Typical day owning a small farm

If you think that a good sense of humor is NOT necessary to owning a small farm....then you've never owned one!

Having a sense of humor has more often than not ...kept me sane around here.

We not only have a typical small hobby farm, but we have one up North! .... in the cold ... in the very cold. And it is not easy to do when it's cold.

Just today, for instance, the day dropped into the low 30's, maybe high 20's. Windy, wet, drizzly with some snow .... gray sky....you get the picture. All the snow has just melted... leaving my horse stalls wet .... muddy .... disgusting.

I don't want to put my girls in the barn....so they stayed out today in the yucky weather.

This afternoon, my oldest son calls out to me "MOM! Grace is loose in the yard!"

Grace is our little half mustang pony...as seen here ---->

Well, it seems in the wind, the corner post ...you know, the one that has been needing to be replaced all winter.... had given up and fell over. Grace helped herself over the downed fence into the yard, while the other 2 horses looked at her in wild disbelief.

I had to throw on mud boots, gloves, a warm coat, and a hat to go get her. As soon as I step into the yard, she takes one look at me and runs back to the downed fence, crosses the lines and back into the paddock, looking at me as if to say "I didn't do anything!!"

I had to chuckle.

Thanks Grace.... a moment of humor in a very not-so-funny situation. It was COLD. And remember, I didn't want the girls in the barn.... but now my fence is down..... what to do?

Go crazy? Laugh? ....well, thank God for paddock number 2! lol ....which is where they went! Hubby came home, fixed the broken post, and the fence in paddock 1 is all set to go.

...problem now is.... my barn is still disgusting.

..... I really could use a laugh right about now.