If you look closely you can see that he is caked, stem to stern, in dry crusty mud. I scrubbed the dry mud off outside rather than have to sweep the barn!
Three days later it was 20 degrees and there were 2 inches of snow on the ground (whipped off the road by relentless winds).
I love this variety in my weather. Keeps me from getting bored, or from having days and days without sunshine. The mud I could do without...
Aww Midas is so cute! Poor thing! I always want to scrub all the dirty horses down at the farm I ride at - thankfully the guy I ride is really crazy about keeping himself clean!
ReplyDeleteDo you still ride in the cold weather? I've stopped the last few weeks just because it's sooo cold!
Josie
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I do still ride! The mud is horrific so we can't do much more than walk for fear of wiping out ingloriously. The horses get soo bored without work that I try to get out once or twice a week.
ReplyDeleteOn the really cold days I skip the saddle so I can sit directly on a toasty horse. Also...I chicken out of going at all when it drops below 20. I used to ride consistently in that weather, but I was paid to, and that overcame the "but it's warm inside!" argument.