Seems like winter

[glenatron]

This last week has been frosty and cold, like proper winter.


Zorro was ever so frosty on his mane. It made him look grizzled.

Small regards the sunrise over the hill.

The field hasn't really unfrozen at any point so the ponies are having a whole lot of hay. The ice I'm removing from the water trough in the mornings and evenings isn't melting either, so we have a big old heap of ice by the ponies' water. It's supposed to get warmer this weekend but I sort of hope it doesn't. I rather like this sparkly kind of cold.

This evening was foggy but only at ground level so when I was giving the ponies dinner, although I could only see for about fifty metres horizontally, the moon was cutting through from above casting everything in a penumbral glow. It was quite beautiful.

I'm starting to feel a bit like it may be christmas soon now as well...

Comments

[rhyssafireheart.livejournal.com]

Wait, that is actual frost on Zorro's mane? Eep, poor pony! The frost covering the ground is beautiful though.

I could wish we only had frost on the ground at this time of the year. I have a feeling winter is going to be not so nice to the Northern Illinois area since we have a slushy melting mess of what used to be 6 inches of snow on the ground. While I love foggy nights (oh yes, low fog on moonlit nihgts = beautiful, especially if it's cold and frost out at the same time), and it's been plenty foggy all day, I really don't want it to last all through the night until tomorrow because I'm supposed to be getting on a plane to visit the in-laws for Christmas. Yes, I'm going willingly. :)

Hope you have a lovely Christmas and New Year's!

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

On the contrary- if there's frost on his mane (and the tips of his ears) it means that they are insulating him well enough that he's not losing enough heat to melt the frost. This is a good sign :-)

[rhyssafireheart.livejournal.com]

Really? I guess I never thought of it that way, but it makes sense.

So that works the same for my dog coming in from being outside on his rope in the mornings, right? If he's covered in snow that means his fur coat is keeping him warm enough? No wonder the little monster likes laying outside there and watching the world go by.

Interesting. Today is a good day then, because I learned something new. :D