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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, I don’t envy you. I hope to heck it’s cooler there than it is here. We’ve been in the mid-90’s for over a week and the humidity has just been awful too. The horses stand around every evening and almost beg me to spray them with the hose while I’m refilling the trough. Between the 5 of them, they’re making a sizable dent in a 150 gallon tank of water nearly every day and if you run your hand over their bodies they feel like they’ve got plaster of paris sprayed on them, but it’s just salt deposits. I’m really pouring the salt to them too. We’re supposed to get a “cool” front coming through tonight so the temps should drop down in to the low 80’s by the weekend. Brrrrrrr! ;o)

HaveFaith, BladeRider and I are supposed to be going on an organized ride tomorrow with a mounted ministries group up in TN, but I think we’re going to get rained out so we may just get together and have a shopping trip up to the Mennonites instead. I’ve been wanting to go to this harnessmaker’s shop who works in Biothane and see if he can make me a spare breast collar like the one I’ve got. I may see about getting a smaller western girth made than I’ve been able to find in any of the catalogs too, plus I need some more odds and ends like snaps and straps and stuff and they’re much cheaper up there. BladeRider’s been wanting some new saddle bags and I think HaveFaith’s been needing some new horse blankets, so we may just make a day of it. It doesn’t matter if it’s raining when you’re shopping!


8,906 posted on 06/13/2008 10:29:33 AM PDT by FrogInABlender
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To: FrogInABlender

Yes, it’s cooler here... sunny and about 70. About perfect! :~)

We may go riding tomorrow, if we can get our momentum up!


8,907 posted on 06/13/2008 11:50:46 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: FrogInABlender

Yes, it’s cooler here... sunny and about 70. About perfect! :~)

We may go riding tomorrow, if we can get our momentum up!


8,908 posted on 06/13/2008 11:51:09 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Severe thunderstorms last night, preventing me from going on a ride also. The two organizations that I belong too, were having a ride/spaghetti dinner/raffle/auction event this weekend. The weather cleared up today, but I figured the trails would be a real mess and so would the campground. I hope they do have a good turnout, as it was a fund raiser.
8,942 posted on 06/14/2008 1:47:51 PM PDT by MissTargets
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