Snowy barn day

I couldn't stand it anymore - I just had to see Curly. So I called up Grandpa J and begged a ride out to the barn. He has a snow-worthy truck that was able to get through the snow and ice with no mishaps.

The next storm front is beginning to make its presence felt, so the snow was falling as we drove down the semi-plowed roads. This also made me hurry to do my chores once we arrived; I definitely didn't want to be stuck out there in the middle of a blizzard!

E, the snow princess

Curly was happy to see us...or maybe it was the treats that we gave him and the extra handful of hay I dropped into his feeder. I scooped as much of the accumulated poop out of his stall as I could; some of it has frozen fast to the floor and won't be moved until the temps go up a little. (It was warmer today but still only 14.)

Curly, looking good in his winter coat.

And then we moved a couple of bales of hay over to a stall in the main barn for the horse we are trying out. Yup, you read that right. We will be evaluating a new horse soon. I'm so excited! He's an 8 year old sorrel QH, about 15.3 hands, with a wide back and big ol' butt. And he was super friendly when we first saw him - maybe even too friendly! Because of the snow and ice, we haven't been able to do much more than take a quick look at him out in a pasture. His owner is hoping to move him to our facility today (hah! There's no way I'd drive a trailer in this mess!) and we will be given an opportunity to check him out more thoroughly. I'll post a pic of him once he gets settled. Soooo....in preparation for his arrival, I had to make sure there was some feed up in the stall area he'll be in. Because of the deep snow, wheelbarrows were out...but sleds work just dandy in this weather!