Thirty seven degrees, fresh quail tracks

it's show off time - those black hooves
crusted in goosh skid through mud.nose high the mare snorts twice ... and
there's the buck! and she takes off.
 we direct your attention to the far side of the arena.
time now for the entr'acte of gallop or trotting in circles.

today's the break between cold and colder,
before feeding time, after the side show of seven deer.


news from a small town 20, November 2012