We are excited to be knocking out another project, the She-Shed is being upgraded with new decking, electrical, wifi, raised garden beds and a shed roof. This space serves many uses. Our office, a welcome reception area for guests, as a classroom, for hanging out and entertaining, and as a retail shop. We will share updates when complete, and look forward to visiting with you here!
We are the proud new owners of a used tractor! Thank you to all of my real estate clients who have made this my best year yet and this purchase possible. Tears of joy would not justifiably summarize how good it feels to know we don’t have to manually buck a few thousand pounds of hay and feed in a day by hand anymore. El Capitan will be able to lift some logs onto the mill, pull my horse trailer, do hay rides, muck and drag our pastures, and so much more, too. Life is good!
Maybe one of our biggest dreams has just become a reality. Tony got the mill his heart has been set on for years. He found it on a small, obscure, online estate sale auction up in Minnesota last October. We won the bid, then it was shipped to Baker, the manufacturer in St. Louis. They spent a few months in maintenance on it, replacing hydraulic lines etc and it just arrived to Daufuskie. The name Big John is tribute to Tony’s father who passed away before we ever met and taught Tony so much about carpentry and construction. We will be selectively harvesting the timber on our property to make room for pasture and milling the logs into horse fencing, barn posts, beams, siding, decking…!
We finally received our permanent power at the house after submitting very long awaited, as-built architectural plans to Beaufort County. Thank you to everyone who helped us pull off this astonishing and ever rewarding feat!
I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun on a hunt in my entire life. This was Mama’s (Carolina Moon) first hunt and she was amazing. We rode in 2nd flight. We galloped, crossed swelled creeks, dodged hounds and jumped logs. Sadly this was the last hunt with Airy Hall as a fixture but I am so grateful to have done it up with my heart horse, memories I will cherish forever!
Here we are enjoying a little hack around the grounds at Rose Hill after an exciting day with Pegasus Riding Academy participating as a charity beneficiary for the 2021 Polo for Heroes event. DMTS’s three Marsh Tacky mares Mama, Carolina and Roxie all participated in the Parade of Breeds during the opening ceremonies, then they shined in Pegasus’ Special Olympics riding drill demonstration, lastly no one came unglued when the skydiver carrying our colors landed in the polo field from just overhead! Great day!
It’s a filly! She was born on St. Patrick’s Day evening. We were present for almost the entire labor and birth. What a miraculous experience. The third foal to be born on Daufuskie in around 50 years, this is the first time we have witnessed the birth. We were able to imprint this new life in that precious window of time when she will associate us as her family. We had our hands on her at her first breath, helped her get her spindly legs under her and start nursing. Flaca (Carolina Moon x DP) and Clover (sired by Lowther’s Lucero) are bonded, healthy and happy, she is a spitting image of her Daddy! This is the first foal to be born on our new location at Heritage Hall.
Farewell to our very first foal, Estelita Scurry as she embarks upon a new chapter her journey today. She, along with Southern Legends Tuff, are leaving the island to their new forever homes so we are feeling proud and hopeful for them. Estelita will be living near Clemson, SC and Southern Legend will be living in middle GA. Thanks Hawkins Heritage Farm for your help with hauling and match making. We are looking forward to following these two as they grow with their new owners.
We had no reservations kissing 2020 goodbye and saying hello with open arms to the new year, our new location and our new adventures. Wishing everyone else a Happy New Year in 2021!
We were invited as guests to attend a quail hunt on horseback at Laurel Springs Plantation near our 40 acre conservation easement property in Dale, SC. It was the first time in a long time where we just showed up and our horses were tacked up for us. It was a gorgeous day and we had plenty of action. Thank you to the landowners for your hospitality, we enjoyed absolutely everything. Thanks to Roger Pinckney for the loaned 12 gauge!
