Wednesday, December 09, 2009

bigger snow...


Well it turns out that "they" were right this time, and yesterday we spent much of the day "getting ready", just in case "they" were right. Big snow predicted for today. Ed got some wood moved with the tractor, we brought the wagons into the barn, made sure all the wood was covered and anything/everything was out of the way of the plow.. good thing...

this was "yesterday"









This was "today"...












We turned the horses out for a while in the morning, that way I could do stalls without them under foot, but after a couple of hours, everyone was more than ready to come back into their cozy barn. The drafts (this is Duke) have such a thick coat that the snow doesn't even melt on them...


And for most of the day, it looked just like this. Kas called and said that on the coast they got all rain, and hardly had any snow at all... not the case here.. by supper time, we had nearly a foot and then it did rain for a short time there after.





Since we were out anyways, we decided to do some work in the house. Ed got all the "first coat" sanded, and I went around and got a second coat on all the nail holes. Ed will second the seams tomorrow, and then some mud around the timbers, bit of sanding, and I can start priming the walls....






Camille just loves the windows in the new house, they're all "cocker size" and she spent much of the time peering out the window at the snow...



It must have been an exhausting day for her, because she curled up in any chair that was available... this one is baby Abbie's....








and then mine, when I got up to come and do this blog....by the way, she only has her coat on because I haven't take two seconds to take it off...
so, last Thursday we had record breaking temps and rain, this week, over a foot of snow... welcome to New England... and welcome to winter, because I think it's here to stay