Big Developments

Indian Pond Equestrian Center is underway!  Practically.  We now have Cathleen's big run-in shed, plumbing and electricity prepped.  Sweet!

The first step was the plumbing.  The guys-who-move-earth-around came to put in the pipe and prepare the spot for the new barn.

View of the plumbing trench from the porch.

View of the trench up the hill to the pasture.

These guys do not mess around when they move earth around.  Like it's their job.  Which I guess it is.

Hello, little men, hidden by your trenches!  Good job!

Made it to their final destination.  But not in the morbid sense, just in the sense that we're finally at the pasture.  You know what I mean.

Good thing they have such cool equipment to help them out.

Here's the lovely pad that was made for the soon-to-arrive barn. Nice and level, just dying for a new barn.

We kept the herd down in the other pasture below while all this activity was taking place.  Donovan was the project manager.

The others were more interested in scouring for grubs.  That is what they eat, right?

A few days later it was time for the barn arrival.  Woohoo!

Coming in for landing...

Getting situated...

Wiggling around till it's...

Just right!

For full disclosure I should admit that I was not here for any of this, and Mom took all of these photos (good job, mom!).  As usual, I am unhelpful.  Different from helpless, but still not that useful.  I got back from my weekend visit to VA to help with the final touches though.

I'll tell you all about it later.  It's such a momentous event that it probs deserves its own post.