Spring?

[altivo]

Temperature made it to 74F this afternoon. That tied a record set for this date over a hundred years ago. It isn't going to stick, though. They way we'll be back in the 40s by the weekend. I was surprised while driving home to see unmelted snow piles still lying in shady spots in the woods. We've been above freezing day and night for nearly a week.

When I got to about a mile from home I had to slow way down as a very frightened (and pretty) sorrel mare came charging up the side of the road toward me at a full gallop. I estimate she was traveling at more than 30 mph, with a loose lead rope trailing. I don't know what had spooked her so badly and I've never seen her before so I have no idea where she came from. There seemed little point in turning around to follow her, as that would probably have just made her keep running. Usually a frightened horse will stop after a half mile or so and look for pursuit. Hopefully she did just that, and whoever is responsible for her will get to her then. I saw some people standing near a fence looking after her, but I'm not sure they were the ones who had lost her. None of them were making a move to follow. I just hope she didn't encounter a less thoughtful driver or step on that lead rope and hurt herself. Sigh.

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Yeah, the getting hit by a car is what worries me. Even though this is a rural area and several miles to the nearest high traffic road, there are a lot of people living here now who don't have "horse sense" about dealing with animals and will deliberately try to frighten them or just ignore them thinking they wouldn't get in the way...