Your Mother Dresses You Funny

It's PINK. It's PLAID. And yes, I bought it for her and I think she looks adorable in it.

And it's just as shocking in real life as it is in these pictures. Double click on them to see them much larger and to get the full effect of just how pink, how plaid, how wonderful this turnout sheet really is.

Mother and daughter confer about the shared indignity of wearing turnout blankets.
Here's the forecast for the next few days:

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Windy. Lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill readings around 10. Monday: Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Wind chill readings around 10. Monday Night: Clear. Lows around 16. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Wind chill readings around 5 above zero. Ok, when I saw that, I knew it was time to pull out a second line of defense for my girls as neither of them get much of a winter coat, especially Asia. She takes this opportunity to remind you that she is mostly Thoroughbred and that is very apparent by her hooves and her thin, winter coat. India has much stronger hooves than her mother and her winter coat is a tiny bit thicker, but she's far from a wooly mammoth.

ACTION!PINKPLAIDPOTU and ASIA below

I got to the barn and the horses were down in the lower pasture. I carried Asia's blanket and halter down to where they were and caught her and put her blanket on. India came up to sniff the blanket while it was lying on the ground where I tossed it while I was haltering Asia. I put the blanket on the Queen Mother without any problems whatsoever and then went to catch India. My plan was to take her back to the barn and tie her while I put her blanket on. She's been sacked out well, but she's not worn a blanket but twice and both times for a very short time. As I was haltering her, all the others decided to take off at a gallop for the barn and generally act like wild beasties. I was so proud of India because she kept her head about her and didn't make me feel like she was going to explode at all. She pranced once on the end of her line, but one tug on the lead and she settled down. We walked calmly towards the barn and as we got to the aisle, the herd came tearing around the corner. India still kept her wits about her, even while tied up and getting the strange blanket put on. That said, she was flicking her ears back and forth as the herd galloped around, so as soon as all the straps were fastened, I led her outside and let her go. She took off and joined the melee, who seemed to be content in zooming in circles around the barn. After a minute or two, they calmed down and I walked up to her and shortened the belly straps, which were just a tiny bit too long. The first picture above is after I'd done that, but in the movie and the picture with Asia, they're a tad too long. My fingers were absolutely frozen when I finished all of this, but small price to pay knowing that they're not going to freeze to death out there. I'm very pleased with how well India behaved when the rest of the herd were losing their wee, horsie brains! Good training wins out.