It's been a long winter. Global "F#$%&ing" up of the weather prevented us from having a lot of snow up here in beautiful NH. Top that off with a lot of yo-yo temps and there were a lot of sick horses. I, who never seems to have issues with my 4, had my share. My favorite mare, Caly, ended up with a crack in her hoof, courtesy of the wet fields. My barefoot girl is now wearing shoes. She doesn't seem to mind and was actually pretty good for the farrier even though she hasn't worn shoes in 10 years. I so love her. She is on the mend and I can't wait to go for our meanderings through the woods again. Cupcake, the infamous, he has a fan page on FB, had a selenium deficiency. We thought it might have been his heart. Now that gave a scare. I noticed it when his 17.3 hand body started staggering, and he broke out in a sweat on the trail. He is, I am happy to report fine now and the selenium block I placed in the run in seems to have helped both him, and Azeem the 24 year old Morgan who again has come into my herd. Azeem poked his eye and for a while we thought he would go blind, but he is doing fine and back to sailing over 3ft jumps and galloping on trails. Friends have lost horses to colic this year and even at Mountain Lane we had a few cases, which is a rarity. On a good note, Rhumba is back under saddle after a 5 year hiatus. Her back seems to accept the western saddle and no major bucking, so, while she is the best jumper of all of them, it looks as if she will be relegated to western for my safety. Jumping in a western saddle is not something I plan to work on this year. So this week the weather is in the 60's, in March, go figure, next week it will probably snow. I am looking forward to summer pasture and watching the horses play in the pond. For now, I will clean their paddock and hope to get a few rides in before the snow flies again.