Here's a fellow you haven't seen before … this is our terrific farrier, Steve Sandvil, who was here on Tuesday. He's been coming out to work on our horses since last summer, but for some reason I've never gotten him on the blog. Alayne (a.k.a. "Potato Lady") came outside from kitchen duty briefly to hold Bridger (a.k.a. "Scarface") while I took these photos. She's still wearing the rubber gloves she uses when she's busy washing and mashing potatoes.
Meanwhile, Steve had finished trimming Cash's feet so Kate was keeping him occupied over at the "salad bar" on the truck:
Here's another view:
With this last shot I've now covered three of Bridger's four feet … you can see in the background Kate is still keeping Cash amused at the salad bar:
We've always had problems with blind Rosie's hooves and struggled over the years with various attempts to fix the issues with her front feet; in just three visits, Steve managed to do some corrective shoeing that fixed 'em once and for all. I would've taken photos of Steve working on Rosie on Tuesday, but someone had to get back to her potatoes.
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