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Time For Winter Quarters

Lena and Nikki and Steve Dec 1

After another light snow and plunging temperatures forecast for last night, it was time to bring the horses in from pasture for the winter.  Alayne took these photos of me leading blind Lena (on the left) and blind Nikki back to the barns yesterday afternoon.  The horses love being out on pasture — and we like to leave them out as much as possible, given how long our winters are — but by this time of year they're ready to head in.

It was 9 below zero this morning (-22 C) when we got up, and the horses were all glad to be in corrals today being fed big piles of hay!

Lena and Nikki and Steve 2
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9 responses to “Time For Winter Quarters”

  1. Marla Avatar
    Marla

    How is the horse doing that had the surgery? Is she back with her boyfriend yet?

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  2. Lynn (in Louisiana) Avatar
    Lynn (in Louisiana)

    Hope Rosie got to go back out to pasture before winter arrived.
    Funny how you say “light snow”. All schools close and most people take off work when we get that much snow here. We’re weanies about ice and snow but hey, we can handle a hurricane!!
    Lena and Nikki look beautiful; thanks for a horse blog.

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  3. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    Make sure you all tell your families and friends to VOTE for RDR. I’m concerned about how fast the organization in second place has risen. They must have an army of people voting for them.

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  4. Barb Ribinski Avatar
    Barb Ribinski

    Hey RDR voters. Denison City Pound is making their move. (I don’t want to say I told you so, but…) They have their entire town voting for them. We all have to get at least one additional person to vote for RDR for the next two weeks until the end of the contest. Let’s go!!!!!!!!

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  5. boundforglory Avatar
    boundforglory

    Smart horses!
    From my perspective, it was a beautiful day there yesterday. : )

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  6. Ev Avatar
    Ev

    Beautiful picture.

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  7. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    What beautiful pictures! Please stay warm, horses – and Steve & Alayne too!

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  8. moon rani Avatar
    moon rani

    Steve,I saw how you were bundled up and I thought, Gee, how cold could it be? I dress like that when it’s 40F. Then I saw -9F – – wow! Stay warm, folks!

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  9. Colleen & Sweet Kitty Erin Avatar
    Colleen & Sweet Kitty Erin

    Lena & Nikki are so beautiful. I’m sure even though they love the pasture it’s good to be inside since it’s that cold. All week long they predicted snow in our part of TX & it didn’t happen. Most all around us got a teeny bit but we got nothing. So disappointing. So I’ll just enjoy your pictures.

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