We’re having a great time getting to know the ropes on the farm animals. They do seem to be wondering who we are and I can kinda hear them say, “where’s Julia and Sara”?! You know how chickens and ducks are. Chickens seem to be clucking their tongues at you, saying you’re doing it wrong, and the ducks, they’re just laughing at us!

February 5th 2017

Ready…begin
The chickens looking confused
…wow, where do I start?
Mary or Caroline?
Driveway…he’s got this!
This was supposed to be a duck picture
Burrito is a ham!
What? Are you calling me?
Um, the pile is getting really big!
Barn Cats
Clearing our driveway
Our 3′ tall water spigot

February 6th 2017

We woke up to about a foot or more of more snow! It was really fluffy snow. So Randy shoveled the trail we have to the barn. We could still the barn from our front porch when we headed out to feed the chickens, ducks and sheep. Like we all like to say here on the homestead, “free exercise”! We didn’t know how big a deal the snow was till we got back to our house and read some comments on Facebook, and the local online newspaper, that there were warnings not to travel if at all possible. The power was out further up on Highland Flats, and up in Copeland. Our power went out for a short while at 5:30 am, but came right back on, I’m so grateful for that. Right after we got back to the house, the sun came out and before I could grab my camera and start taking pictures, the snow on the roof started sliding off. It sounds really loud when it does that.

Good Morning!
Making our way to the barn.
Roof snow height in the morning.
Randy making a trail for me.
Walking sideways, free exercise!
Mary or is it Caroline?
Ducks “swimming” out into the snow.
Looking at the Bridge from the barn.
Kids house from tractor shed.
Martin House & Bridge, looking from kids driveway.
Going back to the house.
And the sun came out…the snow on the roof came down!
And he shovels!
More roof snow.
Roof snow looking from trail fork.
This is what I was pointing at, he missed a huge amount of snow falling off the trees.
Cleared away!
Looking away from steps.
Trails
Camper looking out the bathroom window. The snow is above the bottom half of the window.
This is eye level looking out the front door. I can’t see the barn unless I tip-toe!

February 7th 2017

Woke up today to sunny skies. Hoping to get the driveways all plowed before the rain and snow forecasted for Wednesday & Thursday. The kids friend Brice came in the night and got most of the snow off their roof. He said he was coming back after work today to get more off! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we love it here and it’s the giving hearts of the people here that is the major factor why we love it so!

Our truck and barn.
No shoveling this morning, just got a dusting last night.
Mary or Caroline?
Hitching Post
Kids house after their friend Brice came and shoveled most of the snow off the roof.
Smokey
The cats like to follow us back to our house.
Zoe
Roman Nose in the distance.
Smokey
Almond tree. You can just make out the 3′ fence around it.