ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC SNOW DISORDER?

Windflower Weekly Extra Edition:

Ukko Dumps More Snow 3 Days Before Spring!

  

 

 Dolly                                                                          Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013

       Who can blame Dolly for kicking out at this snow storm, dubbed Ukko by the Weather Channel?   It's three p.m. on March 19th and we've had more than another ten inches of snow!! I feel like I'm never going to get to ride a horse on true terra firma again. As you can see, I did go out and took some pictures.  Here are a few more:

   Dolly in late March Ukko                                                 Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013

     Dolly galloping in Ukko                                               Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013

                         Elementa greets Ukko               Ainslie Sheridan  copyright  2013

                    Breakfast with Ukko                Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013

    This much by ten a.m.!                                     Ainslie Sheridan copyright 2013



Are You Suffering From Post-Traumatic 
Snow Disorder?
     
       I have decided that the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the bible for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health workers, must be updated immediately.  Most of us have heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, but I believe there needs to be added a sub-category:  Post-Traumatic Snow Disorder, or PTSnD. I have been suffering from it for some time now.   After interviewing many friends, particularly those with horses, I have established the criteria for this diagnosis:

      If you suffer from any three or more of the following symptoms, you have PTSnD:

--  You constantly relive the April Fools Day Storm of 1997 in
     which Boston got over 22 inches. 

--   You avoid going into garages or any other location where snow 
      shovels might be kept.

--   You watch the Weather Channel obsessively.

--   You avoid thoughts of trail riding in the snow.

--   You have a constant, impulsive desire to own a husky.

--   You experience intrusive homicidal thoughts when you hear
       the words "groundhog" or "Punxsutawney Phil."

--   You startle whenever you hear the clink of ice dropped into 
        a glass.

--   You engage in ritualistic, repetitive behavior, e.g., you
         constantly unpack and repack spring and summer clothing.

       Since I have diagnosed myself as suffering from all the above conditions, I'm engaging in a long-term treatment plan.  I've just completed Step One in my self-designed Ten Step Program.  I have acknowledged my condition and have written down my thoughts about it.  Do you suffer, or know someone who suffers, from PTSnD?  There is help available.  Call: 1-555-NOO-SNOW!

       Please accept apologies for my not issuing a regular edition of the blog now, but I felt an immediate and pressing need to reach out to any of you who may also be suffering PTSnD.  Together we can overcome this little-understood affliction.

       Next entry will bring you the amazing story of the horse Devon, once at Windflower, and the extraordinary woman who now owns him.

       Thank you for reading The Windflower Weekly.  See you soon.

                          --  Ainslie
  
     
Links:

http://www.amazon.com/Trophies-An-Equestrian-Romance-ebook/dp/B00998J2B2

 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kaleidoscope-pony-ainslie-sheridan/1114272809?ean=2940015948592

 

http://www.allhorsestuff.com/

 

http://www.facebook.com/YonkersShelter

 

http://www.saveyourassrescue.org/foradoption.html 

 

 http://www.rubysvoiceequine.com/index.asp