When my cell phone rang a bit after 9:00am and I noticed the caller ID, I braced for bad news. Tabitha was calling from the farm–something must have gone wrong.

Her voice was talking into my ear and I knew she was trying to tell me something important, but all I processed was, "The filly didn’t eat. She ignored the bucket."

Jo feeding

Jo digs in now that Hermione has started to produce milk

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