First Fall Storm

We had a pretty blustery Fall storm come in last night and throughout today. We didn't have any damage to speak of. Thankfully. Our friends at Horse Plus Humane Society weren't so lucky. They suffered some damage to their shelters, but all the animals were ok. Willow did ok too...she was skittish and really spooky, but that was to be expected. She's only experienced a few breezy days and a couple of light showers...NOTHING like gusty winds between 3o and 5o mph.

We kept a watchful eye on Willow all day. When I fed her this morning, she was interested, but jumpy. She was shivering, but didn't seem as cold as she was unnerved, and ready to run at a flicker of an eyelash. That's a mustang for you. Even though she knows me, she's very cautious in uncertain situations. When I talked to her and reached out to stroke her shoulder, she still bolted...not far, just out from beneath my hand. She'd leave her feed to be away from anything that frightened her, and she'd move out into the more open area of her pen where she could keep an eye on everything and scent the air better. That's life with a mustang.


By this evening, Willow was much more calm. She was mostly dry, not shivering, and able to be handled some. She still wasn't in the mood to be towel dried though. Willow was ready to be scratched in some of her more itchy spots though...and I accommodated her and got a mustang hug for my efforts. What a love! Tomorrow we'll be cleaning up some of the muckiness that soft clay dust turned into...but that's ok. It gave us a really good look at what winter will look like. Ish!

At least stormy days have one good thing going for them...beautiful sunsets!