Tucked in for the Night

The horses are tucked in for the night. All was quiet when I went out to do chores. In fact, Maverick was out in the pasture exploring when I went to feed him tonight. I'm changing it up a bit. Babe, Queen, Zeke, Rain, and Sam are in the barn. But I decided to put Chaos and Brego in the hay shed stalls this time and leave Maverick out. I'm not sure if it's a smart move on my part or not, but it's what I did. Maverick may get pushed around a bit by Dude and King but he'll have a better chance of getting in the leanto than Brego.

Creek that runs past the cabin.

Tomorrow we go to Madison to celebrate Christmas since we missed it due to the storm. Luckily we won't have to travel right away in the morning. Since the weatherman is predicting 25 degrees below zero I'm going to be a little slow in going out for morning chores. I can only hope they are wrong but it felt pretty darn cold out tonight while wrapping up my chores.

View from the cabin. I was doing some skywatching.

I really hope that 2010 brings many exciting new adventures. I really want to get Borderlands Horse Rescue and Retirement more noticed and possibly get off my fat fanny and get 501c3 status so that I can start researching and requesting grants. With grants I can save more horses from auctions where their destiny is unknown. I've seen too many good horses go to the KB. It's time I stepped in to pull horses and either offer them a permanent retirment home or rehome them into loving homes.

View from the cabin looking down the valley. It's said that Custer stayed in this valley. Makes me wonder how many hard working horses once grazed in this pasture.

But for tonight, I'm simply happy that the first day of 2010 went off without a hitch. The horses are fat, happy, and healthy (knock on wood). The pictures posted are from my vacation in the Black Hills. I can definately say I don't want to be there now what with all the snow they've had. I simply enjoy looking at the green and counting down until we see green again at Borderlans.