Today temperatures were in the 30s and we had frequent bursts of wet, heavy snow. When I got to the barn around 3 pm and brought the horses in, Bestie's turnout sheet had soaked through to her stable blanket, and Dude's turnout felt sort of like it had soaked through but I couldn't really tell; it might've just been damp. When the weather's fairly warm and wet like today, I find it really hard to tell if the blankets are wet or just damp with slimy mid-winter yuckiness.
It appeared to be the perfect opportunity to bring the whole mess home and wash 'em up, and dress the ponies in their new fleece sheets from Schneiders Tack with clean turnout sheets on top. The doors were all open in the barn, so the temperature inside was hovering a bit under 40 and likely to drop slightly overnight, and tomorrow is supposed to range into the upper 30s. The fleece and turnouts seemed like a good combination to get them through the next day or two.
Bestie's size 78 fleece fits her perfectly, ditto for Dude's size 80. Is great having the leg straps and belly surcingle. They both looked so cute, like they were dressed in their warm jammies. Nothing like a just-out-of-the-box blankie!
I tossed the wet turnout sheets and stable blankets into the back of the car, briefly debated going to the laundromat, and then decided to go home--just couldn't muster the energy to march into the laundromat with four stinky blankets, although maybe on a Saturday night no one would've been there. My car smelled lovely by the time I got home :)
Now to get them all clean before the temperatures drop again...
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