Winter is one of my favorite seasons. I like the slowness, the relief from life, and the beauty that is in the world all around us. I'd like to share some beauty with you today. For those of you who live in big cities and never experience the worry of pipes freezing, there's a routine you need to go through in the country. For those of us that have well houses, we must put heat lamps in the to shine on the tanks and pumps to keep them from freezing up. Then if we have barns some distance from the house that are not heated (I mean who heats a barn?) you need to keep the water running to keep the pipes from freezing. It's all part of the whole routine that goes along with wrapping pipes, outdoor faucets, busting tanks and troughs of water with an axe when they freeze all in the pursuit of keeping your animals watered.

So, same old deal... we ran the hose out of the end of the barn in front of my draft horse's run. A run is a paddock that a stall opens out onto. These fences are six foot tall btw, so while they might look very short, they aren't. The hose is then left on to spray fine mist day and night.. and this is what happens. I thought I'd share the creation with you this year, since it was a bright sunny day and we already had people stop to take pictures (since this year we sprayed the hose on the road side of the house rather than the pasture side). The tree is over my head, and the nobs on the ground are fist size or larger... this whole area is about fifteen by eighteen feet, and growing daily. But its absolutely gorgeous. I can show more pictures as it gets bigger, but its pretty impressive right now.











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I hope you enjoy. I know the horses are intrigued by it themselves... I can get shots of Becky by it later. Hay will lure her neatly.