The household kiddo got given some new shapes of magnetic building tiles. Naturally, the adults snatched them up immediately to do barn design mockups.

We had two sort of small/medium horses when we first moved here, so we built a barn that’s really more of a large run-in shed to start with. We built it in a hurry and we built it cheaply, but it has kept the rain, wind, and sleet off the ponies for about 6 years now.

The thing is, last fall we adopted two new horses, and one of them is a Very Large draft horse. Now they could technically all fit in the barn, if they packed themselves in there like sardines. Some horses will totally do that. These four prefer a bit of personal space, so they use the barn as a time-share.

That’s been okay so far. Nobody has been cold. The one who needs a blanket is happy to wear a blanket. The rest of them are hairy enough to cope with the weather. But.

It would sure be nice to have a bigger shelter for them.

We’re thinking we’re just going to add another stretched hexagon to the current stretched hexagon. And actually put real roofing on, not just a tarp. Maybe we can get around to setting up rainwater catchment and filtering up there, too.

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There's a long road ahead of us
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