Warm enough to ride!

Yesterday, the sun was shining, the day was a balmy -10C (14F) so Beamer, the girls, and I headed out to the back pasture. Most of the tracks in this photo are from mule deer and whitetail deer. The sun was making the snow crystals glitter, Beamer's feet were making squeaky sounds, the dogs were leaping and frolicking, and waiting impatiently for us to catch up.

We rode around the other side and were closely watched by the mares'n'kids. I'm sure they would have liked to get out and frolic in the snow too!

All ears were on the dogs in this picture; they were doing their border-collie outrun and sneaking up on the herd from the right. We did a little ditch riding after this, and Beamer got to lope in some fresh snow where I knew the footing was good under the snow, and all in all it was a lovely ride, a welcome change after 3 weeks of bone-chilling cold and sick horses. They are all better now, and I'm just itchin' to get Sassy back in training and get that first ride on her. Think I'll have to get the flat tire on my trailer fixed and haul her to an arena to get that done.
I'll leave you with the view from the best seat in the house, and the half moon in the sky at mid-day!