Sure Enough

This morning doing chores was beautiful. Rarely do I get to enjoy a quiet and still morning when doing morning chores. Of course I was running a half an hour late and the horses let me know in no uncertain terms (even the neighbor’s new filly let me know she wanted out of the barn!)

The days are getting longer and the mornings aren’t so dark any more. Last night while finishing up chores, I was able to take a few minutes to watch the sun set. This morning I was able to watch the sun rise on my way in to work. It’s days like this that make me appreciate were we life (of course there was no wind so that helped!)

On Monday I said another storm was on the horizon. Boy was I not kidding. Within an hour of posting that blog post, we had snow. I’m not talking a dusting, a full on whiteout drifting type of snow. The drifting was bad enough that I couldn’t go on my normal route to work. There was a two foot snowdrift blocking the way. It was high enough that I didn’t think my car could bust through the drift!

Of course I left the hoses out but the sun came out late yesterday to help start the melting process. So we survived the snow, although I don’t believe we got six inches of snow. I think we were more in the four inches of wet heavy snow instead.

But again, I have been ignoring the weather and what do my ears happen to hear as I’m walking out the door to get to the paying job, we are to get more moisture. I have no idea if it’ll be in the form of rain or if it’ll be snow. But either way, we are predicted to get more moisture. Oh sure, when I finally let the neighbor’s mare and filly out, what does the weather do, open up and snow/rain! I didn’t let them out yesterday because I’d move corral panels Sunday to clean the drylot and I was too played out to move them back. Their pen was such a muddy mess yesterday so I didn’t bother letting them out. And it was nasty cold. So I decided they better get out and stretch their legs today. And sure enough, it’s going to rain. At least I had the good sense to throw a blanket on the mare. I hate that blanket, the belly strap doesn’t fit ANYONE! But a big heavy blanket is better than nothing and it’ll keep her dry. Sure enough, when I least expect it, we'll get another storm.

I took Babe’s blanket off. I need to worm her again. She ripped the tail flap all to heck so I need to repair it before I can put it back on her. I don’t think she really needs it. I prefer to keep it on so she doesn’t get wet and then chilled. But she’s looking just fine without it. I’m afraid she has cushings so she can’t shed out. The only reason that she doesn’t look like a cushings horse is because I do leave a blanket on her for parts of the winter to keep her dry. If she doesn’t shed out, we’ll have to shave her.  I wanted to shave her last summer when it was over 100 degrees for a number of days in a row but I was too pregnant at that time. Hopefully we won’t hit the 100 degree mark for more than one or two days.  But I’d prefer to shave her so she’s not huffing and puffing when it does get hot.

 It’s going to be a fairly quiet rest of the week at the Sanctuary (knock on wood).  Outside activities are starting to gear up so I expect I’ll be overwhelmed with those activities. I’m still brainstorming for fundraising ideas for the Sanctuary. So if you have any ideas, please let me know! All ideas are welcome (and wanted)!!