Art Show - sick horse & wildlife

The 2011 Colorado Governor's Show which ends this Sunday at the Loveland Museum has set a new art sales record of nearly $200,000!  Maybe the economy is turning around.

Last week my 27 year old mustang had a fever of 102, didn't want to eat, had white snot coming out his nose and coughing a lot- as the local vets were out of town the only thing I could do was give him antibiotics.
Worried about Mustang I didn't sleep very well but the next morning he was back to normal. The vet thinks his illness was caused by the neighbor's having their trees sprayed to kill beetles - If I had known when they were going to spray I would have my  horses out of the way - but they sprayed while I was gone and the next day Mustang became ill -

I don't care what the manufacturers say about insecticide spray - it does kill butterflies, birds,(especially humming birds) bees and good insects and obviously can make a 1000 pound horse ill!  According to studies I've read the spray isn't even that good at protecting pine trees and the ones in the national park that have been sprayed died anyway - while my trees which have never been sprayed are healthy -  it has to do more with how much water the trees are getting.
My water table is high so my trees are healthy -- even during the drought.  News articles ask what happened to all the bees?  Even a dummy should be able to figure out when every spring thousands of acres are sprayed with poison to kill beetles and mosquitos they are also killing bees.  It has more to do with politics than the environment. The bluebirds that were nesting before they sprayed have disappeared....it makes me so sad. Wish I had hundreds of acres instead of only 3 so I could protect more wildlife.

The Mutt & the Mustang book doesn't arrive until the end of this month but I'm already getting lots of orders - so exciting....can't wait until the book hits the stores.  At this point the books are on a slow boat from overseas which won't get into California until June 20.

Memorial Day I spent at a friend's bbq where we were lucky enough to see a nearly new born elk calf - so darling to watch the calf bounce around next to its watchful mother. Driving to my friend's house I saw a yearling bear trying to cross Hwy 7 - poor thing was having a hard time with all the holiday traffic. The bruin would get to the edge of the highway then stop with all the cars whizzing by --- turn around and run back into the bushes.  Lots of wildlife still in town as there is so much snow - 270% more than usual in the high mountains that they have not yet migrated to more peaceful areas.