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Counting June’s Blessings
Written By: Sue Blair - Carpe Diem Farms | Issue: June 2024
Life at Carpe Diem Farms picks up the pace with the arrival of June and the arrival of Journey.
Spring Has Sprung at Carpe Diem!
April showers certainly brought May flowers back to our mountains. The endless shades of green reflecting back create a painter’s palette of magic for us to enjoy and marvel at the many gifts that bless us.
I certainly count my blessings daily.
I recently returned from the National Clydesdale Sale in Springfield, Illinois. Three days of speaking with horsemen and women from across the country about Easy’s Slipper. That’s our glue-on rubber composite cuffed shoe and pads developed and manufactured right here at Carpe Diem. They’re the only product of its kind available in sizes big enough for drafts, minis and every size between. The shock absorption of the materials used provide 220 percent more than provided by the steel and aluminum used in the traditional shoeing process.
Beyond the time spent in our booth and sharing our message the excitement of seeing, up close and personal, the 125 magnificent Clydesdales and Shires, which are auctioned on the final day.
Unlike going to many other horse events where viewing from the bleachers is as close as you can get, the “big horses” are available to meet, greet, pet, and experience them being harnessed to wagons and carts, mares with their foals at their sides as well as some ridden both English and Western.
If you follow the monthly articles of the happenings of the horses at Carpe Diem you have read most recently that Kaleb came home from Tennessee and brought his best friend Daniel with him. Drum roll, please!
What could top the spring showers bringing May flowers to CDF?
For me and the herd it’s the newest addition to the equine family, Cross Creek Epic’s Journey. (To be known as “Journey.”) A three-year-old Shire gelding foaled April 16, 2021, in Hardy, Virginia, and registered as the #23775-S.
Since 1885 the American Shire Horse Association has existed. There are few remaining. Research showed there may be less than 2,000 across the globe. The Shire Horse, which began in England, carried armored knights into battle. Their size made a huge presence in battles everywhere. The Scottish Clydesdale was bred out of the English Shire. The Shires’ presence, beauty, size, and calm demeanor make them magnificent.
‘Journey’ arrived at Carpe Diem, April 28. If you would like to meet the herd, especially the big boys, call me at (828) 200-9725 and we will make
an appointment.
Carpe Diem Farms is a 501(c)(3) educational foundation located in Highlands.
