Wind

At least the weatherman got this weather right! Holy moly talk about wind! The forecast yesterday late afternoon/evening was that we were to get a chance for freezing rain and drizzle. I ended up blanketing some of the horses because we were also supposed to get a temperature drop. I figured with being wet and then cold, that it would be best to have the hard keepers blanketed.

I'm sure glad I did (although Zeke and Jim wouldn't let me near them so I didn't push the issue). I was able to get blankets on Rain, Rabbit, Bo, and Brego. As I was putting blankets on yesterday, I realized a bit of an odd coincidence. The horses with the first letter of their name of "R" or "B" had to have blankets on. I wonder if that's a sign? Just kidding. Although, I've not had any luck with bays. Supersticious...perhaps!

Anyway, I was a little paranoid about putting blankets on because the temps weren't all that bad. But I knew I wasn't going to be able to pull myself out of bed in the middle of the night to blanket or early in the morning if it was raining and cold (well, I'd do it if I had to). I'm sure glad I followed through. I don't think I would have been able to get a blanket on this morning. It would have blown to the next county before I could have gotten it on a horse!

Doing chores last night was so nice. It was warm out, the horses weren't cranky, it was calm. Chores are always easier when there's no wind (and when I mean no wind, I mean only a slight breeze instead of a stiff wind). I woke up this morning at 4am to howling wind. Of course then I couldn't go back to sleep. I was running through all the stuff in my head to make sure I'd gotten everything closed and latched. When I finally got outside at 5:30 this morning, I thought the wind was going to pick me up and toss me into the next county (which says a lot cuz I've been eating too many holiday goodies!)

All of the horses were hiding out in the leanto off the barn or standing behind a windbreak. Smart horses. I'm sure glad I got those blankets on when I did! None of the weather sites could make a decision on what the low is supposed to be (at least last night when I looked). There was a ten degree difference (not that that makes a big difference but with wind, there's a wind chill and I need to know if the horses have to go in the barn if the wind chill is below zero).

The wind does make chores a lot more interesting but luckily the wind is out of the north west so now worries about hay getting blown back into my face or down my shirt or into my eyes. I'm so ready for spring!