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Post by Chrisnstar on Feb 5, 2005 22:56:29 GMT -5
We've still got tons of boot sucking mud out there. I swear the horses are going to grow fins and gills....
and we're supposed to get 40 degree rain tonight, all day tomorrow, and Monday and Tuesday. Maybe a little sun on Wednesday!!!!
2000 through 2003, We had three years of drought and we prayed for rain... gaaaaaaaaaaaa.... be careful what you pray for! 2004 was very rainy and now 2005 is soggy too.... geesh....
I was at a meeting last night and people were saying they were wondering what dirt looked like, it had been so long since anyone saw any, LOL...
chris
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Post by linda on Feb 5, 2005 23:47:07 GMT -5
Chris, is the blanket and neck cover doing a good job of keeping our boy dry in all this wet weather? I hope it sits nice and straight on him and does slide to one side or another. I am very happy that it found a good home. I hope it serves you well.
Linda
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Post by Mary Ann on Feb 6, 2005 7:50:36 GMT -5
It's coming in here this afternoon. I'm not looking forward to it. We also have nothing but boot sucking mud. The topsoil slides and gushes under the sod, and tears up easily.
It's kind of cruel to get such warm temperatures, and all this mud at the same time. Still can't ride.
Oh well, it'll help the gas bill.
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Post by Littljoe on Feb 6, 2005 10:20:29 GMT -5
Yeah, it looks like more rain, and more mud. I was hoping it would miss us this time--crap. (Will that be turned into "thingy"?)
I did get a nice ride in yesterday. Keem was a lot less stiff, and argued with me about taking off at all the spots we usually do, butI kept him down to a slow, collected canter. Good for me too, since I haven't ridden in at least two weeks. But caution was warranted: in spite of the warm temperatures in any spot that was on the north side of anything, like a belt of trees or a rock ledge, there was still ice under the mud. I could hear and feel his hoofs going "squish, THUNK." I don't even want to think about how dangerous that is.
--LJ
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Post by Chrisnstar on Feb 7, 2005 0:00:37 GMT -5
Ugh, it is SO soggy out there! I'm afraid we'll start losing trees. I'm not sure the ground can still hold them. I've noticed some bare tree roots, the rain has just washed the soil away from them!
more rain tomorrow, then snow on Tuesday... sigh...
if spring is wet too, we'll be in big trouble!
chris
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Post by Littljoe on Feb 7, 2005 10:56:45 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think that what the groundhog saw for us was six more weeks of RAIN! Arrrghgggh! I'll take six more weeks of real winter anytime, but this is horrendous.
And you know what will happen, of course: once things dry out, then we won't get rain for the entire months of July and August, and everything will turn to concrete and dust.
--LJ
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Post by rb on Feb 7, 2005 18:01:05 GMT -5
Here in western Oregon (you know, one of the wettest states) we haven't had nearly enough rain. Our well is trying to go dry in the middle of January!  Normally, we have to quit watering the lawn about middle of August. This year, it's looking like we'll have to drive to the inlaws house to take showers and to fill 50 gallon barrels for the horses! Do you know how much water 4 horses go through in the middle of summer!!!  I think we're going to have to get our well drilled deeper. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr  |
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