Heat Wave

It's now officially a heat wave in Maine. Today sure felt like it. The porch thermometer, which is in the shade, said 100 degrees this afternoon. And it's been muggy also. Yuck! When I was out in the barn around 2:00PM, my horse was hanging around in the stall all sweaty and just looking miserable. She is welted up bad from the fly bites too. Both mules were in and out of the stall. Neither were sweaty and didn't seem uncomfortable. When I went back out at feeding time, I brought my horse out and hosed her down to cool her off. She really seemed to enjoy that. While I was hoseing her off, River mule came to the gate and was watching me. So, I started spraying him over the fence. He loved it and wiggled back and forth to make sure he got wet all over. It was funny watching. Louie, on the other hand, was viewing this as a highly suspicious activity. I have no idea if he's ever been hosed down before or not. I put my horse back in the pasture and got Louie out. He was definitely not sure if hosing was an acceptable activity or not. He scooted off a few times but turned right around when he got to the end of his lead rope. Then he stood like a good by but he had the funniest expression on his face. The "this feels kind of good but I still think the hose might eat me" look. And his ears were at half mast. But, he was a good boy about it. All three of them rolled immediately and looked like mud balls!