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Archive for January 30th, 2016

Weathering Out

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Does it seem like I am always writing about the weather? It just keeps weathering outside. What can I say?

I should have had an inkling, after the spectacular red sky the morning offered.

Last night when Delilah and I stepped out for her last walk of the day, we were met by this:

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Earlier, I had checked the radar and felt like we had a chance of the mixed precipitation missing us. Shortly before our walk, I flipped on the outside light and found the deck bone-dry. I’d forgotten my concern by the time I opened the door with Delilah, so then it came as a surprise. Silly, how quickly I moved from anticipating it, to being taken by surprise.

It felt and looked like rain, but a large percentage of it was the little ice balls. The ground was becoming a frozen glaze. I knew the horses deserved to come inside before they got soaked and chilled by it, so Delilah’s walk was delayed a bit, while I tended to horse chores.

Not only was her walk delayed, it was abbreviated, poor girl. I didn’t want to be out in freezing rain and sleet for any longer than absolute necessity.

I heard from another poor girl last night that the weather in Florida has continued wet and cold, with flooding rains. Cyndie’s “vacation” sounds like anything but. I warned her that she will be returning on a day when we might be getting bombarded by a significant winter snowfall on Tuesday.

I don’t know if it has anything to do with her, but it could give a person a complex.

Regardless, it just keeps weathering out there, …and I find myself writing about it.

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Written by johnwhays

January 30, 2016 at 8:14 am