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Howdy! Apache here.

My Mom gave me permission to be a guest speaker on her blog since I’m always letting her take photos of me. I told her if she let me speak on her blog, I’d stop sticking my nose in her face and try not to lick her hair whenever she points that little black box at me. I even promised I’d strike a pretty pose for her sometimes, too. Aren’t I a good girl?

 

My Mom said this is the first time she’s ever let a horse be a guest speaker on her blog. I feel very honored. She must think I’m rather special.

I really just wanted to be a guest speaker so I could let you all know how thoughtful my Mom, Dad and Kidlet Family have been to me during the recent Deep Freeze we experienced here in New Mexico. My Mom tells me that our temperatures were below zero at night and didn’t even get above 10 degrees during the day. That sure sounds cold, doesn’t it?

All I know is that my water buckets were almost frozen solid and not even my nose or my hoof could break through. My Mom tried using a hammer to break it up, but the ice was several inches thick and wasn’t worth the trouble just to get to the shallow water at the bottom, she said.

I tell ya, my Mom, my Dad, and that twinling kid, Jax really worked hard trying to make sure I had everything I’d need to make me comfortable. They surprised me the first morning by hauling a really big blue container, filled with toasty hot water, all the way up the hill to me in the barn….on a flat thing that made snake-like noises as it slid and slithered behind them. I was a little worried the first time I saw it, but after I sniffed the blue thing and the sliding thing, that my Mom called a sled, I didn’t worry about it anymore.

My Mom said she was really proud of me and reminded me of how spooky and upset at new things her first horse, Baby Doll used to get. She said that Baby Doll would have never even gotten close enough to sniff those new things, like I did all on my own. She said I was very brave. Awww, isn’t my Mom really nice to tell me that?

Anyway, the hot water was really great! It thawed out my water bucket and gave me the most wonderful warm water to drink. Drinking ice cold water in the winter every day really gets to be a drag, ya know? And my Mom even used some of the warm water to make me the most delish warm bran mash in the morning. I tell ya, the thought of that warm mash gave me something to look forward to as I braved the below zero temps each night….aahhhh! I wish I could have that every morning…..night….oh all right…all the time. sigh.

Not gonna happen. My Mom tells me I’m an Air Fern, whatever that means. I’ve never even seen a fern before. I don’t even think they grow here. Oh well.

 

Anyway, even though it was below zero here, I didn’t feel cold because my Mom kept me tucked inside the barn, out of the fierce winds (I really don’t like wind) during the worst of it. And because I have grown the thickest, plushest fur coat this winter, I stay toasty warm. Oh. And my Mom seems to really like my fur coat, too. She hangs out with me and buries her hands in it all the time. I don’t mind it too much, especially after she’s given me a few carrots to crunch. It actually feels kind of nice to have her hands in my fur (when she puts that little black box away)

I tell ya, though. I sure am glad to be back outside in my own big yard where I can run and roll around in the snow. I really like snow and don’t even mind curling up and taking a nap in it. But mostly I like the way the sun reflects in the bright white snow and makes me feel so blissfully warm. If I close my eyes, I can almost believe that the grass is green and it’s summer time again. Mmmmm.

 

                            Nickers, Naps and Horse Kisses,

                                          Apache