I LOVE THE NEW MEXICO SKY

CHRISTMAS PAST

          

  This photo was taken at a Christmas Barn party several years ago and there is a story to this picture. It is of my husband, Ray, who was the Christmas Grinch.

   He would always refer to the helmets as ‘chicken hats’ and, of course, being the old cowboy (real deal believe me) he wouldn’t be caught in one of them.

  One of my students got the idea that we needed to make Ray his very own ‘chicken hat’ so we did. Spray painted a broken helmet bright pink and pasted pictures of chickens on it.

  This was wrapped very carefully and, when we had a lot of bystanders, it was presented to him.

  The old cowboy was a good sport about it and we all had a really good laugh.

Dan continually lets the volunteers and me know about his ‘steel trap’ mind that never forgets anything. He is so good to point out what we forget so …. When there is a water puddle in this location the pony tank overflowed. The reason – someone forgot. Also, this is the first fill after installing the new faucet so fill time has gone to 15 minutes instead of 2 hours. Which did you forget son?

SPECTACULAR TONIGHT

I LIKE SUNSETS 11-25-14

This time of year we have pretty sunsets.

I really enjoy my sunset photos with horses in the foreground.

Each night the colors are different.

STILL AFTER THE SNOW 11-17-14

vvvv

At least they made a sippy hole.

Someone asked me which horse is the dirtiest. I told them it depended on the day. Today the award goes to Target.

Mattie and Patches enjoy the warmer day.

FIRE BREATHING DRAGON sort of

I was taking pictures and realized it was really cold as I looked through the view finder. I wasn't sure that horse breath would show up but it does. Check out my short video here -  Fire Breathing Dragon

JUST BLOWIN IN THE WIND

When the wind is from the west and you throw hay over the east fence ......

OUR HIGH WAS FREEZING TODAY

On cold days we stay in if possible. The ‘boys’ are in direct line with the heater. Notice – Taz doesn’t want his picture taken. Behind him, Drifter has staked out ‘his’ chair.

 

These were outside in the box on the ATV. The one on the left was frozen and the one on the right wasn’t. 

I had to psych myself up to go out to do chores. By the time I did the sun had come out and it looks like Midnight found a warm spot for a nap.

And, since digesting food keeps them warm the rest of the ponies were chowing down ….

Yup – there was ice again. Butch was glad to see me.


I love this shovel. Instead of water running down my arms it drains out. The ice was fairly thin when I tackled it however; I think tomorrow morning will be a different story since it was freezing over an hour after I lifted it out of the tanks. Tiffany made sure all the tanks were topped off yesterday and that makes a difference in the first freeze.

  Some of the horses will make their own sippy holes during the day. Teefa is not one of them. Notice, she started to drink even before I took the ice out.

Are you bringing more food? You don’t want us to freeze or starve do you?

 

In case you need to know mittens are really warm. If you have spare time it is possible to tie hay string into a knot. It is possible to open and close gate snaps but be prepared to pull mitten out of snap. Warmth or speed?