Fog and smoke

 This morning there was a heavy fog laying on the land, not just river fog but widespread. 

The boyz were snugged up in their barn, barely peeking out at the misty morning. 

The cats escorted me to "their" barn for their breakfast... 

while Beamer waited for me to open the gate to his grazing paddock.

Velvet too was waiting for me to open her gate, and wandered off into the fog. 

I finished off the fence repairs in her winter paddock today so once she has finished with her current pen she will have a large area to graze that should last well into winter. 

This afternoon we had a bit of a scare- that's not fog, it's smoke. 

The farm to the south of us had a fire that spread to their haystack from a burn barrel. Ted spotted the smoke right away and drove over there; it was rapidly out of control as the round  bale stack was burning. He called the fire department, and they responded fairly quickly. Fortunately there was no casualties other than the hay and a quad, but that south wind had us a bit spooked as this was the next farm over to us and on our side of the river. We haven't had rain for a couple of months. And that, folks, is why you teach foals to trailer load. We were prepared to haul them out if things got out of hand but fortunately didn't have to. 

Once the smoke cleared, it was a beautiful end to an eventful day.