Sixteen

Kara was busy training the foal; she was now used to people and she was learning about the lead rope.  Kara had named her Scarlet, since she was reddish brown and she seemed to have the perfect disposition to work on the ranch.  She was eager to please and loved the attention, not to mention that she was a fast learner, all of those were good traits for a good working horse.

It had been a week since she had had the idea for the pigsty.  James was currently busy with that and his son, who had showed up the next day, was out working with the cattle.  She could not wait to get things started for that idea.  She had already ordered the food for the pigs and even had two pigs that she had paid for already.  The farmer whom she had bought them from was keeping them until the pigsty was finished.  This would be another day or so. 

The shell for the mill had already been started, so things would soon be settled and hopefully running smoo