February - Got Snow?

First week

2nd week

Just filling a bird feeder can be a challenge with so much snow.  The bird bath can still be seen week one.  The top of it is visible in week 2 and it's totally buried after that.  I have to dig down to the can we keep the feed in.  It's sort of fun walking through our snow blowed aisle ways that we have to get to places such as the wood pile or bird feeders.  

3rd week

First week

We thought we were pushing the snowbanks back far enough to start but we didn't.  Now the banks are well into the area of gravel so John has been parking where we normally have lawn.  What a mess this will be come spring.  That bank is solid and 20 feet thick now.  We've done our best to keep things cleaned up and spent a LOT of time plowing this winter.  But it is quite a snow load we'll be working with for some time to come.

2nd week

today

Beautiful snow

Who needs a fence?

King has never had it so good though.  His pasture is no good to him with all the snow.  About 3 feet, give or take with the drifting snow...so he's been spending time in the area we snowplow to get out to the shed.  This has given him quite a lot of room to move around compared to other snowy winters we've had.  Still.  He'd be happier if we could find a way to go riding.  We'll have to wait a little longer.  We did do some "driveway dressage" recently but it was more of "driveway rodeo" on a horse who wanted to GO.  So waiting is what it will be for now.

When will it be spring?

January

C-c-cold

January went by in a hurry.  The first weeks we were 5 of us living here.  By the end of the month just 3.  The oldest is in his new apartment now and the middle boy is back in his dorm at college.

We moved furniture out and then around which brings great joy to the cats.  We move many a bookshelf before deciding where they all go (for now) and this cat thought each bookshelf should really be a cat toy.  

Bookshelf fun

Knitted fingerless gloves

I did enjoy knitting up 4 or 5 pair of these "treads" fingerless gloves this season.  The boys seem to like wearing them.  Even when playing rock, paper, scissors.  The cold outside saw us spending a lot of time inside.  So many games to play!  Hearts is a favorite still but Spades has been a new favorite of the crew.

Turkeys

The turkeys were hoping to find birdseed spilled on the ground for them.  We have had large flocks visit the yard a lot this winter.

Cat TV

When it's too cold to hunt outside the cats enjoy the window bird feeder.  They spend a lot of time just staring at that feeder.

Favorite ice breaking activity

The Miller Brook is mostly frozen again which means it's time to break the ice.  I'm not sure why this is the most fun thing ever but all of the boys have enjoyed this activity over the years.

Beach Ride

January 25th found us going to the ocean for the "last hurrah" before real snow arrived.  It was a very windy day but with the help of crew we were able to get this last ride in.  I don't expect to get back to the ocean again to ride for a very long time now.  It was a day to bottle and remember.

Crew!!

Post "blizzard"

First big snow came on the 26th.  It's hasn't slowed down since then.