Awareness of the outside world. Equal Earth. I was most surprised by the apparent size change to Russia (obv the country itself is the same size). That could be an artifact of living with the Cold War when the USSR loomed VERY LARGE in the collective psyche. [Inauguration Thoughts, The Secret Bits]
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Phooey.
Bruise or abscess? Shrug. Treatment the same. We had been doing so well this year. First official abscess (or bruise). Based on subsequent sole growth, Milton’s earlier kerfuffle might have been an abscess that went away or got reabsorbed or wasn’t that big in the first place. [Milton Opts Out of Lunging]
Avengers Assemble.
Epsom salt applied. Padding & tape bootie to follow.
Dunno if it heals anything but Rodney loves his foot poultice. Oatmeal mixer this time. We did one soak while waiting for the supplies. Continue to prefer the foot pack method. Longer contact time and less hoof immersed in water. [Abscess Treatment]
Tempting to blame being barefoot … [Going Bare]
.. but abscesses happened with shoes. [Abscess Treatment, photo repost 2019]
In other news, I can add abscess to my list of problem words. Too many similar letters. Got the spelling so wrong at one point that spellcheck had no clue.
Onwards!
Katherine
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