A Day Off

It has been a long hard first winter for the Southern transplants. This winter was a very cold and snowy season, even by Vermont standards, with record-breaking snow totals and cold temps that didn't seem to want to let go. And actually, it snowed yesterday - just flurries with no accumulation, but still - it snowed and it's almost May. The ice out on Lake Champlain finally broke on April 11th and is now a lake again instead of a giant ice skating rink.

I decided to take this day as a vacation day from work and make it a long weekend - and a good choice of days: it's bright and sunny with a clear blue sky - forecast high of 55° - finally!! Lots to do this weekend: clean stalls, finish prepping the garden area, clean out the flower beds, bathe the horses, wash the car...and that's just today's list.

Jake and I have been walking the horses down the road, getting them ready to be be ridden again. We walked down to Henry's place to return his drill and then continued a little further when Laney noticed them: the cows. Zazu didn't care about them one bit, but Laney did not like then in the least, and freaked out when the bull took a few steps toward us. She clearly didn't recognize the fence that separated her from the cows. I thought she was going to bolt! Glad we decided to walk instead of ride. Being on the back of a horse that gets spooked isn't a whole lot of fun.

Anyone need any horse poop? Free fertilizer for your garden! Pauley, pictured above, thinks it's pretty tasty.