The past couple of weeks have been so hard, the last of everything.  We had a monumental snow storm last weekend so the trip to haul Shonto to Matt’s clinic had to be postponed.  Thankfully today was bright and sunny, the calm before the next set of storms.

The evenings have been so cold, down into the single digits, so I made my guy as comfortable as possible by getting out his winter blanket.  He never has had to be blanketed before, just shrugging off the cold like the tough guy that he was.  So winter blanket, warm bran mashes, lots of love and pets were the regime for the past few days.  I realized that I have no videos of him so shot one last weekend of him bucking and rearing in the fresh fallen snow!

This morning we loaded him up and drove him down to Albuquerque.  I will go back down tomorrow so he is not alone when he leaves this world.  It will be the hardest thing that I have faced in a very long time.  I wish he could just be buried on the property alongside Jaima but the reality is that it is just not feasible.   I will cut some tail hair and get something made from it.  His tail is black and white.  I will also cut some of the mane hair since that is sorrel.   It is a last attempt to keep him with me, momentos made of his hair.  There has to be some sort of ceremony.  I found a heart locket and cut a lock of my hair to put in it.  tomorrow I will braid it into his mane, as he will be in my heart forever, I will also be with him and in his.

more sadness tomorrow and the beginning of the healing.