Not nice ice

I sleep with the window open a littler ; we have wood heat so it helps to have fresh air. Last night I woke up to the sound of pouring rain; heavy driving rain that lasted for hours.  I figured the barnyard would be a mess, but I was hoping for slush rather than ice. No such luck.

Sheer ice, and on a slope. This is the foaling pen, which is where they come in to water and also where they come watch me as I get their hay ready.

Ice scares me. I have fallen on it so many times and it is sooooo hard!

I cleaned the bedding out of the stall and spread it but it wasn't enough so I went to the barn for some fresh straw bales.

I kind of had to laugh at Mesa, she was being quite silly and trying to leap around but the footing wasn't conducive to that. She was pretty wet, I guess she didn't stay in out of the rain. I ended up spreading 3 bales of straw for them, hopefully it will be warm enough today that some of it will embed in the ice as right now it is just sitting on top of it.

Hopefully this will help!