WHAT'S NEW IN OUR WORLD
JUNE 2003
WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 2003 NEARLY OVER ALREADY, IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL FEW MONTHS FOR THE MOSS FAMILY.
AS YOU MAY HAVE READ ON THE CLYDESDALE SECTION OF THE SITE, TARA, ONE OF OUR MARES GAVE BIRTH TO A BEAUTIFUL FILLY FOAL, MISTY, ON MAY 14TH. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HER ARRIVAL, AND FIND HER A SOURCE OF HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT AS SHE GROWS AND DEVELOPS.
SADLY WE LOST OUR MUCH-LOVED HAMSTER SMOKIE IN LATE APRIL. SMOKIE HAD PROVED TO BE A PARTICULARLY GENTLE AND AFFECTIONATE HAMSTER, REALLY SEEMING TO ENJOY CONTACT WITH US. SHE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY JAZ (SHORT FOR JAZMINE), WHO LIKE SMOKIE, SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY NICE NATURE.
ANOTHER OF OUR PETS WE HAD TO SAY "FAREWELL" TO WAS DONALD, OUR DRAKE. HE HAD LOOKED AFTER HIS HAREM OF FEMALES SINCE WE FIRST GOT THE DUCKS IN 1996. WE NOW HAVE AN ALL-GIRL GROUP OF 8 DUCKS, AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL INTRODUCE ANOTHER DRAKE AND ONE OR TWO FEMALES. HOPEFULLY IN TIME TO COME WE MAY HEAR THE PATTER OF TINY WEBBED FEET !
ALL OUR OTHER ANIMALS ARE DOING WELL, AND ENJOYING A SPELL OF FINE, IF SOMETIMES A LITTLE TOO HOT, SUMMER WEATHER. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR ATTENDING A NUMBER OF SHOWS WITH THE HORSES, AND KAREN WILL AGAIN BE TRAVELLING TO FRANCE AS PART OF THE BRITISH HEAVY HORSE DRIVING TRIALS TEAM FOR THE "ROUTE DU POISSON" HEAVY HORSE RELAY EVENT THIS SEPTEMBER. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE POSTED AS THESE EVENTS HAPPEN.
WITH A NUMBER OF EXCITING THINGS DUE TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK FOR FURTHER NEWS OF MY FAMILY, HORSES, PETS, AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO.