A near blizzard today brought an abrupt end to our grazing season. We had rain overnight, and then this morning the wind moved in, the temperature dropped and the snow started falling. Actually, the snow was coming in horizontally rather than "falling."
That's really the worst possible combination for the horses — first to get wet, then have the wind come up, followed by freezing temperatures and snow. They're already soaking wet and just get thoroughly chilled. So our employee Cindy and I headed out today to bring in the last of the horses still out on pasture. She got the above photo of me earlier in the day, leading blind Marie and blind Hawk in to the barns from our east pastures.
The snow and wind really picked up this afternoon, and all the horses are very snug and happy to be in their stalls for the night.
This weather system is bringing even lower temperatures with it … while tonight we're going to be a respectable 17 degrees F (-8 C), for the next two nights our
forecast low is 3 degrees F (-16 C),
rising to a balmy 11 degrees (-11 C) by Friday night.
Winter may have arrived.
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