So, my very first post, hmm. Well, yesterday was one of those filthy weather days, the rain was coming down in buckets, in big huge drops, mixed with icy cold snow, and we were just on the cusp of the season known as mud.,  while I was outside in the torrential down pour of icy cold snow rain, because with the thawing of the ice and snow all my paddock fences had fallen over and my horses who were insulted by the very thought that I should keep them locked in these paddocks and were doing their very best to contribute to the knocking down and as the rain ran down my boots, mostly because that happens when you are pulling them out of the mud, while holding your stockinged foot up out of the mud, I thought, I wish someone would appreciate this., And then I thought “no one ever mentioned this in horse management…  And so, then I thought, I want to write this down because sometimes taking care of my horses and my farm is more about nailing up a new board, fixing a fence, leaving everyone in their stalls and making to an appointment on time with mud up my back and hay in my hair.