Awareness of the outside world. Pray Tell: Ash Wednesday: Remember You Are Stardust, 2021.
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We have been taking the horses for morning hand walks daily since last spring. We get out almost every day, missing at most one or two days a month.
What stops us?
Rain. Light mist is fine. Even predicted rain, because we can often fit our few laps before it gets heavy. True downpour? No thank you.
Footing. Once the rain has stopped, there is usually one day where the field has standing water and the mud is deep and slippery. We give it a day to drain.
Cold. Slight cold is okay. True cold, no. Fortunately this happens about once a year. [Walking During The Recent Weather]
Logistics. We have to be somewhere at x, which means we have to feed at x minus y, which means we don’t have time for a walk that day. Or one of us has to be at work early.
What doesn’t stop us?
Heat. Quite the opposite. In high summer, mornings are the only time to get anything done.
Cold. A few degrees below freezing is often nicer than a few degrees above when the ice/frost is melting and making everything damp.
Dark. We can go out in the lighten before sunrise. It doesn’t take much light to see your way at a walk around a quiet and contained space. [Sunrise Stats]
Weekends are on a semi-stop. Back when horse work was still happening, we would go for a walk in the morning and work in the afternoons. These days, we take our walks in the afternoon and sleep in. Well, as much sleeping in as you can do with animals who are expecting bathroom breaks and breakfast.
Onwards!
Katherine
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The Pray Tell post was just what I needed. Thank you. Louise
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