Awareness of the outside world. Scientific American: Why a Warming Climate Can Bring Bigger Snowstorms, It may sound counterintuitive, but a warming climate can actually lead to bigger snowstorms. Rawlins 2022. Originally appeared in The Conversation.
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The horses were, um, expressive. Yeah, let’s call it expressive. No idea what they were expressing.
I spent the day in town last Wednesday. Although I haven’t been feeding lunch for a while, my desk diary has not be overwhelmed with appointments. I’m still around here most days. [Rethinking Lunch]
After the day away, we got home while it was still light. Went to check on the horses. Had Rodney. Called for the other horse. Milton came flying down the path screaming with abandonment.
Tried to take them for a walk to make up for the one we missed in the morning because we had to leave early. Made three out of five laps.
They were jumpy. Normal. They often find it weird when walks occur other than first thing in the morning.
Third lap. I let them walk by themselves for the back half of the lap. Standard procedure. They had done so for laps one & two. They know that cookies await. [Version 2.0]
They decided to make haste down to the cookie dispensary. Not unusual. Cavorting happens. Canter. Hop. Hip check.
Rodney kept going. He made a big circle, turned, and thundered back to the barn. Serious racehorse style running.
Milton watched, standing by on high alert. Finally bailed on cookies and followed.
I don’t know what Rodney thought was going to happen at the barn. Anyone likely to dole out hay snacks had just been left in the pasture.
Clearly, they are used to having me around during the day.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Some souls like change less and less as they age. Especially if they didn’t like change at the start.
Louise
Separation anxiety? I, too, am a creature of habit.
Clearly. But I’m not certain what change or separation they were so alarmed about. Now that I don’t feed lunch, the middle of the day at the barn is much less eventful.