I picked up my new Mini today!! It is bright red. This time, hopefully, nobody will rear-end me. You can't miss this beautiful little red Mini- I love it.
Today was coollll ! In fact on the way home a little sleet hit the windshield. Oh no- I am not ready for real cold. Maryland has the most wonderful fall weather but sleet in October- unusual. The hunt today was fast. We were only out for about 1 1/2 hrs from 8 -9:30. One fox was viewed crossing a hay field and the hounds quickly found its friend or mate and tore off in the opposite direction under full cry. We whips looked at each other, shrugged and said " maybe it is not "heel" ( heel -is running backwards on a scent line) and off we went. This fox was very brave as he ran for a solid hour, was viewed several times. Sometimes the hounds were pretty close, other times , not even warm. They ran thru woods, across hayfields, across the jump field on the horse trial course, thru the broodmares in the neighbour's pasture and kept on keepin' on. The fox went to ground in a den below the tenant's house on same neighbour's farm and the huntsman blew "gone to ground" and enthusiastically praise the hounds. They did good. And we thanked the fox silently, as it was a wonderful run, and we were glad he went home safely. We like to take care of our foxes, actually putting out dog kibble in rough winter weather and putting rabies vaccines in chicken parts to keep them healthy. The second field had a lovely view of this fox as he crossed the hay field a second time on the way home.
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