Here we are coming on Christmas already, though I'm having a hard time getting into the spirit under present circumstances. I can say for our area the weather has been forgiving. We've managed to escape the extreme snow falls that the east coast is getting this last week. Family in Va are really getting hit. November here in the barely what you could call the midwest--no one knows how to classify Ohio,was mild and sunny for a change. The bad part of this is that my horses have been mostly confined to their stalls unless I turn them out personally since the turnout routine is not always so routine. When the sun is shining and the temps mild--what I consider horse heaven--they have had to miss out on a lot of leisurly grazing and sun bathing through the day. They have large stalls, and lots of barn activity to keep things interesting but it's not the same. If we were having blizzards or piles of snow or ice rain like we normally do, they prefer to be snugged up in their stalls. Maybe they don't think about missing the nice days like I do. They don't really know what there missing unless I tell them I suppose.
I've made half-hearted attempts to find property to lease, lease to own, and there is a place in Texas that is tempting. East Texas though, which would mean we can't escape the humidity, and then there's the fact that I'm a chicken at starting out as a stranger in a strange land. I used to have a pioneer spirit and a need for wonderlust, but in my oncomming "golden years" this is less so.
Oh well, dream on. What I'd really like short term is a lot more opportunity to ride my horses.
