Under the weather

[altivo]

We actually do have weather and of course I'm under it, there being no practical way to get on top of it. But also in the more figurative sense. I've been trying for several days to convince myself that I'm allergic to the dust from stacking hay (or at least irritated by it) but now it has been two days since we finished and I'm still sneezing, coughing, and weeping. Must be some kind of virus, I guess, with mild but insistent symptoms. Wish I could take time off work and just stay in bed, but it has to get worse for that to happen.

Cold, gloomy, high winds (now from the opposite direction,) and rain for the next two days as well. Farrier comes tomorrow for the horses' feet, but I'll have to be at work when he's here. Then I can come home and explain to Tess why she can't go outside because it's near freezing rain. Unless maybe I put her blanket on her, which she probably wouldn't like either. Wind chills are supposed to be near freezing, plus cold rain. Not weather I'd want to go out in, for sure, but she'll think she wants it. If I do take her out, she'll change her mind of course.

Thinking about upgrading the OS on my netbook, but pretty sure I don't want to go with Ubuntu (what's on it now) because they are getting as stubborn about making their preferred choices as Apple is. I use Linux to have the freedom of choice in my own paws. So, it looks like a choice between straight Debian and Mint. I've never used Mint before, but their LXDE desktop looks light enough for the netbook and they claim it is too. Downloaded, but haven't burned a CD to try it out yet.

And that's about it. Need to go lie down, maybe for the night. Hope it's just a cold, dunno where I'd have gotten flu this early.

Comments

[avon_deer]

Finhorses...they are the solution to your low temperature "want to go outside without a blanket" blues. They seem to love low temperatures..them and Shetlands.

[altivo]

The haffies adapt well to temperature, too. It's just too early in the season and their winter coats haven't grown in yet. They get very fuzzy looking with coarse, almost prickly coats. It's wind chill that worries me, especially when there is likelihood of rain or ice.

Tess gets very verbal when she is left in the pasture alone and the weather is bad. You can hear her complaining from a mile away.

I do like that shaggy look that Shetlands and Exmoors get in the winter, but they are too small for me to ride. XD

[hrrunka]

Back when I was small we came over to England in spring, and went to see the lions at Longleat. We were surprised to see that, even though they were lions from the tropics, when the winter came they grew winter coats, too. Back on the African savannah they wouldn't have, or at least not noticably, so I guess there must be some temperature-sensitive biological switch that triggers the growth of season-appropriate fur...

[altivo]

:D Ever look at photos of Arctic/Antarctic explorers from a century ago? They all grew long hair and bears too. XD