From Jim: Donna's latest blog-just below-recounts Christmas day and night, with it's ups and downs. We're now in the no-man's land, waiting for the new year, but done with the Christmas activities. Very soon we'll start leaning hard toward Spring. I know, Winter's just getting started, but Winter is something to get through, Spring is to be enjoyed! We really need rain and a bunch of it. This dry cold spell hasn't left me all giggly. The new year gets us closer to the next election. Can't come soon enough for me. It's kind of like Winter, only longer and harder to put up with. Soon it will be the season of never ending campaign commercials-Oh Goody! We are terribly concerned about the horse population, what with the inert economy and sky-rocketing hay prices. Hope folks will be able to adjust their budgets and hang on for the Spring cutting. I have been resisting getting a new battery for the tractor. It really needs one and the cold isn't helping one bit. I hate to buy batteries-no special reason for that- I just don't like it. The old battery spent the night on the charger-again. We'll see how perky it is later this morning. Might be a new battery in the new year. Terrific. All of our newest equines have settled in. The backyard bunch is a lot of fun. Wish we would have changed the fence lines a long time ago. Here, at the sanctuary, new years are a lot like weekends. They don't mean much. There will be change. That's for sure. But, for the most part, it will be the quiet routines and chores, the feeding and mending that makes up our days. They blend together like a water color. The edges are soft and gentle. We like that! Oh, and resolve to take more time to love on your horse. It'll make a better year for sure!
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