Barn Door Ballet

The weather became wet and windy overnight and I was not inclined to go to the barn in the dark this morning.

At first light, I realized I had a problem with the new double Dutch style barn doors. Each of the 4 individual doors were taking their turn swinging & banging in the wind, and at this point I have no idea if the animals were in the barn or had taken advantage of the situation to go "walk-about".

Off I go to the barn.

Upon my arrival I see the alpacas huddling in a corner of the barn looking concerned that something isn't right, Tab the barn cat is meowing like crazy and trying to get to me while the dogs are responding by barking and trying to get at the cat. Meanwhile the doors continue to bang.

After analyzing the problem I had to construct supports to attach to the inside of the barn doors to add stability, after which I nailed the hay feeder to the doors for added security (will probabaly catch hell for that) and then replace the small outer supports with big long ones firmly attached by long screws. All of this while fighting against gale-force winds, arrrgh.

Once completed the alpacas relaxed and settled in for a morning nap, the cat got a cuddle and the dogs snoozed on the hay.

The doors appear to be holding...