Handibear Hills Horse Sanctuary
Prince Edward Island | Yogi Fell
April 29, 2025 Lately I have been the late very late and great Yogi, the writer. I guess I can blame it on the election hullaballoo. I voted on Easter weekend and then blocked all the news broadcast. Cons outdid themselves in the hate and negative. There was so little that was positive with their …
April 16, 2025 Crocus and Scilla are blooming in the yard, it must be Spring. I planted Snow Peas in the raised bed on the south side of the barn today the 16th of April. Snow Peas do not mind the cold weather. A couple of years before Covid, I planted Snow Peas on March …
April 4, 2025 I am late, I am late. My only excuse is a crazy week, crazy weather, and preparations for our Health Clinic tomorrow. I do have a routine, but every year the personnel changes. The to-do list is always a necessity when you are having visitors to the barn. Simple things like reminders …
February 28, 2025 February is leaving, will March come in like a lamb or a lion. I grew up with a family that had extensive knowledge of animals, horses in particular, they believed in a gentle but firm hand. Scholars of Greek and Latin, Xenophon was the written word in their time. Xenophon (430-354BC) was …
February 12, 2025 There is nothing like storm mode to get things done. By the time this story goes to press, it will just be a memory of another full moon. But this is my time to hustle about, and nag the help about supplies. This storm will take us into the weekend and the …
January 15 2025 And here we are into the new year. And I am immersed “in end of year” bookkeeping. It is a lot of work to prove to CRA that we are maintaining this wonderful sanctuary on a boot string. I am not poor, there just isn’t a lot of money for extras when …
January 30, 2025 I tried to bring Vancouver weather back to the Island. It was not successful. There must have been a hole in the suitcase. For the week I was there is was -2C, frosty, but so sunny. January is usually a very cloudy and wet month. Not so this time, everyone I met …
December 18, 2024 I write this knowing that the Postal Workers are back to work. Of course a strike disrupts the flow of our lives. Especially with the distribution of the Courier. It is a shame, management could have prevented all of this, 2 years without addressing the problems is unacceptable. I listened to a …
December 3, 2024 Its beginning to look like winter. More snow coming down sideways this evening, no crib for me tonight. I am rather wimpish driving at night, blowing snow keeps me home. That snow sure makes things pretty, after the mud month of November. Cold nights brought ice on the water tub. Monday’s job …
November 13, 2024 Wow November is certainly blowing up a gale. The good thing of course, there is always an upside. I think the flies have had it. Monday was remembrance day, it was also a Trailblazer day at the Sanctuary. Wet and miserable. Such a good day to bring the herd in and do …
October 25, 2024 Last time I talked about some of the Standies that came to the Sanctuary. Our stairwell is covered with name boards. When a new horse came, a name board was painted to place at the front of the stall. In the beginning we just used a marker on a cedar shingle. Then …
September 25, 2024 It has been a dry September and statistics are proving that story. The soil was flying last night on our way to Kensington as we watch the harvester work the fields. Dry potatoes going into storage has to be good news for the producers. I am busy drying herbs for the winter …
September 16, 2024 Good Autumn to you. And a grand one it is!! I am able to walk with a lot more confidence now. So I am spending more time at the garden tubs. A few flower beds that are overgrown with weeds are getting some much needed attention too. The flower tubs are pretty …
August 25, 2024 As popular opinion, summer is near its end. As soon as Old Home Week is over the temperatures get cooler. My students have left me, their grant programs have come to an end. Zahra has started her 2nd year at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Ashley will be starting her first year at …
August 1, 2024 Yogi is on the Tansy Mission Again. TANSY RAGWORT is in flower. Please pick it and destroy before it goes to seed. WE MUST rid the island of this toxic nightshade plant. Do not put it in compost If it sits for a day it goes to seed, every leaf will germinate …
June 19, 2024 I thought I would share some Canada Day Stories with you. For years Trailblazers were a driving force for North Rustic Canada day celebrations. 10 to 12 horses and ponies would be in the parade. It was no easy accomplishment. 2 weeks before everyone would be cleaning and polishing tack. They would …
June 10, 2024 Lovely lovely days for riding the Heritage roads around and about South Granville. In the past when Trailblazers were doing a lot of endurance riding and competitions, there was a choice of loops 8, 10, 20, and 25mile distances for conditioning. The most popular ride is the 8 mile loop, from Adams …
May 29, 2024 May has been a tough month at the Sanctuary. My barn manager landed in the hospital May 7th with a stroke. At age 37 it is much too young to have this happen. Zoe is at the QEH Heart and Stroke unit. With their wonderful therapists she is recovering. She is walking …