On a wonderful day in January that felt like Spring, we had a great turn out of volunteers. The Douglas County High School crew took time out from preparing for The Wiz, and all of the volunteers were just wonderful! Hopefully Spring is on its way!

Corbin's First Day out

Corbin is a coming two year old colt. He was one of the ones rescued from Crested Butte from the heard that was bound for slaughter in Mexico. Today Teri came and helped get him wormed. Dr. Rice had checked his manure and discovered he had intestinal "friends". Corbin loved being out and about. He has a beautiful trot --head held high and tail streaming behind like a flag. He spent a good deal of time racing around with Toby while Dealer and Goldie looked on from an adjacent pasture.

Angry birds

Here at the Edwards Foundation the wild birds maraud into the barn and eat at least $100 worth of chicken feed each month. The volunteers hung left over Christmas Tinsel in the stall doorways. The birds send a scout to investigate while the rest of the flock sat on surrounding telephone wires. When they did not get the 'all clear' from the scout, they became very angry and swarmed down into the tree in our backyard to protest. They were angry birds. Hopefully we'll save $100 this month!

Brownie Troop #3831 visits

Leaders Heather and Francie brought the Brownies from Troop #3831 for a visit and to help with feeding. Molly greets them.

Got help with feeding. Many girls went home with extra hay on their coats and in their hair.

Lamborgini says "Thanks for the hand feeding".

Goats came to help too.

Everyone had a great time even though there was lots of mud due to the snow melt. Two girls took home samples of the mud when they slid in it!

Everyone had a great smile when they met Lovie the little dog that will need knee surgery.

Bucky arrives at Edwards

This is Bucky, a pygmy goat, that lost his companion goat. He was looking for friendship in all the wrong places and kept getting out of his pasture and running with the deer. This was not safe for him, so his owners, Cade and Dylan brought him here where he will have friends his size and not be so anxious to roam.

Dan and Christian, wonderful volunteers agreed to stay to help welcome Bucky. While waiting for the new arrival Christian chilled with Fudgie.

Mountain Ridge Honor Society

Amy, Christian, Clare and Divya from Mountain Ridge Middle School Honor Society came to help with chores. They fed the animals, loved on the animals and played with Pancake.

Chick-Fille-A / Pine Lane Elementary Fund raiser

This is Caleb and he is not really lying down. This blogger just doesn't know how to rotate a picture. Caleb is on the student council at Pine Lane Elementary. When he learned about the horse Dealer who needed eye surgery for squamous cell carcinoma, he decided to work with his school to help raise funds for us. Pine Lane had a night out at Chick-Fill-A and dedicated the money from the spinning wheel to our foundation. There was a great turn out! The PTO moms helped welcome, serve and clean tables. Even the principal was there to greet all. What a great night and we were honored they would help out the Edwards Foundation. Thank You to all who help to make this night so successful.