Friday, January 7, 2011

Doc At Winter Camp

He has now been there a week and is having a thoroughly good time. He loves the activity of a large barn and, given his sociable nature, was greeted warmly by old friends and is making lots of new ones, human and other. The first day in the large indoor riding room he put on a display of leaping and air boxing when the Woman put him on the spinning rope. She said he looked like an orange salmon trying to spawn. Since then he has settled down and is hauling Herself around in there almost daily.

Meanwhile, Molly remains peevish because she knows exactly where Doc is and would like to be there herself. She spends her days commandeering whatever hay pile Jack and I are are working on. She has grown a goat-like beard this year and, coupled with her habit of grunting, she is looking and sounding like a Sasquatch pony. We are all dreading shedding season, when it finally comes.

Jack is struggling with the cold this year, in spite of his heavy winter blanket. The woman has plans to install a fleece lining in it. Given her seamstressing skills, which are nil, and her complete lack of fine motor skills, we can assume she will do as usual and sew it to herself.

Sally is almost permanently in her heated bed, and owing to virtually no exercise, she has grown to fill the whole thing. Getting in and out requires much concentration on her part or the whole bed becomes wedged on her hips. She is a simple soul and requires only sustenance and regular patting to remain perfectly happy. Molly grooms her daily so her fur is arranged in spikes all down her back.

And I? I persevere. That's all I can say. My mind is in warmer climes but my body remains resolutely stuck in the snow drifts.

7 comments:

libraryperson said...

Shaeffer - you gave me a good chuckle!!

billie said...

Stay warm Sheaffer and try to focus on spring. It will get here eventually! Sending some warmth to Jack. I hope he gets his blanket even if The Woman IS attached to it... :)

ponymaid said...

libraryperson, I try to remain an unbiased observer of my surroundings but it isn't always easy...

ponymaid said...

Billie, how horrifying! The thought of poor Jack trudging around in his blanket with the Woman attached like a barnacle...but much larger and louder.

BumbleVee said...

hahahaha.... that image of Sally with her bed wedged on her hips.... too funny...

brrrr... wish I had me a nice fleecy blanket too ... or better yet..not fleece as it is too static-y and I get shocks...how 'bout feathers? ...yeh...a nice downy one ... mmmm sounds perfect for our blizzard like weather. The snow is not really accumulating ...but, it is going around in circles in a 60kph wind! I'm not going out there! forget it... I'll shovel if and when it dies down and the sun pokes out.. maybe ...say... April? ....

ponymaid said...

Vee, that is the best plan - remain indoors and warm til spring. The Woman is trying to figure out how to sew an eiderdown into Jack's blanket. We are having our first real cold snap and he is feeling it so much this winter. Could we send him to live with you in your house? Except for some rather projectile bathroom habits, he is a very good guest, although you might need to pre-chew his food.

BumbleVee said...

erm, sorry Sheaffer.... think perhaps I'll have to pass on having Jack as a house guest.... Sally might be more my type of visitor ...especially indoors...