Cardy 1974-2009
Cardy died last Thursday, She was surrounded by those who loved her: Dana, Skye and Ryan caressed her while Mark, Barney, Mark’s dog, and I watched. Mark, his wife and dogs are regular guests and had returned to the Inn the night before. Mark has always felt a special connection with Cardy and happened to be walking Barney to say hello to her, when he came upon us. Since the last post, Cardy had a few good days. She hung out by an apple tree which she could lean on or spent time with the other horses adjacent to her paddock. She quit trotting away from me, when I quit serving her bute which did not seem to provide relief. Cardy ate, but it was clear that she was weak and early Thursday afternoon, she lay down and could not get up. Cardy left us with a...
Rescued Horses and the Miracle of Human Attention
Last week Cardy, our rescued 35 year old New Zealand trotter, began slowly spinning in a meandering pattern in her paddock. Her movement reminded me of the teacups in Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride. When Cardy was still, which wasn’t often, her hip was not over her stifles, but shifted to the left – not a stable position – and one she could not hold for long. Clearly, she was in pain. Today’s story is part of our horses’ stories and underlies the power of this land and the power of human intent.. A bit of history – Cardy came to us in 2003 at the winter solstice. Carol Miller, a well known Mendocino advocate for animals had heard that an old mare was to be shot in Covelo, but that the owners...
Gypsy’s life continues to be a miracle.
Except for occasional pain in his left hip, right knee or left front leg that are continuing to heal, Gypsy is in great shape. He has returned fully from the aspirin experiment. He clearly had been losing blood from internal bleeding and now, without aspirin and following only one acupuncture treatment he jumps and gets up on his own, runs after Murphy and always follows me to the kitchen door. His appetite is back: he loves his sea palm strudel and nori as well as Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance vegetarian (vegan) dog food. Before his first (and so far only) acupuncture treatment, our veterinarian suggested that Gypsy go on to an anti inflammatory called Remedyl. I asked her if she knew if there was any relationship between the drug and cancers. She...
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A Question of Sustainability
An association to which we belong, Johansens, wrote to ask if we qualified for being considered “green.” The writer knew we did, however was following protocol. She provided a list of eight activities/policies. Any three of the activities/policies would assure that we are green. We are doing all eight, plus substantially more. The inn and restaurant recycles everything possible and all organic wastes are composted on the property – waste management! And the compost is used in our garden which produces 25% of the produce we use. In addition our kitchen provides vegan food at night and and ovo-lacto vegetarian meals in the AM. We have eliminated eggs and dairy in all baking. The following information has been reported earlier in this blog and is...
Inn’s Kate Frey Wins Gold for Fetzer Vineyards
This spring, master gardener Kate Frey took a six week leave of absence from the Inn to create Fetzer Winery’s sustainable wildflower garden at London’s annual Chelsea Garden Show. She was awarded gold! Until last year when Fetzer Winery’s owners closed it, Kate ran Fetzer’s Valley Oak Gardens. Kate is also a superior garden designer and lectures on gardening throughout Northern California. Kate emailed from England: “People, said over and over, ‘now this is the people’s garden- not like those fancy things across the road.’ ‘It is so uplifting’ and ‘it invites one in to supper.’ ‘I feel like crying,’ ‘This is my favorite, and your last garden was my favorite also.’ ‘So different than those depressing blues and...
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