Hiya Darlin!
Had another good night sleep, got all my chores and breakfast done in time to go off with Tom, who is one of the managers of the upcoming Hokey Pokey ride this weekend (go ahead, sing along!), putting out all the troughs that will be needed along the trail. Did a quick restock and a sweep of the Tidewater restrooms before he brought me back to camp. I decided to finish what I could on the manure bin, and managed to get everything done except the one missing board and cutting the post tops at a diagonal. I'm just not sure how to do that, and I don't think I can manage the rotary saw at that height. Anyway, finished that off, then decided to try something. Yesterday, I had an epiphany about the horses' paddock. Knowing that the real problem is Apollo picking up posts with his teeth in order to escape, I suddenly remembered that I had some screw-in insulators that I had used back at the house. So I rerouted the wire fence through insulators that I connected to trees. He can't move a tree, right? I still had to use a couple of posts on the long stretches, but I figure, even if he pulls the post, the next connection is a tree, so it won't fall down, and he can't step over it. Works good in theory, anyway. I'll still keep him on the highline at night, and when I'm not in camp, but at least now he will be able to stretch his legs a bit more. It was after 5:00 by the time I finished all that, so I finally settled into a couple of cups of turkey soup with rice and a shortbread cookie, then realized that I was almost out of cookies, so I decided to whip up a batch. A bit late in the evening, but what the heck! I had bought a new mixing bowl at Walmart the other day, and it worked great! Braved the cold to take a hot tub, a nice hot shower, now ready for bed! I shut off the well pump after feeding the horses earlier because they're calling for temps below freezing tonight (and tomorrow night, too), was glad I discovered I had 2/3 of a tank of water in my tank, so I didn't have to do anything with that. Nice to have a busy, productive day! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!
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