An interesting day

My husband recently joined our church choir, and last night was his first concert. Just as we were about to leave, the dogs set up a ruckus, and I looked out to find...... an old grey mare, walking into the yard. I mean. old. grey mare; I think she was about 28 or so.

She headed for the horse pens, and Beamer was givin' her kisses by the time I got a halter and walked over to her- cautiously, because mares that have a stallion talking to them can strike unexpectedly. But the old girl stood quietly and let me halter her, so I put her in a paddock, gave her hay and water, and called the police to let them know I had a stray horse, gave them her description, and the info that she was looked after for the night, and headed out to the concert. I videoed the performance, but the sound quality isn't great.

That's Ted on the left of the Choir Director. Even though it doesn't sound as good as it did live, I can say that they were the best choir there!
This morning the police called and put us in contact with the owners of the old mare, it turns out that she had escaped from her pasture that she had been kept in for a short time and decided to head for her old pasture- about 15 miles away! The place she came from was about 10 miles from our place, and she had been travelling for about 4 or 5 hours. She just wanted to go to her old familiar home.She was a real sweetheart to handle, and it's fitting that our Christmas guest was a snowflake Appaloosa. We hauled her to her old home for the owners.

The shortest day of the year was beautiful and clear here, and the setting sun lit up the Skimmerhorns.

Tomorrow is all the last minute things before Christmas, and Thursday I pick up my daughter in Spokane. It seems that this year I'm really not ready for Christmas!