Crazy Weather and Brego

It's definitely spring in South Dakota. Yesterday was in the upper 50s to lower 60s but there was gale force winds. By the time we came in for the night, the wind had picked up even more. All afternoon while we were running errands, there was a haze in the sky from the dust that the wind was blowing around. I'd left blankets on a couple horses and regretted the decision but it was so chilly Wednesday morning.

And now we are supposed to get rain, turning into snow later today. Of course the weatherman couldn't predict exactly when that was going to blow in so I left blankets on thinking that would help cut down time for morning chores. I don't think anyone really complained.

But the difference from last night's 30 mph wind and this morning's calm, creeped me out a little. You could just tell something was coming yesterday but this morning, it was calm as calm could be. I'm guessing it was the calm before the storm.

Hopefully we won't get too much snow. Luckily the temps were warm enough yesterday that when we finally got home, we were able to clean out the drylot in preparation for pushing in a couple of round bales for the weekend. Ivan was most displeased about being tied up with the other five, while his buddy was in the barn.

I've also come to the conclusion that Brego is Bob in cognito! Even with his teeth floated, Brego eats SO slow. I used to water down all the grain but quit over the winter because it was too difficult and exhausting to haul warm water from the house and the water would freeze before it would soak into the grain over this winter. But I'm guessing that I'll have to go back to soaking Brego's food. I think he also doesn't prefer the mix of grain I give him. I'll have to come up with some type of method but will have to come to terms that he's going to be a slow eater and that at some point, he'll be the horse that takes an hour to eat his grain every night. I guess I shouldn't complain. I haven't had a slow eater in about two years so I enjoyed that time. Now I'll have to figure out a new routine to make sure Brego gets enough time to finish up his grain and lick out his dish.