Yesterday afternoon, we had one of those fabulous Colorado windstorms blow in. As I drove home on the highway, clouds of dust from the fields rose up into huge towers as they blew across the plains. Traffic on the highway even slowed down because the dust looked like smoke from multiple fires.

When I got home, Bailey, our old gelding, was out munching on his 10 acres, but he was very happy to see me drive in. Usually he couldn't care less. He walked after me and arrived at the spot where I parked the car. Looking down the slope to the farmland east of us, more dust towers were making their way north. The south wind was relentless! Bailey wanted IN to the paddock. He wanted his shelter and he wanted it NOW. I walked up to the paddock gate and watched as Bailey came cantering up the hill after me. He couldn't get through the gate fast enough!

This morning, Bailey's limping a little. He doesn't do cantering well, with his stiff front legs. When he canters or gallops, he always pays for it the next day. Hasn't made him any less hungry though. It's a beautiful sunny morning now, and Bailey wants OUT and he wants out NOW. Better go do his bidding...
Nancy