3 Things Horse People Love About Winter

3 Things Horse People Love About Winter

Snowy horse pasture

I know, after the winter most of us have been having this year, it’s tough to use the words “love” and “winter” in the same sentence. But in an effort to be positive, I thought it helpful to count our blessings and try to enjoy the good…any good…during what I’d guess most people feel is their least favorite season. You’ll note this isn’t a top ten list.

  1. No bugs! Once the temps go below comfortable, bugs die or move south leaving us with no swarms of no-see-ems to accidentally breath in, no itchy mosquito bumps and no surprise knife stabs from wasps (or “waspers” as they say around here). Oh, and no barn destroying carpenter bees and leg attacking fire ants. See, that’s a positive.
  2. Poopscicles. We’ve been below freezing for a ridiculously long time and all moisturize filled equine manure has turned to hockey pucks. This is a positive because they don’t smell as much and are easy to rake, as long as they aren’t frozen to the ground. And they make a satisfying clunk when they hit the wheelbarrow.
  3. Tree maintenance. Since most of our trees and their life-sucking vines are void of leaves this time of year, it’s easier to see the fence line and do some preventative trimming. Plus we don’t have to worry about snakes in the trees or on the ground while we’re doing this, which I suppose could technically be a fourth thing we love but I’m not willing to concede more to winter.

Having said that, I’m ready for bugs, smelly horse manure, and overgrown trees again! But not snakes…never snakes.

4 thoughts on “3 Things Horse People Love About Winter

  1. Couple of myfavourite things about winter (& it’s a very short list):
    1) The night sky
    2) Plumes of hot horsey breath snorted out like Dragon’s fire

  2. I love this post! We are just about to head into 70 degree weather here in western Oregon finally but we’ve had our share of crazy weather. So great to look at the positive. 🙂 Emma

  3. I LOVE winter!! in summer I feel like you have to do more dirty work then you do in winter (not saying that I don’t like to work couse that’s ware you get me wrong)

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