joyous for her parents who have suffered so many sorrows. I just saw pictures of her at 12 hours old and she looks perfect. For those of you who are not close family members and who may not be quite as entranced as I am, I will not include them but if you want to see them, let me know and I will forward

While waiting for Nia I have also been waiting for a small female Golden Retriever who will come to me from the rescue group. I have been examined as a potential owner and passed the test, so now every time the phone rings I think I'm getting a call from the facility at Holliston(? ) saying "you can come and get her" . She will be small and I will call her Zoe. ( There is a reason for this floating around in the back of my head but I haven't taken the time to track it down yet).

The third arrival will be a Paso Fino 16 year old mare from Maryland. They will no longer be breeding her and as no one rides her they are looking for a good home. My friend Bob Yunits - from the farm where I learned to ride- found her and will keep her for a month while we check her out. She is free and of course the saying is "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" but we will be looking quite closely at hers, and if she doesn't suit, I can send her back again.

I'm not exactly living off the land, but I did have a grand breakfast of five bantam eggs the other morning. I think now that the dys are getting longer they are starting to lay, and I wish,hope, that they will lay in their newly installed nest boxes instead of scattering eggs in dark corners.

The number of shrubs blooming is astonishing -fragrant honeysuckle, autumn bllooming cherry with it pink flowers, Chinese witch hazel, pussy willows bursting their rose colored sheaths, and up in the wild garden my Christmas roses reward me with a look at their charming pink(orientalis) and white(niger - you'd think this meant black but you'd be wrong - must be some other part that is black)flowers. If I could only get over my hesitation in using Adobe Photo shop I might send you some pictures.

love to all Caroline