The title?? – if you add them all up – it pretty much sums up life at Orange Acres right now.
I’ll start at the beginning.
But first a sip of a nice Malbec.
The beginning – if you recall – our beloved Rooster Clyde was snatched from us this past summer – my glorious boy – gone.
As a result of that – another was gifted to me -his offspring – aptly name C2 (Clyde Two).
My last work road trip saw C2 get an abscess on his leg seconds of me prior to leaving. He took a turn for this worse and this flightless child cannot seem to stand on his own two feet.
Soooo…we now have a Rooster living in our garage – he is bathed daily – hand fed and watered every 4 hours or so and he has shown improvement. His life spared for the time being unless he takes a turn for the worse then it will be the “Cooler” for him. I hate to see any animal suffer.
Lights – well – Hubs – in his brilliance has strung a set of carefully constructed – impeccably wired flood lights through the yard so I do not have to worry about rolling my ankle on the frozen muck/mud pit that was once my barn yard.
This brings me to number 3 or as the title would have you believe – number 1.
There is a nip in the air – quite frosty – lovely.
Sip.
The frost tonight is sparkling like faeries or fireflies – coating everything with it’s magic.
The nip is minimal compared to the inevitable blast that will follow but tonight it was clear and crisp and magical.
Ponies prancing around – tossing their heads waiting for their tuck in and snack. Their breath warm as they investigate my ever present pony tail while feeding, blanketing and picking their feet.
Sip.
The weather will turn ugly tomorrow with frozen little bits of rain falling from the sky making driving treacherous I am sure as I prepare to jet off to Las Vegas for a quick “turn and burn” meeting this coming week.
My hope is that my Roo will be OK while I am not here. My son has been tending him during the day while we are not home but with me gone and Hubs working – he will have to fend for himself during those hours.
The nip in the air will be replaced with milder temps – crappy weather and what I am sure will be a muddy paddock.
BUT – the lights will still be shining to guide my/our way to the barn – to the paddock -to the prancing ponies waiting for dinner.
Sip.
Love it or hate it – winter is upon us and I can’t wait to see our fields blanketed in pristine white snow – to feel that bone chilling sub zero temps and to sit and talk to my herd.
Sip.
Good night.
Orange Acres 