Gorgeous photos, Rave & Trit.
0mg, I'm sorry about your car, but maybe a move to the city will suit you better. Having a car is convenient, but it's a big expense and provides lots of woes when it doesn't work. My daughter lives in NYC, and she has never even bothered to get a driver's license. I think she should learn to drive and get a license, even if she doesn't want a car, but I've given up trying to talk her into it.
Penny had an adventure this evening. I got a call from the father of the family. The son, who usually takes care of the horses, is visiting a friend, so the dad was bringing the horses in for the night, and he called me to say that Penny was lying down and couldn't get up. I rushed over there, and she was stuck with her feet up on a hump of brush or manure or whatever it was. She couldn't get her feet under her because they were uphill on this mound. I tried to get her up, and she struggled, but then she gave up. So I started digging out the stuff that was under her front legs. There was snow still clogged in there, but I had a rake, the kind that's stiff, made of hard metal, and that pulled away enough of the stuff that finally she could get up. Whew! I think she looked a bit stiff and sore, and I didn't know if it's better to walk her to loosen her up or if she was better off just standing in her stall. Since the light was failing and the ground was muddy and uneven, I opted for the stall. Besides, maybe moving her would hurt her worse.
The vet is scheduled to give the horses their spring shots on Saturday morning, so I'll talk to her about it then. Meanwhile, the dad thought maybe the horses should go out in one of the big pastures tomorrow. I suggested he call his son and discuss it and decide which pasture, because it's so muddy that they are liable to tear up the grass before it even gets a start.
It's been warm, so I took Penny's blanket off today, but tomorrow is supposed to start getting colder, and it might snow tomorrow night! Enough already! I doubt we'll get spring this year. I bet it'll go right from winter to summer, which makes me sad, because I hate the heat even more than I don't like the cold. So tomorrow, I'll have to go out and put Penny's blanket back on in the pasture, probably. Jasmine will probably do her best to monkey with the stuff I take out there. It should be interesting. I hope Penny's OK, not more injured from being stuck. Her hind leg seemed pretty good today when I cleaned out her feet.