Summer is Gone, Fall is Leaving, Winter is Fast Approaching

I just looked at the weather and they are predicting a 20% chance of snow Friday night. Well, I guess that correlates to my 90 days from fog theory. Of course it will snow, there's a horse sale on Saturday!

I am not prepared yet for snow or winter or cold. The horses all have a decent winter coat, some have better than others.

I can't remember the last day we had sun, much to Trouble's dismay. It's rained every day except Sunday so far this month. Sunday we spent the entire day fencing so no riding. I desperately need to ride Maverick but now it's too muddy. I may have to suck it up and ride on our driveway and tear that up so I can at least put time on him.

My farrier did say that if we get a lot of precipe in October, the rest of the winter will be fairly open. So now that's another Old Wives Tale I'm going to try and keep track of.

I know I shouldn't be surprised that we are getting this type of weather. A year ago Mike and I were working on the garage when an ice storm blew threw while we were trying to finish putting on the garage roof and getting it shingled.

The weatherman stated we had an inch of rain in the past 48 hours. I'm thinking we've had more. Of course the drylots all slope down and also take the brunt of the runoff from all the outbuildings.

Maverick and Zeke's drylot is now a swamp. I was literally up to my ankles in mud and water . I'm expecting to pull them tonight so they aren't standing in a quagmire.

The other swamp, er I mean drylot, isn't as bad since the horses don't have to stand in it all the time, churning it up. Maverick is always on the move chasing Zeke. I'm not really sure what to do for those boys. I may see if I can't get the box stall cleaned out and the door latching correctly on the new box stall so I don't have to pull them into the barn again.

I'm not sure where the year went. Summer I spent the entire time making sure the horses were comfortable, cool, and protected from flies. Fall I spent the entire time making sure the horses were protected from flies. Now that winter is fast approaching, I'll spend all my time making sure they are warm, dry, and comfortable. I spent two hours last night just doing chores in the rain. And I really didn't spend any time with the main herd (King, Chaos, Brego, Rain, Dude).

King seems to be doing better although I didn't get a chance to give him his medicine. I need to build a couple temporary stalls in the leanto.

I sure hope that the snow holds off at least until mid November. I still have a lot of cleaning in the mare pen to accomplish. I should have been cleaning it out all summer after the ticks disappeared. Now I'll be cleaning in the mud, wet, and cold. But it has to be done ASAP.

Goodbye Summer; so long Fall. Hello evil Winter.