Shelter Extension

Seeing as Provo gave himself a gimpy leg, we had to shut him up in the shelter (aka 12' x 12' stall) for a few days of “enforced rest” (otherwise he gallops about in the mud). Which left poor Mouse out in the pouring rain, so we erected her a roof of her very own (we were due to add this extra roof anyway, but not quite in this configuration... and we planned to do it when the mud had dried out, rather than while two foot deep in slop, and we planned to do it while it wasn't raining).
Provo in his 12 x 12 stall in the back. The panel behind Mouse's butt used to be an open side, so we closed that off, shut the gate on the opposite wall, and added the extra 6' of roof to the end.	I'm not convinced that her ladyship has actually moved from her nest since we put it up 24 hours ago. So it was all definitely worthwhile.
Having the extra roof means that the drainage is now much better and the rain doesn't drip off the end that they walk in and out of. Everything is dryer.	Baby Jesus Pone
Nativity scenes eat your heart out. Attractive slop in the foreground (never mentioned in the original nativity scene). Provo's “stall” has a tarp strapped across the back wall, to keep the worst of the rain out. Unfortunately the worst of the rain actually comes from the opposite direction. Mouse's rubbermaid tub is situated halfway along the panel, instead of stuck neatly in the corner - where it would fill up with rain.	She's dead!

5 January 2002