Walking with Holly (Sunday Horses)

Feb 24, 2019 | horse stuff

As much as I hate to say it for my friends and family north of me, yesterday was a glorious day. A bit breezy, high of around 60-65. A lovely day to be outside and soak up the sunshine. So, when I walked back from the mailbox and saw Holly resting in the pasture...

Musical Buckets (Sunday Horses)

Feb 17, 2019 | horse stuff

We have a feeding strategy for our horses. The “ladies” (senior Fortune and her 5yo daughter Firefly), are fed in the shed and they get soaked pellets and sweet feed. The gelding is fed a little outside, and Holly our rescue is fed around the corner. On...

Horses On Ice (Sunday Horses)

Feb 10, 2019 | horse stuff

No, not the latest ice show coming to a venue near you. Rather, this was how I did chores this morning. Slowly and very carefully. Fortunately we were lucky. By the time I went out it was already 32, so while the ice on the ramp leading from the house was at that...

The Winter of Mud (Sunday Horses)

Feb 3, 2019 | horse stuff

Living in Iowa and working on farms there most of my life, I’m familiar with winter. The ground freezes. White stuff falls from the sky. Sometime around March the ground thaws and you get this 6″ layer of slick mud as the “frost” comes out of...

Holly’s Fairy Knots (Sunday Horses)

Jan 27, 2019 | horse stuff

Since she let herself out into the main pasture, I’ve pretty much been letting Holly live her best horse’s life. And it’s true, I was busy taking care of mom and then dealing with her grief, and the roller coaster weather, with it’s effect on...

Horse “Couches”

Jan 20, 2019 | horse stuff

We had a pretty decent snowstorm yesterday, with almost 3-4″ of snow, and while today has dawned sunny, it’s also cool. I went out to make sure the poultry had fresh water (I’d been thawing my little “tv chickens”‘ waterer in the...