We have a short window before we get an April Fool's Day snow storm, with the temperatures hitting 50 today. So today many of the horses had their lighter weight rain sheets on rather than the heavier winter blankets. Even with the lighter sheets some were really knocked out by the warm sun, too zoned out to put in a really good messy roll in the mud except for the old white mare. She had no trouble making a mess of herself.
Thanks to the time in the sun, the horses were also calmer coming in for their evening feed. They usually hear the hay being dropped and start pacing the fence line. They knew that food was imminent, but came in without their usual high heads and sense of excitement.
They need to enjoy it while they can - the predictions put us under several inches of wet, sloppy snow in a day and a half. This winter just has to go!
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