After mucking through the mud most of December, the first days of January have brought temps in the teens, high winds and lake effect snow. The sheep are snowy and happy, but the wind makes for a not so pleasant experience for we mere humans.
Tag: winter
Welcoming 2012
Spent much of yesterday and today ‘mending fences’… literally… out of necessity… seems like quite an appropriate way to begin the new year. Hope you are all off to a very happy start.
Friday’s Fences
Feeding Time
The sound of the ranger with the daily hay delivery, brings sheep from the far corners of the field. They are a very pretty sight running to the hay; their long curly locks of wool flowing in the breeze. (click to enlarge the pictures… all that beautiful wool.. it takes a shepherdess’ breath away.)
Found Finery
The family thought I was crazy to keep this old piece of barbed wire that one of the sheep somehow found and got twisted up in (had to be cut out of her wool). That… some pine and red berries from the fence line… add a couple pieces of pretty green baler twine…
I think it is just about perfect for a shepherd’s front door.
(edited to add: please note – no sheep were harmed in the making of this wreath)
Winter in Aurora
Hope you enjoy this beautiful film by Bruce Dale, as we celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Aurora in Winter from Bruce Dale on Vimeo.
Mother Nature’s Holiday
Mother Nature not to be outdone has been putting on a show and providing some beautiful holiday decorating of her own.
Weekend Forecast
The weekend forecast… cold and with a 100% chance of sparkle…
Finally….Snow
It’s not very often that you find us using the words ‘finally’ and ‘snow’ in the same paragraph, let alone the same sentence…but here we are using it as a blog topic. After the last couple of days of cold, dismal rain downpours it finally changed to snow at noontime yesterday, turning everything from grey and muddy to pristine white.
And so we say “Finally….Snow”
Miss Bella is also enjoying the snow…. burying her dog treat
And the sheep are once again in their element…snow is always better than rain for them.
Appreciation for simple tools is felt once again:
New larger tires on the Ranger (which, by the way, work nearer to their full potential when you remember that you have 4-wheel drive)
And the trusty rubber mallet to get gates opened and water troughs usable.
And thus, we find ourselves saying “Welcome snow, we embrace you'”
At least for today…
Sunshine… Finally
After a week of continuous wind, rain and snow everyone was enjoying the abundant sunshine of today.
From the expectant mama ewes to Aragorn and Beef, everyone was soaking up the light and warmth. The yearling ewes nuzzlied my face and neck while I was emptying the snow and ice from their feeders. It was just a wonderful way to start the morning.
Even Spot… the barn cat that on a normal day you can’t get within ten feet of… was looking for attention today, and not once but twice came looking to get scratched behind the ears before retreating into her hay cave.