Finally time for the horses(at least some of them ) to get out of winter quarters and stretch their legs.
I did things a little different this year because I have only a small number of geldings now so the big girls are on coyote watch in the lake pasture ,and Johnnie and his little harem are in a bigger pen but still up close. Stryker and Harley are still in because Harley was tearing around yesterday and has injured himself (kids!) and of course the babies, we they too are in a bigger area, but just a little ,I still need them close to work with them now that it is nice out and I finally have some time (I hope)
But first I went out to make sure all the gates on the far side of the lake pasture were closed , and what did I find out there??
Well Loch Ness has Nessie, the Okanagan has Ogopogo, and we here have the monster of Lake Ste Thomas! Winston! First polar bear swim of the year!
see the ice?
dang this dog is tough!!
then it was time to cut the girls loose
"That Richie mare " 20 yrs young and looking every bit the athlete we know she is
"umm! hey! what about us?
next crew running up the alley!
Cat ,Annie, Andee and Johnnie
a little animation, cause we can
the bathing beauty , chillin' in the gator
Pretty good day overall, also got some help from my nephew loading a truck to go to the dump, a few things to recycle and such. went really well till I clocked myself in the head with the side of a bench!Sigh, I guess its still a good day if its only a little goose egg.
Much better then the snowy cold days we had earlier in the week
these two calves were hard pressed to be born on dry ground!
Then yesterday the weather turned around and boy were we all happy!
Sunshine and spring will just make anyone want to kick up their heels!
Happy Easter everyone!
Stay safe
7 comments:
Wonderful photos ! You still have lots of snow and ice in your waters ? No snow or ice in the water here now just lovely sunshine , warm temps and greening grass now was touch and go for a bit here with the weather but Spring won , thank goodness. I have put out my Oriel and hummer feeders this weekend so they have some good food for their return ! Thanks for sharing . Have a good day !
Must feel grrreat to run and stretch across land. Your horses are looking good & good looking!! As for Winston, brr! He looks perfectly content, and in no hurry to get out of his ice bath. Silly boy.
Wonderful pictures with a beautiful blue sky. You have one crazy dog there :-)
It's warming up quite a bit here. Summer is definitely on the way. The snow looks good, as in, ahhhh cooler temps... Brrrrrrrrr in a good way. Trade ya! Hahaha
Lots of fun pictures but way too cold for a swim. Beautiful horses as usual.
Always amazes me that dogs that love water will do water.........whether there is ice in it or not. I had a mare that loved to drop and roll in ice water too......not much fun if she caught you on her in one of her "cool off's" :(
It still boggles my mind that you have snow and ice showing up! So around here lately people have been doing cold water challenges. You have to jump in the cold water to help raise money for different charities, then you call out people and they have 24 hrs to comply. So... seeing Winston in the water, we could have volunteered him and he wouldn't have had any problems at all... lol :)
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