Would You Like A Little Thunder With Your Summer?

So today is the first day of summer. Today is also full of thunder, rain, and wicked lightening!




I am horse-sitting for a woman who lives about 2 miles away from me. She has three horses: an 11 year old Tennessee Walking Horse named MG, a 10 year old Puervian Fino named Miel, and a 31 year old Morgan named Coco. MG especially is such a character, he really is a stinker. He'll torment and pester the old mare Coco, resulting in horrid squeals and sounds as she tries her hardest to kick at him (I think she is too arthritic and stiff to do so successfully). Poor old girl! Anyway, as this storm was rolling in I decided to bring my pony Dale in out of the pasture since he has no shelter from the storm in his pasture. He was happy about this because I think he could sense the storm coming! I was trying to hold off a bit longer on the three stooges down the road since they do have somewhere to go to get out of the storm. But these horses are up on a huge hill wide open and let me tell you, the storms are scarier than hell from up on there. I decided to go over and get them in. So I'm trying to clean the stalls out as fast as I can, get their dinner and water situated, referee between MG and Coco, and try to get them in before the storm hits. Success! I ran around like a maniac getting all this done correctly before the storm hit and I did.



The last storm we had on Tuesday was not a success....
I was over at Pam's barn doing the same routine I always do...clean stalls and get their dinner all set up before I bring them in. Out of no where the sky is practically black and I think to myself "hmmm I think I should hurry up and try to get them in before the storm hits." Well I wasn't fast enough...the storm hits just after I get them all in their stalls. Huge crashes of thunder and cloud to ground lightening like mad. Its so creepy to see up on that hill! And I might sound crazy but...I was watering MG during the storm Tuesday and suddenly I feel an electrical feeling in my hand zip up and kind of pop me on top of my head! The watering system they have at their barn is really different. It runs underground and I think up onto their roof. Then each stall has a nozzle that points directly into the bucket. Its really neat and sophisticated, but I swear it shocked me from lightening that must have struck nearby! Okay, I might be crazy but I felt it and I kept feeling that feeling in my head for like an hour or so after.









P.S. These pictures are from the barn I horse-sit at. Isn't it gorgeous!? Its my dream barn, however, I would like more than 3 stalls :)