It looks like winter is here to stay....with additional snows coming regularly and what we have not melting because it has not gotten above 30 degrees hardly ever. Amiga and Sir Loin have settled in to life in the snow, digging for grass some of the time and eating at the hay feeder other times.
Zorro remains on stall rest so it looks like it is going to be a long winter for him.
Amiga comes to visit him regularly.
Some items for Christmas have been arriving by UPS. Abbey likes playing in the boxes and taunting Kaysha. I would rather her mess here than under the tree taking bows off of the pretty packages.
Courtney decided to board Zorro at Marj's, who has an indoor arena. With his lameness he needs to be walked daily. He has also been going nuts stuck in the barn while Amiga is out with the cow. On Wednesday afternoon Marj came over with her trailer so we could load Zorro. We decided not to even try to get him on our trailer. Marj did a great job of maneuvering her big rig between our snow drifts on our snowy, icy drive.
Brother comes over to check out the trailer and take part in the action.
Courtney and Marj discuss where the best place to load Zorro might be on our drive with it's many ice patches.
Smile ladies...notice Bro in the picture.
Courtney led Zorro through the snow drifts trying to avoid walking
him on the ice glazed drive.
Getting Zorro to the trailer was a piece of cake compared to getting him on the trailer.
Courtney tried, Joe tried, I tried....
Marj tried....Time kept ticking
and the sun was setting.
We even put Amiga on but Zorro would still not load. The wind picked up and we got colder and colder.
We were about to give up after over 2 hours of trying, but decided to give it one more big effort....and Zorro got on! Thank You God.
After Zorro was taken to Marj's she brought Amiga back. I put her out with Sir Loin to eat and exercise before stalling her for the night.
After putting Amiga in her stall for the night, she was neighing for Zorro while I was in the tack room feeding kitties. I went in and talked to her. She was lonely a few nights until she got used to Zorro being gone.
It snowed a few inches the night after loading Zorro. I pushed snow around and then feed the horse, cow, kitties, and chickens.
The hay feeder has been an attraction to the chickens and kitties, not just the horse and cow.
Baby had made a nest in the hay.
But Amiga chased her off.
Bro had fun playing in the hay and Missy even came to interact.
Zorro is getting along well at Marj's. He has lots of other horses in the barn to keep him company and can be walked in the in-door arena. We have 2 foot snow drifts or bare ground covered in ice out here.....neither good for walking a lame horse....and it has been very cold outside with the wind chill. I met up with Courtney at Marj's on Saturday afternoon. I took Amiga with me so she could visit Zorro. Courtney walked Zorro while Richard worked with his horse and I rode Amiga.
Then Courtney rode bare back on Amiga (she doesn't like my saddle) and I cleaned a stall to help Marj out. We had Zorro tied at the rail of the
indoor arena
We got a hoar frost over night which was beautiful Sunday morning.
It snowed on the way to school Monday and with the wind it was already drifting onto the roads. Mid afternoon when I came up the drive through the snow, Amiga's head popped up from eating way out in the field. Next thing I know, she takes off at an easy lope for the barn. She is so cute....and I love that she recognizes my car and comes "running". I went out to visit her as Brother and Kaysha joined me in frolicking in the snow.
Late afternoon it started snowing again, and blowing, and then changed to freezing rain. Our Growth Group Potluck was canceled because of the weather. I am starting to tire of this wind and freezing or snowy precipitation. Winter was fun...but now I am ready for spring.
Tuesday it stayed warm and mild and some of the snow melted off. We can actually see dry bare ground in some places.
Today was the last day of school.
I met my friend Ann for a late lunch.
Joe, Britney and I watched "It's A Wonderful Life" and then I went to bed.
Wed. (12/23) I celebrated the fact that we are now on the up swing - days are finally getting longer and sunnier! Whoot whoot! I met with our house sitter but had troubles focusing and getting other things done.
Thursday I looked at my to-do list and was over-whelmed and wished I had some of Santa's elves to help me. I needed to : 1- grocery shop and fix tomorrow's Christmas eve dinner. 2- clean house, pick-up, vacuum, dust etc. 3- repair broken Christmas lights that have already been hung and have stopped working. 4- shop for gifts (I haven't even started yet) and wrap each of them. 5- fill all feed bins, clean all bowls and buckets, and have everything ready for our house sitter. 6- do laundry and pack my bags so that I am ready to fly out Christmas night. 7- get my lessons planned and xeroxed so that I am ready for school when I get back from Florida on 1/4.
Ready or not, Christmas will arrive on the 25th. And even though not everything is done, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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