Snow

Happy First Day of Spring

March 20, 2010

Finally, spring is here.  Winter is history.  It’s been a snowy, cold winter and even as much as I dislike the miserable heat and humidity of summer, I’m so thrilled to welcome spring and send Old Man Winter packing! What are you doing this first day of spring?  Maybe we’ll work in our little garden [...]

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Nice & White

February 10, 2010

One morning last week I woke up as usual.  It’s always nice to wake up . . as usual!   I went out and tended the chickens.  It was so nice that all the snow had melted.  First time in over a week that I wasn’t tromping through snow.  Thank goodness for my Amish boots!  [...]

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Snow Removal

February 8, 2010

Thick, fat, wet, sloppy snow had been falling for a few hours.  We looked out and . . whoa!  The chicken run is sagging under the weight of the snow. Ahh . . Vince to the rescue! Swept the snow off the run .. Swept the snow off the chicken tunnel . . All is [...]

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The Beautiful Snow

February 2, 2010

It’s so pretty!  Snow pictures could almost be a postcard . . a winder wonderland. Until . . . The businesses have their parking lots cleaned and all the parking lot crud gets scraped up with the snow and we have mounds and mounds of icky snow!  And, look how dirty and cruddy all those [...]

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Winter Scenes

January 30, 2010

With the snow, there are all kinds of tracks in the yard in the mornings.  It’s fun to go out and see what has been out there.  Looks like some critter was going in circles last night! The chicken castle coop isn’t very well insulated and with the heater on, the snow melts on the [...]

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Still Snowing

January 29, 2010

I didn’t do anything to this picture.  It’s the most gorgeous shade of blue outside. You can see that the snow is still falling.  I measured a spot that didn’t have any drifts and we have 8″ so far. Chad had a rough time getting home.  The trip normally takes him about an hour and [...]

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