A Perfect Sunday

Yesterday was perfect. It could have been a bit warmer, but I'm not complaining. The sun was out with no clouds in sight, and only a slight breeze made us shiver. My brother, best friend, and I decided to spend the afternoon fishing.

(We had to be careful fishing because there is an electrical line that runs right over the pond, and many bobbers have been lost to tangling.)

Muskrat Residence

100 Muskrat Residence 

Pond by the Tree 

Suburbia, Pa.

There's a pile of cattail reeds in the shape of a house on our pond. We weren't sure what it was until someone offered up "Muskrat" and nailed it. It kind of looks like a beaver dam, but it's on a pond without stream, and it looked a smidge too small. So what's it actually look like? This:

Just a pile o' sticks. We haven't seen the muskrat, and we're not sure if we will. So I took the liberty of googling it for you. They look like a mix between a beaver and an opossum.

They're a bit cute. I'll be excited to see if we can catch a glimpse of it this summer. Has anyone actually seen a muskrat?

New Baby Calf!

Just when we started weening Nina and I thought I wouldn't have to bottle feed the calf before rushing to school, Mom and Jeff show up with another adorable orphan face. Meet Bruiser:

April Showers

Who else loves thunderstorms? I love everything about them. If I was better at math and had the guts to take physics, I would've gone to school for meteorology. We had our first real thunderstorm last week.

We have a sprinter

Nina is growing fast, and with the nice weather we love to take her out of her pen and let her stretch her legs (when the dog isn't chasing her). She first stuck right by my hip like a calf would to its mother, but now she's starting to wander off and graze in the grass. Although, being the baby she is, she doesn't graze for very long before she gets bored and wants to explore.

Country Humor

Every farmer knows the misery of hay in their clothes.

Ps: There should be an apostrophe in "its." Just sayin'.

Shedding Season

I spent part of my gorgeous Saturday grooming my pony. He grazed in the yard while I scraped immense piles of hair off. Since he walks while he grazes, there was a trail of white, snowy fur through the yard. It looked like somebody had a pillow fight.

I took a video to show you guys just how much my pony sheds. I'm not exaggerating when I talk about him.

I apologize that my breathing was apparently loud. It's crazy how much hair he sheds!

Who else shares the shed-dread of spring??

Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a good holiday!

This is my friend's little chick and she is just adorable! Happy Easter!

Facebook Page

Since my Twitter hasn't been updated, and the gadget isn't working on blogger (I'm so sorry if you didn't understand any of that), I decided to make a Facebook page for the blog. I'll post the link for each new blog post, as well as little things that aren't enough to justify a whole blog post. I hope this will make finding each new post easier for you!

So go "like" Suburban Hoofbeats's Facebook page, and share it with all of your Facebook friends. Thanks!

Click HERE for the Facebook page!

I found this humorous.

Why Robin was the Sidekick

I came home today and noticed a bird flying straight at our living room window. At first I thought it was a typical idiot bird that crash landed, but when I pointed it out, Jeff said the robin had been attacking his reflection for the past hour.

Robin's face is hilarious.

Tranquility

Our typical Pennsylvania weather dumped a handful of inches of snow on us last night, transforming our nice, breezy, 45 degree Sunday into a cold, wet, 34 degree Monday.

Happy Spring!

Even though it may not feel like spring right now, today marks the first day of the season. It's the Spring Equinox! Soon enough, the tulips will start budding, you can start wearing t-shirts outdoors, and the ponies will catch spring fever.

I even heard one lonely Spring Peeper frog the other night, which we all know means spring is practically here. (The poor guy didn't have any friends to return the call, so he valiantly peeped every few minutes alone.)

I can't wait for warm nights to have bonfires and sunny days to ride the ponies. What are you most excited for this spring?

Happy Spring! Watch out for Spring Showers!