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Hap Nap

Hap Nap
Although it is still very cold out, Hap seems to find it comfortable enough to take a nap in his stall which opens south. (This photo was taken with the zoom, and the autofocus seems to have found the fence instead of Hap.)

The Calm Before the Storm

Sunrise

“They” are predicting significant snowfall today, and a high tomorrow of 1F. I am hoping that “they” are wrong. Since we are tucked up against the Palmer Divide, which is a snowfall magnet during big storms, we usually get close to the maximum amounts forecast for the area. I will never forget talking to Jack (who was in Texas at the time of the October 97 blizzard) about my worries of getting lost on my way to the horse field. He suggested I follow the extension cord that then led from the house to the stock tank. I looked out at four feet of snow, with near whiteout conditions, and thought “The man has no idea.” Fortunately, we now have fencing that contains the complete path between the house and the barn, so getting misdirected during a whiteout is no longer a risk.

Smoke’s Image

Smoke\'s Image
Smoke’s Image 1977-2005
Two weeks ago, I realized that a decision that we knew we would have to make about Smoke sooner or later was going to be sooner. Saturday, I watched him lurch down the hill to the barn and saw that his right knee, which had been bad for a long time, had given up functioning all together. Bute gave him a little relief through the weekend, and today his vet came out and put him down. Jack and a friend came to be with me while it happened.

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Hap

Hap
When I first saw Hap, I thought the way his white blaze slides off his nose was rather silly, but I have become fond of it over the years. And it certainly makes it easy to pick him out from other tall mahogany bay Thoroughbreds.