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Feb 05, 2015, 08:38 PM
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Grand Poohbah
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Member Since: Jan 2011
Location: Surrey, SE London, UK
Posts: 1,628
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LOL Ha Ha Ha!! Eskie, I really need to thank you a million times for actually making me smile when my life is falling down as I write. Leave that as it's my Dad's failing physical and mental health that's causing so much stress, he's gone back into hospital tonight. OK, so why did I smile huh? 'Cos, the way you described your young married life, despite what's turned out, as with us all, there were good times ~~ in that most awesome beautiful place called Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Whilst I was there in spring, your description easily made me picture the place in the midst of crisp white wonderland!! You, whizzing around in the snow, which you wanted to transform to MUD!! My gosh, I can absolutely and utterly assure you, if you had to endure the glorious MUD in England's sodden lands, you'd honestly think different!! Like you I kept up to three horses for 25 years and every winter (8 months ish) the overgrazed paddocks were a quagmire. The MUD was so very thick and sticky I lost many many wellies (wellingtons) which were literally sucked away in the said thick MUD. The new Zealand outdoor rugs were caked in the stuff and never dried by next morning, so I had three for each horse. They were stabled at night. I clipped out in winter and I never had one problem due to clipping the coats away, easier to hard brush the mud from sensitive skinned horses. We've just had a couple of snow falls, it settled well and because I drive my brother to the railway station at 5.30am every morning, I'm the first car out of our Cul~De~Sac. It's so so magical driving over the first heavy snowfall, though I'm nervous in my little car!! Coming home I see foxes everywhere and sometimes badgers!! I can't abide cold, can't function, get depressed, moan and generally go around the house with a hot water bottle strapped to my tummy!!! Something to do with being very underweight and not allowed to have heating on in the daytime, only at night, Dad's always too hot but isn't understanding at all about my freezing body, hay~hoe. Anyways hunny, I will send you as much of the pure white stuff when I've collected enough!! 
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