Fall was too short. I still have trees with green leaves, although most of them had turned. This next photo was a week ago....
and this is now:
We are having a tough start to winter; our well went dry and the landlord got another one drilled but it isn't hooked up yet; so no showers, laundry, and (yay) no mopping floors until they get an electrician in to hook the new well up to the old system. Fortunately, the horses are on a separate well so I don't have to haul water for them. Meanwhile, the guys are trying to charge the system with hoses hooked to the horse's well and are battling the hoses freezing up. There are two houses on the well that went dry, fortunately we are all good friends and are working together to keep things working. A little ingenuity goes a long way!
The other thing that is happening here is that I have retired Beamer from riding. His arthritis is to the point where he is permanently lame. Since it's a front leg, even if the joint fuses he will still have awkward movement so I am just doing what I can to keep him as comfortable as possible. He will get regular bodywork and I'll keep up his herbal supplements and do my best for him. It's breakin' my heart. We shall have to see how breeding season goes, if he is even able to cover a mare. He'll let me know if he can't.
He has entered into the winter of his life. My beautiful boy.
5 comments:
Oh my sad that Beamer can no longer be ridden...but he will retire in style and as good lookin as ever!
That looks like a cold snow. I'm getting to be more of a snow expert these last few years. Was Beamer sleeping with his head resting on the panel? Adorable. If it snows on the leaves I haven't yet raked, I'll be pissed. So, you never had a mud season, it seems. Just dust to frozen ground? Wow.
We had a day or 2 of rain that made a bit of mud in one spot in the foaling pen, but the ground here doesn't hold much water (old river bottom) so we don't get much mud. Not like the last place I lived! Beamer wasn't sleeping, he was just chillin'. :o)
I’m sorry to hear that about Beamer. I watched our old horse, Shadow, go through arthritis in his knees. They would usually fuse, but it made him stiff and trippy. Last fall, he could barely walk. It’s snowing here, too.
My daring Possum's knee was her undoing as well. Bum knees suck, especially for horses who can't sit in chairs to rest them.
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