Mud season. Most of us backyard horse owners know there is no such thing as a farm in perfect condition. If it's mud season it's gross and sopping and you can only wish for sand and dry soil to drop from the sky in the worst parts.
Yep, that's what I wish for.
Then there is late spring when the bugs arrive. Mud wasn't so bad.
Summer- it's too hot to breath never mind spend hours brushing the dry crusty dirt from your horse that has been rolling to get the bugs to stop biting. Walking to the barn you sweat and then poop picking and cleaning you need to take another shower.
Fall- ah! finally relief, not so many bugs (minus the hornets) but then it's hunting season. Be careful going in the woods when you have a nice pretty big bay horse to ride!
Winter sets in... frozen toes, finger tips and water buckets ... brrrrrr.
Why then? because in the dead of winter the sun will back on their backs and if you get close and smell them it's the most beautiful smell and a wonderful calmness waves over you. Yes, you do it all again.
For the love of horses.
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