High Temps

I’m in a bit of a funk so hopefully I want be too snarky. I spent the majority of this weekend at the 51^st Annual Prairie Village Threshing Jamboree. In years past I’ve volunteered/demonstrated and more recently helped park cars. This year, however, I opted to be more of a spectator. So there was another weekend of not getting anything accomplished at the Sanctuary.

We are expected to have upper 90s for temps all this week. I doubt I’ll be doing much other than making sure the horses have enough water and are comfortable standing in the shade. We’ve had such a cool August that it’s a bit hard for this ol’ body to adjust to 90 degree weather. Although, at the end of the day I’m so exhausted that I don’t think it matters what temps we reach in the evenings.

I’m keeping a very close eye on Rain. These temps are dangerous for him so I want to make sure that he has enough shade and stays cool during this hot spell.

I hope that this heat only lasts a week. We haven’t gotten a lot of rain lately and our pastures are starting to burn up. I’m afraid I’m going to have to move Rabbit and Mayhem to the back pasture. Not a bad deal really but I was hoping to hold out at least until the first of September to make sure that the pasture will hold. I need to walk the temporary fence to make sure that it’s still up. I had planned on pulling the temp fence down but never got around to it before the snow flew last winter. I’ve been saving this pasture for fall when hunting season begins. I won’t let the horses out on the hill pasture during hunting season because there are too many people who think that they own the road and can shoot anything that moves. Don’t get me wrong, I come from an avid hunting family but I still don’t believe in road hunting. Do your homework and your research and find the right locations. If you road hunt near me, expect me to stand there and watch you like a hawk and make you feel uncomfortable when you even THINK about climbing over my fence.

Sorry, off topic and ranting. With the higher temps, I’m hoping I can work on the 2014 calendar so that we’ll have something to sell to help fray the costs of the Sanctuary. I do have an idea for a fundraiser up my sleeve but you’ll just have to wait until I get more of the kinks worked out.