Sun. Misc.

"I swear old age is like a frigid fever,
Of aches and shakes and crotchets bred.
One who is thirty years or over
Already is as good as dead.
It would be best if you were put away."

Goethe, Faust Part II

Shoeing day Saturday on the last 40 degree day that shows for a while. In shoeing the extreme misery index starts at about 30 degrees on down, and so all the feet were taken care of in a 3 hr. span using up every last ounce of the old shoer's available energy  reminding of the Goethe poem. Unknown to me how these professional shoers shoe 5 to 6 per day.  They likely sleep very well.

Nevertheless, feet taken care of for another 30 days and the RR stable gets back to business at hand.  The hock of #148--is worrisome.  Internet search indicates hock punctures are highly problematical.  13 days in our hock still is very swollen.