Yesterday was an exciting day! We thought we had prepared for the wind- all of the tables were turned over, the chairs were stacked, the trash cans were put away. For the past few months we have been trimming trees and cutting back all dead branches. We were pretty confident that the wind would not be an issue. Of course, as an English teacher I should be circumspect about hubris; pride always goes before a fall. The fall of a tree, that is- one of the trees that was in Stetson's stall was … [Read more...]
Winds and Trees
It was windy at Elizabeth's house last night, but she didn't think too much of it because it wasn't that windy.... Sometimes when we have high winds at my house, it is calm out at the ranch, and when I left my house that morning the winds had died down, so didn't think there would be too many issues at the ranch. I was wrong. We came out to the ranch this morning ready to work with the horses, but we were greeted with what appeared to be the aftermath of either a very big party, or what must … [Read more...]