Hartford, We've Got Your Weather...

[dancinghorse]

...please come and pick it up. Thank you.

Yes, winter has arrived with its usual freight-train suddenness. 85 degrees over the weekend; my laundry basket yesterday was full of Hawaiian shirts and summer clothes. 54 degrees max today, 40 and tanking now with wind at least 30mph, and I dug out my warmest fleece top because baby, it is cold out there. Forget my blithe declarations that with the wind, the temperature wouldn't drop that much, the horses would be just fine, no blankets needed, nope. I dug out the yearling blanket for Oreo--teddy bear or no, 29 degrees overnight is more than he's adapted for at this point. That's the next project: get it on him before dark. Wish me luck.

Down throw, check. Cardigan Welsh footwarmer, check. Chipotle-chicken stew in the pot, check.

No lesson tomorrow. I wimped out after seeing the forecast. It's not that it would be 35 degrees at 9 a.m., it's that the wind isn't supposed to let up until Friday. Pooka doesn't need that, even if I did. Needless to say, there isn't any horsework happening--riding in this is something you do when it's been this way for a week and [a] you're adapted and [b] it's that or not ride at all.

Fortunately this is Arizona, which means it will be back in the balmy 60s by the weekend.

Now to introduce the wild child to the concept of clothes.

Comments

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I think you should take the video camera and set up the tripod to record you and oreo ;).

and I am sorry that you too have been hit by the artic air. But 29 degrees sounds positively seasonal right now to me!!

poor your horses though! my guys are at least adapted!!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

hold it -- you are ahead by an hour (or is it two - the daylight (non) savings confuzzles me) and you STILL have workable daylight?! I'm about to leave the office and it's already almost dark!

[casacorona.livejournal.com]

We are way south. Sunset was at 5:19, civil twilight at 5:46. Not dark till 6pm, really. The sun is coming up at about 7am.

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to getting back to that. In London, sunset was at 3:57 pm on the day before we left ... sunrise was at something like 7:30 am. Welcome to the 51st parallel!! :)

[raithen.livejournal.com]

ya, we're above the 49th. It's dark a LOT right now....

*sigh*

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Down here on the 32nd parallel, the world is a different place.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

YAY!

oh, hey. for the clinic. Should I plan on bringing my fancy dancy tall dressage boots down, or would my paddock boots (actually ariat terrain endurance boots -- they'll come regardless, as they will double for any light hiking I do) plus half chaps (or possibly, IF I get them or money for Christmas, boot cut breeches) be ok?

I need to suss out if the dressage boots will be comfy, either way. But what's the etiquette?

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Tall boots are the thing, I'm afraid. I'd rather wear paddock shoes, too, but there's this thing about "only a tall boot gives you the right kind of leg."

I bring the boot jack and skin out of them the minute the class ends, and put the comfortable shoes on.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

damn. kinda what I was afraid of. But glad I checked!

I'll take mine to the shoe repair guy and see if we can get them stretched sufficiently that my toes aren't all crunched.... And so that I can get my orthotics in them, maybe....

it's not teh on the ground that's the prob - I can deal with that. It's the in the saddle, too. Mine have gotten increasingly LESS comfortable, and it's cold enough here taht I probably won't get a chance to ride in them again before Phoenix. But I'll wear them around the house, and break out the shoe polish, too ;).

and I'll sort it out - no worries! I've wanted to get the tall boots back into play. Of course, they are NOT custom boots, and they are a bit big on my pin calves. But we can't have everything ;).

[raithen.livejournal.com]

also, can I borrow your boot jack? hauling one with me on the plane seems Excessive (esp as I already will be cramming in helmet and tall boots.... ;)

[anghara.livejournal.com]

A couple of nights in the teens are quite eye opening - I think New England has to pick up OUR weather before they get around to you - the Pacific Northwest is still staggering under its snow load...

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

I've been watching the weather reports. Amazing. Since I'm from Maine, all this is nothing exotic, but it's been a while since I had to deal with it firsthand.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

It was 52 in my bathroom this morning. The winds are whipping around the house pretending to be icicles. Brrr.

Did the punk get his jammies on?

[monder.livejournal.com]

Tuscon, I have your weather. How would you like it shipped?

Balmy 60's - check
Light breeze - check
?Sunshine!? - check

I'll take my cold westher back now so my wild children will go in hibernation and the misquito-copters will die!

The squirrels are so fat frisky and sassy, that I pegged one with a peanut yesterday! Another was so fat and bored he was sitting on the porch watching the kids watch him.

[xianghua.livejournal.com]

Yay for Cardigan Welsh Footwarmers! I demand photos, since there will be no Pooka or Oreo photos this week.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Well, there's this icon.

[xianghua.livejournal.com]

Awww.... flatcorgi. I love when they do that. :)

This Too Shall Pass

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. True misery yesterday, with steady winds 35-45 and gusts above 70, with sheeting dirt storms from the recently graded land. And same temps as you, felt like 40 ambient, couldn't wear enough clothes. I didn't need to try blanket-rodeo with the boy, they have 32" high 3/4 plywood lining their pen and sensibly, he spent a lot of time curled up below the weather. Horrible for the horses, human and the new dawg. Blowing again today but not as badly. Supposed to ride tomorrow--like you, it's supposed to get nice again by the weekend.

Re: This Too Shall Pass

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I envy you both the this too shall pass QUICKLY element. We won't be warm again, not really, before March. *sigh*

But at least I shall have a week or so of reprieve in January! I may be hardpressed to leave...

But dirt storms: ICK!

Re: This Too Shall Pass

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

It was nice...until right before lesson time.

But we had a nice visit with Kip, and she and Teacher hit it off. Which is a Good Thing. (And btw Teacher is coming to Sandy Eggo for the TL clinic in February. That's pretty well set up as of now. TL is hoping they like Teacher well enough to bring her in for clinics when TL can't get out there. Methinks Twix has inherited her father's gift for bringing things to him when he needs them.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Now to introduce the wild child to the concept of clothes.

How'd it go? (No, haven't read other comments. Guess I'm interested!)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

See today's post. All is answered there. :)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Cardigan Welsh footwarmer, check.

I was hoping this was something real, but I suspect you speak of da dog...

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Can't think of anything realer than a dog. 8)