Headed to the big Storm Lake Independence Day Parade and Celebration in the culturally diverse agriculture, meat processing and recreation town of Storm Lake Iowa! Happy July 4th ya’ll! This little vaqueros is all about Independence Day in America! Thanks to my friends Buzz and Jean Paterson for letting me be part of the family again this year! July 4th tradition! | Hot Barn Report

A storm in the distance is rolling in quickly over the Little Red Barn! With Justice’s passing, these storms have taken on a whole new frightening meaning💔 Everyone is inside but where is Beauty and Spirit?!!! I ran to the back forest and found both calmly grazing-not a care in the world. (Horses generally find storms calming as the wind and rain keeps the bugs and heat away. They are not concerned to seek shelter) In fact as “flight” animals, they feel being in the open is safer. I whistled an