Brrr....

It was much too cold to ride today! Wind chills were in the single digits. Tonight's temperature is supposed to be around 5 degrees so unless it warms up quickly tomorrow it will most likely be too cold to ride. We are expecting a winter storm tomorrow night, they are saying 8 - 14 inches of snow but I don't believe them! They are also saying it might mix with sleet and that will make the total snowfall a lot less. We'll just have to wait and see...

Last weekend Esther came to visit on Saturday and she rode with Carla and me. Esther rode Scotty, I was on Jazz, and Carla rode Dolly. We just rode the Dutton Rd loop because it was still hunting season so we didn't want to go in the woods. Hunting season is over now, we just need some decent riding weather! There was a VERY SCARY tractor trailer truck parked on the road that we rode the horses by. None of them liked it and they all gave it a very wide berth!

Petrucchio has been cold lately so I have been blanketing him. I have a couple of extra-large foal blankets that work pretty well for him. As you can see from the pics - he looks adorable! It was really funny the first time he came out of his stall with the blanket on. Jazz and Scotty weren't sure what he was! Jazz quickly figured out he was still a goat, but Scotty snorted and blew and ran up the hill. He's still not too sure when he sees Petrucchio in his blanket.

I want to thank everyone who has been here to help this past week. It's wonderful to have such great friends and I really appreciate the way you all have pitched in. I'm not sure how I would have done everything without you all. Thank you to Jean, Jim, Carla, Amy, Michael, Kate, and Gail!