It seems, due to a cruel twist of fate from Mother Nature, we've been plunged back into winter for a time. We've had a relatively mild winter, until now, compared to last winter where we endured up to 12 feet of snow here on top of the mountain. It started in October and ended with 8 inches of snow in April! We lived in shoveled out rabbit trails that we had to follow. One did not dare get off the path as you might not get back on. We have had mostly rain this winter with a few flurries of snow just to remind us it is winter time. While we have had to deal with the mud, I promised not to complain about it, as I didn't need a repeat of last winter.
And now this! At least 8 inches of snow this morning. Thankfully it is a dry, light fluffy snow, but it's snow non the less.
So I thought I would take you on a journey through the homestead to see what things look like on a morning like this.
The eave line on the house.
A trail to my stanchion cleared by the early crew.
Not sure if this is the hope of things to come, or a reminiscence of things past.
Our hitching rail, nothing hitched to it today.
Lilly doesn't seem to mind the weather's bad attitude this morning. She IS looking forward to her pan of warm grain though.
Fiddle on the other hand detests anything below at least 70 degrees and sunshine!
Huckleberry is sulking as her breakfast is late in arriving this morning. She just wants to crawl back into bed and pull the hay over her head!
Another look at how much snow we got. This is the foundation of our future hand-hewn dairy barn. Some cool stories about that coming soon.
Everything has a white stocking cap this morning.
Except Peanut; he decided his hay-bed was the smartest place to be today.
Once the trails are "blazed" it's time to start on the driveway. Here's PW working on his section of road.
Tools of the road crew - snow shovels and muck boots.
And the snow starts flying! We have approximately 220 yards or an 1/8th of a mile driveway.
Snow does have a few redeeming qualities if you are a photographer.
One can really get some cool shots - By looking at part of the whole, one can transform the ordinary into the extra-ordinary!
If you look closely the rain gauge is actually full of snow!
Trails, parking area, and about 1/4 of the driveway are cleared by the time I am finished milking and breakfast is ready.
On the way back to the house I caught sight of another member of the Law Family Homestead, Spice by name, who chose to stay on dry ground - actually that's one of the hand-hewn beams for our barn.
Cheer on the other hand had ventured out -
And found the ground cover not to her liking!!!
Of course the younger crew doesn't see anything wrong with all the fluffy white stuff - it's the promise of a fun afternoon!
After shoveling this morning, some recreation is in store later - haven't gotten to use these much this winter.
So long! Must get back to shoveling. We're supposed to get some more of this lovely stuff over the weekend!