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Sunday Morning Snow

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Sunday morning dawned cold, foggy and snowy. You can just barely see Hercules and Poseidon in this picture taken from the back porch.

Honestly, we were not mentally prepared for the move to long johns and snow boots required to confront the morning barn chores.

The fall leaves continued to bravely cling to the trees in spite of the weather. Although at one time late Sunday morning it looked as if it was raining clumps of snow and yellow leaves under one of the large maple trees.

Thank goodness, the weather has returned to more normal fall temperatures. I guess we will consider Sunday part of nature’s early warning system.

Welcome to our World

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Time to tackle morning chores, put on a couple layers, pull on your boots and don’t forget your hat and gloves.

It seems that everything takes a little longer in the winter, but finally all the animals are enjoying their food. It’s time for us to take a break and enjoy some lunch.

We will spend the afternoon in the fiber room today. Periodic peeks outside show a typical winter storm day with snow and a little sunshine trying to peek through every now and then.

To the south, looking towards Belington, it looks like the storm will never end.

But just to the southeast, it looks like Thomas , Davis and Backbone Mountain are basking in the sun.

It’s about 4:15 now. Samson is loving the snow! At the moment he is guarding his well camouflaged dog house.

It is a very good thing that evening chores do not take very long because daylight disappears quickly this time of year. This evening appears even darker with the heavy snow which has begun to fall again.

Evening chores are done. Come join us for the beautiful sunset! It probably won’t last for long. The winter storm advisory doesn’t end until midnight.

Bringing in the rams

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For the past couple days we have been getting all the girls ready: trimming, manicuring, etc. We have worked in the barn and out in the corral; in the pouring rain and through the snow flurries. Now that we finally have every one ‘gussied up’ and in the proper pen, we are faced with this.

It should be quite a lot of fun walking the four big rams over from the far paddock through this. It certainly should provide a lot of laughs. (pretty dark for 1:15 p.m.)