What's with this weather? and where is Asia?

After a morning of torrential rain showers with thunder and tornado warnings, it is now sunny and 73 degrees. I'd planned to take Asia to Horse Camp, but the rain and the wind nixed that. Still, sunny now and 73 degrees. There are lots of puddles everywhere and my LLBean muck boots have been on my feet every time I've gone outside where it is sunny and 73 degrees.

This is the forecast for tomorrow:
Rain in the morning...then snow likely in the afternoon. Windy. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH!!! What the hell? How can that be when right now it is sunny and 73 degrees?

I am a swampflower. This does not please me.

In other news, Lissan and Ralph are both missing Asia. Lissan misses the horse companionship, finding Ralph's poniness to be contemptible, while Ralph misses Asia because now Lissan's focus is purely on him. Lissan finds the pony to be too much of a pony; he prefers a horse, thankyouverymuch. I find his dissatisfaction with the new status quo amusing. Check back and I'll tell you in a few days if Lissan has gotten over his silliness.

"Where is Asia?" I hear you asking. (I do; I have very good hearing and I hear you all the way through the internet.) She's gone to Corrie Land's for a month of training. Asia is by far the best horse I've ever had, although Spooky is a close second. Spooky had a lot of training before I got him and was very balanced; very cat-like with his feet and a joy to ride, but he was named Spooky by me for a reason for I have never met a more nervous horse. John used to joke that he was so nervous because he never got a good night's sleep. I agree. I never saw him lay down to sleep (not that horses do it often, but they do) or to snooze in the winter sun with his legs tucked underneath him and his nose resting on the ground. When he dozed, he was always standing up, and he would jerk awake with a huge start. I really think he was somewhat sleep deprived. He was also the fastest walking Quarter Horse you ever met. He was built more like a Thoroughbred than a QH, but the only TB blood was several generations back. He had papers, so I know there was no Tennessee Walker hidden in the woodpile, but I swear, he walked so fast he confounded everyone and he could keep up with or pass the Walkers. He was very, very smooth. Spooky was a fun ride, but we were always way out in front on every ride and he was nervous and I loved him to bits and I found him to be an easy ride, but he was not always enjoyable.

Asia? Asia acts like a Thoroughbred and sometimes that means she's a Thoroughbred mare. She can be very skittish, but she is a great trail horse and she did very well on her two fox hunts this year. She has brains. She is smooth. She's pretty, too. Yes, I'm shallow that way! I love my pretty horse. But her history is unknown prior to the year or so when I got her and I think her training has been very sketchy. She has lots of trail miles, but very little formal education. Corrie knows what to do to help Asia find her balance so that when I canter in Jim's hayfield and I start and end at the same place, we get there by riding a circle instead of the rhombus or heptagon that we do now. She has such potential and Corrie will find it. Me? I'm just a really good trail rider, but I'm learning.



And now, off to ponder what to fix for dinner. SNOW! Yikes. Criminy. Bring on May.