[Ag-eq] ANZAC Day

[Susan Roe]

Jewel,

Thanks for that bit of history.  My husband is a retired Navy helicopter and 
jet mecanic.  I feel for each and every soul who either volunteered or was 
drafted into any service and had to face the realities of someone elses 
mistakes.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] garden, chicks, horses


> Today was ANZAC Day in which we remember New Zealand servicemen and women 
> who have sacrificed their
> lives in order that the world may be a safer and better place in which to 
> live;  sadly so far, a
> pointless sacrifice as the world is today, but we hope that human beings 
> are, slowly, very slowly,
> learning how to sort out their problems without resorting to the sword: 
> the evidence of that
> learning is still very sketchy, but what can we do but hope for a better 
> tomorrow!
> and what I hear you ask, does the acronum ANZAC stand for?  Australia-New 
> Zealand Army Corps: the
> name that was given to the combined force that was thrown together and 
> whose, what proved to be *
> impossible task it was   to capture the Galipolli Peninsula in 1915. 
> April 25th  was the date on
> which the troops waded ashore and were, immediately, mown down by the 
> turks who had some
> foreknowledge of the anticipated invasion.
> The anzacs were part of the british army, and the brits were there and did 
> suffer their losses, but
> we hear very little of their part in the fiasco.  What we do know, or have 
> been told is that several
> battallions of british tommies just sat around their campfires trinking 
> tea while they watched their
> antipodean partners being slaughtered and waited for the order to attack: 
> an order that never
> came from their  elderly and panic-stricken commander.
> The Turkish defenders and the invading Ausies and Kiwis ,both suffered the 
> greatest of hardships
> during 6 months of the bloodiest and most futile warfare that could ever 
> be imagined.
> I can't remember the date of the evacuation, but one day, what was left of 
> the Anzacs were there on
> the beach and the next day, they were gone, having been taken off by the 
> Royal Navy overnight and
> taken from the fryingpan that was the Galipolli and dumped into the fire 
> that was North Africa.
>
> Today it was 98 years since the landing and, as the years go by,  the 
> crowds attending the dawn and
> later parades and services are growing, not diminishing.  I imagine that 
> the centenary in 2015 will
> be an occasion when no effort will be spared to make it a memorable one!
>
>        Jewel
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:26 PM
> To: <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Ag-eq] garden, chicks, horses
>
> Yesterday while watering my cherry  tomato plants I found several tiny 
> green
> tomatoes. The rest of the plants are growing and look healthy.  I'm always 
> so
> excited about the progress in the garden.
>
> The little chicks are now 7 weeks old and no longer little.  They are 
> growing as
> fast as weeds!  They have their own 6 by 12 dog run to chicken around in. 
> They
> also have a big wooden crate, which they like to get on top of.
>
> One of the big hens has decided that she wants to hatch out some eggs. 
> She sits
> in the nest box most of the time and complains when I gather the eggs.  We 
> no
> longer have a rooster, so she's wasting her time!  I wonder how long she 
> will
> keep this up?
>
> On Sunday I rode Cruiser in a 3 hour, horse and rider communication 
> clinic.  I
> was really nervous because there were more people than I like in the 
> arena.
> Horses and riders kept stopping in front of us and I was worried that we 
> would
> get kicked.  Cruiser wasn't relaxed because I wasn't relaxed.  The 
> instructor
> spent a lot of time yelling at us; she's known me for a long time and has 
> no
> problems pushing me when I'm being wimpy.  Half way through I relaxed and
> everything got better.  We spent a lot of time practicing smooth turns at
> different speeds and transitioning between gaits.
>
> One of the horses in the clinic was an 18.1 hand warm blood.  He is 
> probably the
> biggest horse I've ever seen.  His owner had to use the mounting block 
> with 3
> steps instead of the 2 step one.  I was so worried about him kicking us, 
> but he
> seemed like a big sweetie.  There were also 2 Tennessee Walkers, a Quarter 
> Horse
> and a Thoroughbred.
>
> As usual I loved Cruiser even more by the end of the clinic.  He has come 
> so far
> in the 2 years that Mike and I have owned him.  He would be an even better 
> horse
> if I were a more confident rider, but we are learning and becoming more
> confident together.
>
> Well I got all the electric fence up, with the help of my wonderful 
> neighbor.
> Monty hasn't been out of the yard since the installation.  Yesterday I 
> walked
> down the street and he stayed in the yard; usually this is more than he 
> can
> handle.  I will try it again tomorrow.  On Friday we will start obedience
> classes.  Hopefully Monty can be turned into a law abiding citizen!
>
> What is everyone else up to?
>
> Nella
>
>
>
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