Appleseed Farm

With a bitterly cold nor'easter blowing the snow sideways, I looked outside this morning and saw my 3-year-old minus his blanket. Not only that, but he and Miles were playing tug o' war with the blanket. Then Miles got bored and Louie ran around the paddock holding the blanket in his teeth and swinging it from side to side, wheeeee!  I went out there and told him that he could just stay naked for the whole winter if he was going to rip and shred his blanket!     [You do know I'm talking about horses, right?]

  Addendum, winter 2010: I don't put blankets on the horses any more. Can you guess why??  Do I feel guilty? Well, a little at first, but my guys are 1/2 Belgian. Have you ever seen a Belgian wearing a blanket? Draft horses grow really long winter coats and my guys inherited that trait. Their hair is a couple of inches long, all over. Everything I read says they do better living outside (rather than in a stall) with no clothes. OK, then!