Cooler Temps

We are experiencing a small cold snap. It's glorious! Everyone seems more relaxed and happy. The bugs aren't as bad and no one seems all that crabby. Of course I went out before the wind died down so it's hard to say.

I  need to move the ponies and mares again. Where I have them is done. I knew it wouldn't last a week so I started throwing hay to them again. I'll probably put the mares back out on their pasture and just burn that pasture up. There's still grass in that pasture but I had hoped that a month off would help make it last longer. But now the weatherman is saying we aren't going to get rain for a week at least. So not really sure what to do with that pasture.

But at least where they are at now, there's not much left for grass and not a lot of hiding spots for mosquitoes! I wanted to move corral panels last night but I'm still moving slow with that pinched nerve. And I didn't have a lot of energy last night either. It was a beautiful night so I should have taken the opportunity while I had it. I'm hoping to just keep pushing the ponies farther north up through the lawn so that they eat everything down. I'm sure that's not the right way to do it but, I'm running out of places to put them that has grass.

I need to walk to fenceline for the other mare pasture but I need a windy day or at least be able to do it not after 8pm when the wind dies down and the mosquitoes come out. I haven't walked the fenceline since last winter and with the snow, wind from the tornado, and tree branches, I want to walk the fence before I let them out. My goal is to have the mares eat that down this fall instead. And once they have that eaten, I can hire someone to come in and bury the burned down chicken coop. Maybe then we'll have more room to park trailers. No matter what, it'll be nice to have a bit more cleaned up around the place.

I hate looking around the place because it looks so dumpy. Oh for a manicured lawn, well kept fences, fat yet well muscled horses, painted barns, and anything else that would make the place look nice. Some day.

The weather is supposed to turn hot this weekend so I doubt that I'll be out working on much outside. Maybe with the hot temperatures, I'll be able to turn my attention to repairing blankets. There's so many to repair and I have no sewing ability (too bad because my great grandmother was a seamstress). There's always some project to tackle.