Snow! Dang.

Christmas Day about noon the snow started. When we woke up the next morning we had a bout 8 inches of the stuff. It's slowly leaving even though we've had several warmer days. They're calling for 50- 60 degrees the next 3 day, so hopefully it will all be gone. The animals and I would definitely like it to be gone. Then we just have to battle the mud. Yuck.

Here we have farm animals in the snow...

Scarlet was not coming out

Rosemary and Petunia ventured out late in the day on Monday

Pearl ran through it when she had to.

Dinkey and Roscoe stayed out most of the time. There were only a few times I saw them in their shelter.

One chicken went away from the coop- she's determined to lay eggs in the goat pen.

Henrietta came out for a couple of minutes and has been in the coop ever since.

Rascal knows her pond is under there somewhere and is trying to swim. The ducks are not bothered by the snow in the least.

Other than the snow, we're getting back to normal on the farm. Christmas was wonderful, spent with family. The duck gumbo was AWESOME! I'm looking forward to making it again and it's really not that hard- especially when Chuck butchers the duck for me. The tree is down, and all the decorations put away. woo-hoo!

Last night I spent some time planning what we're putting in the raised beds. First step is lots of rabbit poop. We definitely need to up the nitrogen content before we plant.

Soon it'll be time to put seeds in, mate bunnies, and wait for baby goats. Only 9 days into winter and I'm ready for spring! Luckily, we have trip to a Florida in the meantime to thaw me out a bit.