Getting Colder

I spend a lot of my weekend time outside in the barn, tending to the horses and stalls. This weekend was no different than the others. Yesterday was windy and snowing but I managed to at least muck the stalls - at least it was "inside" out of the biting wind.

Today was sunny but still very cold and the wind was still blowing. I pulled the blankets off the horses, washed them and put them back on. Filled up the water trough - this is such a pain in the butt this time of year. See the open garage door in the background? The water trough is right in front of the barn - you can see it just under Zazu's neck. I have to pull the hose out of the garage and drag it all the way to the trough. It's a pain. And since I turned on the trough heater, the water doesn't last through the week, so I have to do this during the week, as well - at night, sometimes in the wind. It's the worst part of taking care of the horses right now. But still worth the trouble. I love my horses!

Tonight's temp is suppose to drop to 5° below zero so it was time to kick on the heater in the basement/garage. I plugged it in and turned it on - why isn't it working? Took me a while but I finally figured out that the heater would probably work more efficiently if I opened the valve to the fuel - duh! Times like these I wish - for just a split second - that I had a man around. But I figured it out so that feeling soon passed!

Time to make one last trip to the barn to give my girls an apple treat.