Awareness of the outside world. Bleh. October means horror movies, which are avoidable. October means advertisements for horror movies, which are not avoidable.
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We now have eight buckets for two horses.
It made sense at the time.
Buckets #1 & 2. Two buckets in a stall is standard operating procedure.
Buckets #3 & 4. Setting up the run-in to be Rodney’s stall during Milton’s rehab, so two more buckets. [The Stall Rest Chronicles Begin]
2 stall + 2 run-in/stall = 4 buckets
[Photos from the Vet Clinic, Nothing Gory I Promise, Patient Report #1.1]
Bucket #5. At the vet clinic, the water bucket was hung only a few feet off the floor, on the wall near the corner where hay was served. I would have said it was too low, but a) vet clinic & b) Milton LOVED it. Used it to dunk his hay. Okay, we want his innards well-hydrated, so if he wants water down by his knees, he gets water down by his knees. In addition to the regular two.
1 dunk + 2 stall + 2 run-in/stall = 5 buckets
Bucket #6. Liberty! Free horses! Back to the pasture life! Back to the water trough! Ehhh, no so fast. They prefer the buckets in the barn to the water trough they have used for years. Please arrange to make this happen. We did. And added a third bucket. Kept the two in stall for when Rodney goes in for meals. [Hydration Measures]
2 stall + 3 run-in = 6 buckets .. because
Bucket #5, again. Relocated Milton’s dunk bucket to be near his meal spot.
We continued to carry warm water from the house well past any reasonable definition of cold weather. Bought a yellow bucket so we would know which one was for tea. [Winter Protocols, Tea Service Has Begun]
2 stall + 3 run-in + 1 in Milton’s corner = 6 buckets
Bucket #7. I bought a second yellow bucket for warm water so that Milton’s minion could swap out buckets rather than having to go to the barn to retrieve. Some how the second yellow got hung up in Milton’s corner. We are certainly not going to take away any chance at water. One personal bucket for dunking, one personal bucket for drinking, three public buckets.
2 stall + 3 run-in + 2 in Milton’s corner = 7 buckets
Bucket #8. Rodney needed to bulk up a bit. More time in stall. He was dropping the two he already had, so we added a third stall bucket. We did this right as the weather stopped being ridiculously hot, so we would have been okay with two in the stall. Probably. See above, not take away any chance at water.
3 stall + 3 run-in + 2 in Milton’s corner = 8 buckets
Water minions for the win!
Update. if you saw a second post, you did not hallucinate. There was posting error. Tomorrow was accidentally posted today. I’ll try again tomorrow.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
As you have said, more work than some children.
Joan
I’ll take horses any day. At least Eowyn[‘s stuff is right here in the apartment. DER
This brings back memories of growing up on a farm, in NJ, where the hoses did, or would, freeze in winter, so we had to carry water buckets to the barn and the horses. My arms ache from remembering. Milton and Rodney have it very well. MM
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