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End of Summer Vacation
People mark the ending of summer in many ways. For many people summer drawing to a close means the kids go back to school or the days are...
hoffywhf
Sep 1, 20151 min read
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Sunday Stills
Rubrico and River Stormy Lighty and Nemo Remmy, Duesy and O’Reilly Hesse and Fabrizzio Johnny and Taco MyLight, Norman and Calimba Gibson...
hoffywhf
Aug 30, 20151 min read
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Nature Abhors a Vacuum
In my last post I said my goodbyes to Windy Hills Farm. It was certainly the end on era for me, my mom and my sister. However, nature...
hoffywhf
Aug 27, 20153 min read
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In Memory of Windy Hills Farm
Windy Hills Farm is no longer the home base for our family as of yesterday at 10am. I have mixed emotions about this. My mom...
hoffywhf
Aug 25, 201510 min read
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Sunday Stills
Moe and Homer Ritchie and Trigger hanging out in the woods Calimba and MyLight Walden and Fabrizzio Remmy, Hesse and Duesy Slinky and...
hoffywhf
Aug 23, 20151 min read
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A Contrary Farmer’s Guide to Manure
(Post by Jason) One of the benefits of being a farmers wife is that Melissa gets to listen to me expound on issues like nutrient...
hoffywhf
Aug 20, 20155 min read
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In Memory of Largo
Last week we started the week with a farm full of healthy horses and ended the week with one less resident after saying our goodbyes to...
hoffywhf
Aug 18, 20156 min read
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Sunday Stills
Remmy and Hesse Baby and Homer Tony and Hemi Apollo and Levendi Cuffie and Lily Calimba, MyLight and Cinnamon Maisie and Norman Walon and...
hoffywhf
Aug 16, 20151 min read
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Triumphant Return
Yesterday was an exciting day for one group of horses. One of their family members, Lotus, left a few weeks ago to see if a return to...
hoffywhf
Aug 13, 20152 min read
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Not Bored
I was thinking this morning there hadn’t been much interesting going on around here lately, and really there hasn’t. We have certainly...
hoffywhf
Aug 11, 20152 min read
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Sunday Stills
Rubrico Baby and Tony Apollo and Homer (Baby far in the background) Levendi and Moe Thomas and Hemi Leo and Chance Rip and Ritchie Johnny...
hoffywhf
Aug 9, 20151 min read
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Composting
(post by Jason) One of the main farm activities around here during late July and August is spreading the yearly accumulation of composted...
hoffywhf
Aug 6, 20152 min read
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More Clipping
In May I had my annual spring clipping marathon. My total count for body clipping in May was 12 horses over a two week period. My arms...
hoffywhf
Aug 5, 20151 min read
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Sunday Stills
Baby George and Flyer I guess Donovan thought the tree tasted good? Toledo and Rocky took turns grooming each other Donneur and Gus...
hoffywhf
Aug 2, 20151 min read
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Meet Remmy
Remmy is a Dutch Warmblood gelding who joined us for retirement last fall. Remmy was born in Holland in 1998. Remmy is beautifully bred...
hoffywhf
Jul 30, 20156 min read
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Cushings/PPID Primer, Part III
Welcome to Part III of the Cushings/PPID primer. In this part we’ll discuss what you can do after your horse has been diagnosed with...
hoffywhf
Jul 28, 20157 min read
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Sunday Stills
Cocomo and Lofty Cocomo and Romeo under the same sky about 15 minutes later Lighty and Nemo Calimba, MyLight and Cinnamon Dolly and...
hoffywhf
Jul 26, 20151 min read
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Top Names
I was perusing SmartPak’s list of their top 100 names and I decided to see how many names from their top 100 were represented at Paradigm...
hoffywhf
Jul 23, 20151 min read
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The Rest of the Story
It has been exactly one year since our pet cow Buster passed. I’m not usually much of one for specifically remembering certain dates,...
hoffywhf
Jul 21, 20156 min read
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Sunday Stills
Moe, Homer and Tony Ritchie and Trigger wandering through their pasture Flyer, Faune and Asterik saying “skip the picture and let’s get...
hoffywhf
Jul 19, 20151 min read
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