Catching up

Someone is 12!  Happy, happy day.

More beach days were found and this is why.  Out here it was almost possible to forget what it looked like at home.  The beach was such a wonderful escape from being buried in snow.

And on one trip I found a sand dollar while riding.  I hopped right off and picked it up and managed to find a safe enough pocket to bring it home.  I put it in the kitchen windowsill so that I would see it and remember the beach while looking out at snowstorm after snowstorm.  

We spent a fair amount of time and energy digging out.  It was beautiful though and often it was "real snow" with no crust.

Doing chores is more enjoyable when your black kitty follows you all around.  Here he is on the daily trudge to the manure pile.  

The views were fantastic though with sun breaking over the snow clad pines one morning.  Blue skies were beginning to replace grey ones....

Here are the tracks of most likely a mink.  It would bound along on the top of the snow for a bit and then tunnel for a while.  Neat tracks.

And some snowshoeing which is an activity we all enjoyed this winter.