What is it about the weather

Spring is a difficult time of year. One minute it is hot and your muscles all relax and you want to get out and do things; then, like yesterday, it was blowing and snowing and it made my body crunch up and get tight again, like it was December, instead of Easter. We now have nine new standardbreds, with sleek coats and expectations of warm weather.
Last night we used our tie stalls for the first time, putting Max, Jaxon, Kiki, Pacing Artist, and Herbie in the tie stalls. I was pretty sure this morning we would have a mess, but the only thing that happened was Pacing Artist had got himself unsnapped and was turned around in his stall greeting us this morning. There is a chain across the back end of the stall, so he hadn't left the tie stall, but just turned around to see what was going on. Everyone else was happy to be fed their oats this morning in the tie stalls, and this afternoon, they all lined up at the gate to be put in again. However, the weather is a little better, so they are out for the night with a new round bale in their feeder.

We put DD Zilch in a box stall, as he is a little more high strung than the rest, and I was worried about his being in a tie stall. Nron and Crackers decided they would rather stay outside than have a halter put on, so they were happy to see the rest of the herd this morning.
Compromize was in a box stall as well because she was a little stiff yesterday, but has improved today and seems fine.

We had the opportunity to unite a local breeder with a horse that had been hers and was being apprehended down in the States for neglect. Hope something comes of it. Her horses are so nice and it is a shame that one of hers or maybe two have got into this problem.

Still working on the bending problem for the sleigh dash. We tried steaming the baltic birch, but it wasn't really working. Too little steam and there was no bend, too much steam and the dash delaminated. The delaminations may not be such a bad thing, as we could rebuild the plywood to the form we want if we can get it to lay flat. Wish us luck.