Taking a Breather

[dancinghorse]

Oxygen-acquisition time between making the house fit for guests and foraying out to gather food to feed same. It's a short and rather atypical Camp this time, more horses and people-in-desert than writing. Should be a good time as always.

We've gone pretty much straight from a long, hot summer to a breath of winter. Lows in the low 40sF, high yesterday in the 60s and today will allegedly crack 70. Horses are still in summer mode, have barely started their coats, so it's been blanket brigade for all. The icon is from another year, but that's WinterPooka, who is NOT AMUSED EPONADAMMIT. Where did his summer go? He wants his summer back. He was hyper this morning, even with his blanket on.

I find it bracing. And energizing. Though I won't mind too much if we get more warm(ish) weather, until the horses have enough coat to handle it on their own. Blanket Brigade is strenuous.

Allegedly it will warm up along about Wednesday--though there may be more coolness behind that.

Yes, we do have seasons here. Lots of them. Just not the standard-issue ones.

And now I go forth to hunt and gather. Must feed the hungry hordes.

Comments

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

I saw Tuscon got all the way up to 71 degrees yesterday! Poor cold ponies. Poor overworked blankei provider.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I hope it goes well and that you aren't too exhausted by it.

[birdhousefrog.livejournal.com]

We try not to exhaust her, but well, it's been a rough year and she *will* do oodles of cooking and such. We had a great time...

http://birdhousefrog.livejournal.com/178555.html

http://birdhousefrog.livejournal.com/178340.html

We left a prezzie of a cleaned up back yard.

Oz

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we've had snow already in the mountains of SOUTHERN California. Come on!

[rwglaub.livejournal.com]

It had been twenty degrees below normal until this weekend, now it's in the low eighties.