Everyone I know who has got a horse is complaining about the weather. A lot of horses are standing in mud all the time and are permanently wet. My fields are poached and the one we used before Christmas has still not recovered. My six are coming in to the smallest paddock and barn every night and they are having 1 1/2 bales of hay at intervals. This is keeping them all at a nice weight, but will be reduced at the beginning of March to ensure that they don't get too fat when the grass starts to come through again. I haven't seen them for five weeks because of the danger of slipping or falling, and David's day is centred around poo-picking and taking care of them, as well as taking care of me. Luckily I can do a lot more myself now.
I have been greatly cheered by a couple of photographs that have come through at the same time as book sales. I always love to see the ponies and foals that my book is intended for or has helped.
