Warm Tending Toward Cold

Two weeks of spring like weather in January.  Crazy.  Nice, but crazy.  It's cold enough at night that the snow has melted into ice skating rinks any where there is traffic.  Thank goodness for wood pellets.  When it's wet during the day I can lay a thin layer of pellets, they'll sop up the wet, expand, then freeze in place at night.  Makes for nice little "walk way" for me and the horses.  Though, I'm not thrilled with what sticks to the boots and tracks into the house, but better than doing a flip on the slick ice.

Angel started to shed big time about a week ago, Jo has started and the boys are holding on to their coats. I think the boys are smart, 'cause I'm pretty sure we'll get hit with some cold and snow in February.  Angel's stall is 100% inside while all the others have outdoor portions to their stalls, so that may be why she's shedding so bad.  I need to hunt up the shedding blade.

The hay bales I have this year are 115 to 120 pounds and boy are they hard to move.  I am sooo careful, but still, I managed to wrench my lower back a couple days ago.  Popping asprin and icing my back trying to calm it down.


I've been taking Sarah Labrador and BayLi Rat Terrier out for a run with the ATV.  Sarah gets this big smile and runs and runs and runs.  She loves the winter running.  She has a hard time when it warms up, that double coat keeps her too warm and she just withers, but oh, come winter and you can see the joy in her eyes as she lopes along in front of the ATV.  I let her choose the speed and her speed is around 10 MPH.  I love that look of joy she gets.  BayLi loves to go out, but he's more interested in the smells than the run.  Haven't been taking Jack JRT out, he thinks he can handle it, but I don't think so.

I ran out of suet for two days and the birds all left and haven't come back.  LOL.  Ungrateful, fickle little buggers that they be!  I do hear the chickadees and nuthatches in the trees though.  They come in now and again but they sure don't like that thistle feeder.  I see them try it, but they don't stay long.  Not sure why they don't hit up the suet as they leave, but they haven't been.

I was invited for a ride out on the desert a couple days ago.  When I went to hook up the trailer, the darn thing had fallen off it's blocks.  By the time I found the jack and got organized, I decided I was just not suppose to go.  Probably could have made it, but I would have been frazzled.  Darn, I really wanted to see  the trails in this particular area.  One of the few I haven't done yet.

Suppose to cool down a bit for the next week.  Well, I better get the ice pack and go nurse my back for a bit.  Probably do some reading while I do that, there sure isn't any thing on TV.  I mean, really, there is nothing worth wasting your time on.  I know, we need another cop show!  LOL.