Nine Inches

 

Interesting title, eh? Well, when the weather report came out on the night before New Year’s Eve, it said we could possibly receive between 2-3” of snow. (Our 8th snowfall of the season if anyone else is keeping track.) But when we woke up in the morning, this is what we ended up with instead.

I’d say this was a wee bit more than 3” wouldn't you?

My little Dobbie girl’s stubby legs are barely 6” long. She had to work hard to move through that snow.

My daughter loved that the snow was deep enough that she could wear her new snow pants and snow boots.

 

And so did I.

My twinling sons had fun trying to make a twin snow angel.

While I was easily amused with watching the big slab of snow slide slowly to the edge of the barn roof. I was secretly hoping it might fall on top of my mare, but no such luck. haha! Doesn't it look sort of like white fondant?

But when a big section finally fell, she did run out of the barn.

“Avalanche! Run for your life!”

 

The llamas, goats and sheep were more fascinated with watching our neighbor’s kids sledding down the hill beside our paddocks.

 

But they did come over for treats and attention later.

The chickens refused to come outside of their house unless I cleared an area for them and laid out some straw for their feet, and set up some wood panels to block the wind.

 

They still spent much of their day inside their house, but the less time they’re inside, the cleaner it will be in there. In the winter I have to clean out their coop more frequently than in the summer.

 

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And here is my Project 365 photo for today.

The temperatures were down into the teens that night, and though Baby Doll has access to her barn stall at all times, she prefers to stand out in the snow with a small tree grove as shelter instead. And when I tucked my fingers underneath all of her frost and ice coated fur, I was amazed to find that the fur next to my mare’s skin was dry and her skin was toasty warm. A little bit later, she enjoyed a good roll in the snow and most of that ice and frost broke free leaving her back dry and fluffed up.