It wasn't even Halloween and the stores were bouncing boxes out of Holiday decorations for Christmas.. I drove Marsh to the airport yesterday and they were already putting those things up around the light poles with greenery and red/gold bows.. sigh.. Its not even Thanksgiving...

As you can tell I am not a fan of winter. I see the commercials of folks out skiing and sled riding. I remember the days of doing that and wonder where the joy of it went? Perhaps it went with age and lack of tolerance for the COLD..... Finally I prepare my mind by reminding myself that 'it wont last forever' and begin to make the necessary arrangements to do my daily chores. Pull out the bags of gloves, hats, warm coats.. You can see the aftermath of last years work when you open a bag and its mostly left hand gloves... I laugh..

All this brings me to our Santa 4 Horses to help the horses get through the holiday season and into the next year. We have now a flyer that we will put on the website under Information Flyers for our Angel Tree. You can angel a horse for $5.00 to help towards grain, hay, supplements, farrier, etc... If you are local you can get your picture taken with the horse of your choice (once the camera gets here hopefully for the Xmas party) and that will help the horses also. Winter from what I am hearing from others and the 'almanac' is going to be a bad one this year. We have grown accustomed to the mild winters and this one is going to give us all a wake up call I believe. We are preparing the blankets here, checking sizes, trying to finish winterizing things. I will later give a list of any important needs.

Our next project will be the excavation to stop the water from running into the barn. The company to do the work will be meeting with me sometime this week to set a start date. While we work on that our primary need is to get busy putting in more shelters out in the pasture. This work weekend we got a TON of things cleaned up, brush cleared and now we are ready to finish the fence line and get the roofs on the shelters we already have in place. If anyone wants to make a donation to "Shelter the Horses" fund please know that will help get the lumber needed to start those projects. 

As you all make your plans for the turkey and trimmings, the travel to and fro for your family visits we here at Horse Feathers wish you all the best. Time will be short for many now that things are gearing up for those holidays and we hope that you will find time to remember the horses here and still visit our forum and blog... me I will be nestling in with hot tea and preparing my mind to write here when the days turn very cold. Putting up firewood, making things cozy and keeping a close eye on the horses...

RT