Horses as Neighbors

Last night I was sewing and my guy came out and told me something was going in in the back yard. There were cop cars and flood lights in front of our back neighbor's property; not something that usually happens around midnight.

We watched for a bit, and saw the silhouettes of three or four horses trotting along our back fence (happily on the other side, not in our yard.) This reminded me of the New Year's Day some years ago when we found three runaway horses peacefully grazing under our big oak tree.

This morning it seems like they've rounded up the runaways, so all's well. It's just one of those odd things that happens now and again when you live in the country around a lot of farms.

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Stuff

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Rayen

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