Surprise...More Cold Weather

These are pictures from last year but I haven't taken any in such a long time. Our little camera is broken and I keep forgetting to take the good camera out to snap a few shots.

The horses are tucked in the barn tonight. Odd that it's in the teens right now (after chores) and the weatherman is calling for teens below zero tonight. I sure hope they are wrong but I didn't want to jinx it by keeping the horses out. I think they were all confused that I was out earlier than normal (out before dark) and that I was putting them in the barn when the weather wasn't bad (no wind and not really all that cold).

But Dude and I had a HUGE disagreement tonight. He decided to come into the barn (he can open the door if I don't have it latched properly) and decided to cause problems. Unfortunately Mike and Garrett were in the barn too at the time. But they were able to lock themselves into Jim's stall and stay away from Dude's antics until I could get him out and everything back in proper order. Stupid gelding. Some days he really knows how to push my buttons.

Tomorrow is supposed to be super cold so I'm guessing the horses are going to be crabby too. I will be so happy when we are headed into spring. We did get snow last night but it's the light and fluffy stuff so if we get any wind, I expect we'll get a ground blizzard. This weather sure is making it tough to get anything extra done.

I'm counting my hay supply already. I think we are going to be short on hay before summer finally arrives. With the colder than normal temperatures and with less bales arriving this past fall, I'm afraid we are a few bales short. I guess once we get through February, I'll have a better idea of how much hay we'll need to get us through until I can start using the pasture again. I keep thinking about bringing Jackie from Gentle Spirits Horse Rescue and Sanctuary but with the hay issue, I'm not sure we can. And I'm still on the fence on justifying bringing another horse in when we've had to turn so many away. It's all so difficult.

I guess instead of complaining about our predicament, I'll leave you with pictures from last year.

 Jim

 King

 Dude

 Skippy

 Brego and Little One

King and Jim