It's Called WATERmark Farm For A Reason...

Greetings from wild, wet and wooly Sonoma County. Argus is snugly tucked into his fancy new storm blanket, which was kindly donated by Saddles To Boots tack shop. He comes into his stall to eat, but prefers to stand outside most of the time:








We called our farm Watermark Farm because, when we purchased it in 2000, we knew we were in a low-lying area prone to flooding. Our barns and arena are build on thick pads of baserock, and they stay high and dry, but, despite our various attempts to fill and grade the pastures, they tend to flood during heavy storms like this one. Here is a view of the corner of our (thankfully) engineered all-weather arena, built in 2006. Despite the fact that it is almost completely surrounded by flood waters, the arena is ready for action (which means that Argus doesn't miss his precious turnout time):





A view of the North Pasture....errr....North Lake:






A photo from the other day. Argus and his pal Ridge (left) enjoy time together in the sun: