Winter, I hate Winter!

It’s this time of year with the cold (and sometimes extreme cold) and the snow that starts to get to me!  Constantly watching weather forecasts, struggling to drive out, get down the lane, and then freezing close to death sometimes!

It’s not fun.  People say that winters past have been much worse.  I think it’s a case where years ago I didn’t have to worry about the country!  Now, it’s a constant and it starts to wear me down by this time.

On the positive side, the horses are starting to shed!  Falls in line with what our groundhog had to say.  I’m trying to see that as a positive despite the crashing temps that are supposed to land us around the -30 mark with windchill on top of that!  I’m really not impressed!

My daughter does have more lessons to teach now though so she’s enjoying that very much but, of course, there’s always the lessons to deal with!

More joys of being a horse-y mom!

The Weather… Groan

And then there is the weather.  Despite living in Canada, this time of year is supposed to be around 5 degrees (C) and if not sunny, rainy.  We have been stuck in a deep freeze all week, which is getting colder, and snow coming out the wazoo.  Not nearly as much as Buffalo but for those of us who have to travel to the country, it’s enough!

This should come as no surprise to those of you who have had family riders for a couple of years.  Horses cannot be kept in the city, therefore they have to be kept in the country.  There are also farmer’s fields in the country (or it wouldn’t be called that, I digress) which are open spaces in winter and cause winds to blow snow around making the country roads a FAR cry from the city roads!!

So it is enough of a challenge for this horsey mom to get out to the barn in the winter months let alone when it’s still autumn and it shouldn’t be an issue at all!!

Well, time to suck it up and head out… wish me luck!!